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THE SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTER is UVI's $13 million facility for athletics and physical education. This gem of a building seats 2,500 to 3,500, depending on the type of event being hosted. It has a portable wood floor for the main court and two other tartan full courts running sideways for practice. In addition, the building houses three classrooms, a VIP sky box/public relations area, and is now home to the UVI President's Office. The Sports and Fitness Center also is designed to contain a fully functional training room, weight room and exercise room. It is the premier athletic facility of its type in the Caribbean.
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S&FC is Home to the University of the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam ...
The Sports and Fitness Center has become home to the University of the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, an annual NCAA Division I Basketball tournament held in November during the Thanksgiving recess.
 Sports & Fitness Center Facts ...
• The SFC is constructed on the site of the old UVI Field House (gym) - an old seaplane hangar built in the late 1930s by the U.S. Navy
• Over 64,000 square feet, two levels
• Constructed of concrete masonry and metal panels over steel beams and columns
• Glass door entranceway to lobby featuring Hall of Fame Plaques
• Principle architects: Daniels, Mendenhall, Johnson and Mann
• The largest indoor venue of its kind in the Eastern Caribbean
• Construction cost $9.9 million dollars, $7.4 million provided by the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Insular Affairs
• Fully air-conditioned, though designed with windows on all sides, including the roof monitor, so it is flooded with natural light during the day
• Rooms: physical education and athletic facilities, three classrooms, twelve additional offices
• Capacity: 2,500 to 3,000 for basketball games; up to 3,500 seats for concerts and graduations and other non-athletic events
• Dual, cross-court (for teaching and practice activities) for basketball
• Portable wooden floor for basketball and volleyball
• Two official size volleyball courts on main floor, hard surface, resilient flooring
• State-of-the-art training room for sports injury treatment
• Weight room, exercise room
• Locker rooms (for both physicial education students and varsity sports)
• Telescopic bleachers on all four sides
• Corridors separating the court area from locker areas
• Designed to accommodate cable television signal reception and transmission
• UVI clothing and novelty store / Concession area
• Glass viewing VIP Room overlooking the court
• Laundry and equipment storage rooms
Contacts ...
Athletic Director: Peter Sauer - psauer@uvi.edu (340) 693-1102
Associate Athletic Director: Curtis Gilpin - cgilpin@uvi.edu (340) 693-1104.
Executive Assistant: Donna Andrews - dandrew@uvi.edu (340) 693-1199
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