Updated: December 10, 2019
Description
UBC’s Recreation and Athletics Facilities Strategy is a 20-year framework to guide UBC’s investments in facilities for recreation, athletics and related research at the Point Grey campus. The Strategy supports UBC’s commitment to wellbeing by meeting a growing need for recreational fitness and gymnasium space.
The GamePlan process began in 2015 and concluded in spring 2017 when the UBC Board of Governors approved this strategy.
Through public engagement, targeted outreach, technical analysis, and financial evaluation, UBC identified five key areas where existing facilities do not meet the campus community’s current or future needs: 1) fitness space 2) gymnasium space 3) aging facilities 4) support facilities. The strategy also considered academic synergies with the School of Kinesiology.
GamePlan recommends key facility investments to meet these needs: GamePlan is a framework to guide UBC’s decision-making for recreation and athletics facility investments.
- New Recreation Fitness Centre and Reimagined War Memorial Gym:
- New Recreation Fitness Centre
- New or renewed War Memorial Gym
- Up to 85,000 sqft of consolidated space for academic programs like the School of Kinesiology.
- Rebuilt Thunderbird Stadium
- New Baseball Stadium
GamePlan is a framework to guide UBC’s decision-making for recreation and athletics facility investments. The decision to proceed with each recommendation depends on prioritization relative to UBC’s other capital project needs, available funding, further community consultation, and UBC Board of Governors’ approval.
UBC’s Board of Governors approved GamePlan on April 13, 2017.
To learn more about GamePlan click here.
Public Consultation
Read below for the full Consultation Summary Report:
Phase 1: October 3 - 23, 2016
In the first phase of public consultation, UBC invited the campus community, partners and stakeholders to share their feedback on a series of proposed options through an online survey, four open houses, and through meetings and presentations.
The options presented for input were originally focused around two hubs where athletics facilities already exist – a Recreation Hub, focused on options for War Memorial Gym, and a Spectator Hub focused on options for Thunderbird Stadium and an Athletics Centre of Excellence. Three options were presented for War Memorial Gym and five options were presented for Thunderbird Stadium and the Centre of Excellence. In addition to seeking input on the options, this phase of engagement also asked for input on six Guiding Principles.
Phase 1 Appendices: