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