Wednesday, September 10, 1375
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daily nebraskan
By Liz Crumley
General classifications from superb to horrible cate
gorize the recreation buildings and equipment at UNL,
according to, James CHanlon, acting chairman of the
Department of Physical Education.
Five indoor areas and three outdoor areas provide the .
space For students at UNL. The indoor areas are the
Women's Physical .Education (PE) Building, Men's PE
Bldg., the Coliseum, the fieldhouse and the East Campus
Activities Bldg. ',?.
The oldest of the five, the coliseum, built in 1925,
contains two basketball courts, a men's swimming pool,
weight room, handball courts and squash courts.
According to OIHanlon, PE will take over the coliseum
from the athletic department after the new fieldhouse is
Renovation plan in
The renovation plan for the coliseum was submitted to
the UNL Central Planning Committee, OH anion said. It
was placed ninth in priority.
The plan was then given to the systems office,
priorities for the entire university, and OUanlor. said,
they were ranked 26th out of 41. This is extremely low,
he said, and they are not as optimistic about their chances
for the renovation.
The plan calls for the construction of another floor
above the main basketball floor, allowing for a total of
six gyms. On the stage, OTIanlon added, 15 handball
courts would be constructed above the present gym.
The plan would also call for the improvement of the
swimming pool and the construction of locker facilities
for women.'
Purchased for $1
If the renovation were to take place, he said, the Men's
PE Bldg. would be torn down. The university purchased
the government building after World War II for $1. The
bricks make it look nice, he said, but it's basically a
Quonsethut. -
The East Campus Activities Building was built in 1927.
It contains open gyms, basketball courts and volleyball
courts.
The fieldhouse, built in 1942, contains paddleball
courts. According to Dan Steiler, director of the
Department of Recreation, these are in bad condition.
"But the question is whether we want to spend the
money to fix them and then have to drop the rest of the
facilities
Women's building superb
The Women's 'PE Bldg., the newest of the buildings,
constructed in 1968, contains open gyms and a swimming
pool and, according to O'Hanlon, has superb equipment.
Students and faculty are allowed to use these buildings
whenever classes are not in progress and when they are
not being used by athletes, SteUer said.
'The buildings are primarily used for their (PE and
athletic departments) purpose only. We use it afterwards"
"They're responsible for maintenance of the facilities
out of their own budget. . . we couldn't afford to operate
them at this time," Steiler said.
Skating rink buOt
A new outdoor recreation area on East Campus was
finished this summer, said Steiler, and contains some new
structures. These are an outdoor ice skating rink and a
climbing wall used to simulate mountain climbing. Other
space includes tennis courts and outdoor handball courts.
The total cost of the area was $340,000, Steiler said.
There are 36 tennis courts on campus, he said, and
usually are open until 1 1 or 12 at night.
According to Steiler, the University of Colorado (CU)
complaints about UNL's recreational areas.
O'Hanlon said there are no areas which received more
than one complaint that were directed at him.
Instrmurals cause complaints
Steiler said the majority of complaints he receives are
based on the lack of room during basketball intramurals.
There were a total of 264 men's teams, 10 women's teams
and 25 co-rec teams. This allowed for only one open gym
"for general recreation, SteUer said. '
Two solutions can be implemented, he said, fcitricr
limit the number of intramural teams or build a multi
purpose recreation building.
"With the limited type of facilities we have, we feel a
multi-purpose recreation building would be ideal, he
According to Steiler, the University of Colorado (UC)
just constructed such a buildimg. The building included
handball courts, an indoor ice rink, and weight rooms.
' $6-8 million cost.
An average of 9,000 people use the building per day.
The cost for . such a building, according to SteUer,
would be $4-8 million. The money would either have to
come from student fees, federal grants or personal gifts.
Colorado students paid an additional $16.50 per
semester in student fees for their building, SteUer said.
Bonds were issued so the building could be built im
mediately, said SteUer, adding that they wiU be paying for
the building for 20 years. .
If federal money is. spent, he said, a building would
have to be open to the public. . .
SteUer said he did not expect a multi-purpose building
to be constructed at UNL for at least three or four years.
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