Parks & Recreation Five Year Recreation Plan ... - City of Marquette

Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update 2011
City of Marquette
Physical-Education Instructional Facility (PEIF)
The $10 million, 185,000 square foot Physical-Education Instructional Facility (PEIF Athletic
Complex), completed in 1976, contains a volleyball arena, basketball and handball-racquetball
courts, wrestling and eight training rooms (5,600 square foot weight room), a sports medicine
clinic, an indoor rock climbing facility, eight-lane swimming pool with a separate diving tank,
locker rooms, and saunas, An indoor tennis facility was placed in PEIF building in winter 1999 in
renovated space that previously housed an ice sheet.
Superior Dome
NMU is also home to the U.S.‘s largest wooden dome facility, the Superior Dome. Opened in
September 1991, the five acre+ indoor all-events center cost nearly $22 million to build. The 15
story high dome contains the world‘s largest indoor retractable turf carpet and is the site of
college and high school football games, track meets/conventions, trade shows, and other large
events. Facilities that have been made available to the public include an indoor 200 meter track,
tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts.
The Superior Dome is home to NMU‘s United State Olympic Education Center (USOEC). In
recent years, a new weight room, wrestling room and boxing ring was added to the Dome for
the USOEC.
Berry Events Center
The Berry Events Center opened in the fall 1999 school year. The $10 million, 60,000 squarefoot
arena, is designed to accommodate university hockey, basketball and other sports activities
in addition to concerts and other community and university live performance events. The Center
also serves as the national training facility for the U.S. short-track speed skating team. The
building features an Olympic-sized ice surface that can be covered for basketball and other
events and a seating capacity of over 3,800 fixed seats and standing room for an additional 400.
Situated in close proximity to each other, the Berry Event Center, PEIF Athletic Complex, and
the Superior Dome are conveniently linked by connector buildings/walkways.
Outdoor Facilities
The University‘s outdoor facilities include, a tennis facility with eight courts, track and field
hockey/soccer areas, and nearby Longyear Forest informal hiking trails in Marquette Township.
Four new soccer and football practice fields have been constructed north of the Superior Dome.
Most of the University‘s facilities are available to the public on an intermittent basis, some of
which entail user fees and/or recreation program memberships. NMU also offers a variety of
instructional sports and recreation classes for youth and adults through Community Outreach
Program.
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