The Sports and Fitness Center is UVI's $11 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.

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 $11 million dollars, $9 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