University at Buffalo鈥檚 New All-Encompassing Sports Facility
BUFFALO, N.Y. 鈥 The University at Buffalo held a grand opening ceremony for the Brittany Murchie Mulla Sports Performance Center on Oct. 17.听听
Serving all student-athletes on UB鈥檚 14 varsity teams, the 12,000-square-foot, multilevel facility is directly connected to the Murchie Family Fieldhouse on UB鈥檚 North Campus. The state-of-the-art facility, designed by Architectural Resources of Buffalo, aims to elevate the training experience of UB鈥檚 student-athletes and foster excellence on the courts and fields of play, with features that include 18 free-weight training racks; a 42-foot, 17-degree turf training incline; and a 1,000-square-foot cardio mezzanine. The facility also expands administrative capacity with a new supplemental nutrition area, three offices and a conference room.听
鈥淎s (students) take full advantage of everything this stunning space has to offer, it is elevating their performance in their respective sports,鈥 said UB President Satish K. Tripathi at the grand opening celebration. 鈥淚n this way, the Brittany Murchie Mulla Sports Performance Center is emblematic of UB鈥檚 commitment to student success.鈥听
The $7.9 million facility鈥檚 construction is part of a building boom happening across UB鈥檚 campuses, which will see $1.64 billion in construction planned over the next decade. Future projects will include classroom modernizations, new library spaces, a supercomputing center and a makeover for the existing Cooke-Hochstetter Science Complex.听听