Download the complete issue - Seton Hall University

SPORTS | M A T T H E W A . S W E E N E Y ’ 0 0
28
Upgrade for Athletics Facilities
The Past, Present and Future of
Pirate Athletics: (above left) Walsh
Gymnasium in the 1940s, (above right)
a view of the current Richie Regan
Athletic Center, (opposing page) a
rendering of the renovated athletics
center with the proposed changes.
Photos above courtesy of the Monsignor
William Noé Field Archives & Special
Collections Center, Seton Hall University.
S
eton Hall’s athletics and recreational spaces are undergoing a number
of dramatic changes: renovations to the men’s basketball locker room and
women’s basketball offices and a new athletics training room.
The biggest change? A new fitness center.
A rounded glass façade will be added to the Richie Regan Recreation &
Athletic Center to accommodate the fitness center, which will fill the two-level
workout facility with natural light, and allow the people inside to look out onto
campus across Seton Drive.
The new center will provide more exercise opportunities for students, faculty
and staff. During construction, which is expected to take one year, the recreation
center will remain open with continuing access to the existing fitness center
and accompanying facilities.
“The construction of this new, state-of-the art facility will significantly enhance
the physical fitness capabilities for members of the Seton Hall community,” said
Director of Athletics Patrick Lyons. “This capital improvement is one of several
facility upgrades that will greatly benefit our student-athletes and the general
student body at large.”
New cardiovascular workout equipment will be available on both the first
and second floor of the new center, and will include treadmills, elliptical
machines and stationary bikes, each equipped with viewing screens. All of the
cardio stations will face out toward the exterior glass wall.
The first floor will also include circuit weight-training equipment and a
new reception and office area.