Anteater Recreation Center
The Anteater Recreation Center (ARC) is an 89,000-square-foot (8,300 m2) indoor gym facility that is part of campus recreation at the University of California, Irvine (UCI); the anteater is the mascot of the UC Irvine athletics team (see University of California, Irvine#Athletics for the mascot's origin and history). It is open to all UCI students, faculty and staff members, alumni, and other university affiliates, including spouses.[1]
The facility was designed by Langdon Wilson Architecture.[2][3] It opened in January 2000, replacing older, cramped recreational facilities at the school's older gym, Crawford Hall. Built at a cost of $26 million, it was funded by a student referendum approved in May 1998, when UCI students voted to pay an additional $88 per quarter to fund the center and other athletic and recreational facilities.[4][5] The positive reception for the new center led students at other University of California campuses (such as UCLA) to push for similar improvements in their recreational facilities.[6]
The facility has been the setting for several Guinness world record events, including a 4,448-participant dodgeball game in 2011[7] and a 3,875-combatant water pistol fight in 2013.[8]
Facilities
ARC facilities[9] include, but are not limited to:
- The main gym, which features three basketball or volleyball courts or nine badminton courts and utilizes hanging dividers to separate each court
- A fitness lab, consisting of state of the art cardiovascular equipment, weight machines, and free-weights, as well as eight flat screen televisions
- An indoor jogging track with a clock timer and rubber flooring
- A 36’ high rock wall for beginning to advanced climbers
- Three glass-enclosed racquetball courts
- Five activity rooms for various fitness classes, clinics, and programs
- Physical Forum is the largest activity room and is home to Group Exercise classes, like Step, Pump N’ Sculpt, Aerobics, and Zumba
- Sports Studio has matted flooring and can be used for Martial Arts, wrestling, and stretching
- Activity Annex is the main facility for table tennis, fencing, and instructional dance classes
- Workout Shop is utilized by Yoga, Kendo, Capoeira, and Belly Dance classes
- Training Zone offers Studio Cycling, Meditation, and Massage classes
- A back court gym, a 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) gym with rounded corners, team dugouts, and inset goals, perfect for floor hockey and indoor soccer
- A newly added Wellness Lab, geared towards functional training and featuring a Kinesis Wall and kinesis circuit machines, as well as cardio equipment and free weights and ten flat screen televisions
- An aquatics plaza with a 25 meter by 25 meter lap pool
- ARC fields, a 25-acre (100,000 m2) outdoor complex, for sports such as softball, soccer, football, rugby, lacrosse, basketball, roller hockey, and tennis.
- Exercise Testing Rooms, where various fitness tests, such as “Bod Pods” and “VO2 Submax Tests”, are conducted
- Massage therapy rooms with have fully adjustable beds
- A test kitchen and classroom that is used for demonstration and cooking classes
- ARC Bar, offering fresh smoothies and light snacks
Services
ARC services[9] include, but are not limited to:
- Classes and clinics that follow a non-credit, class format for learning or developing sports
- Club sports directed to clubs centered on interest in one sport or fitness activity and involves competition among other collegiate club teams
- Intramural sport leagues designed for student, faculty, and staff competition
- Team Up and ULead activities
- Fitness and wellness programs designed to support participant physical exercise and health goals
- Certified personal training
- Kinesis circuit training
- Pilates reformer
- Exercise testing
- Massage
- Outdoor adventures, including kayaking and surfing, that provide an opportunity to overcome a psychological or physical challenge or barrier
- Sailing
- CPR/First Aid classes
- Gear Up, which checks out equipment ARC participants might need, including basketballs, racquets, swim goggles, rock climbing shoes, and shower towels
Intramural Sports
- The ARC offers many intramural sports every quarter (fall, winter, spring, summer) for all students, staff, and faculty, with an ARC membership, which are divided into leagues and tournaments.
- Intramural Sports are structured sport leagues and tournaments, which are designed for the everyday athlete. All of our activities are divided into different divisions of skill and competitiveness.
- Fall Quarter Sports: Arena Soccer, Flag Football, Volleyball, 3-on-3 Basketball, Coed Basketball, Tennis Singles, 7 on 7 Soccer, Dodgeball, Ultimate Frisbee, Racquetball Singles
- Winter Quarter Sports: Soccer, Floor Hockey, Co-ed Reverse Volleyball, Basketball, Dodgeball, Softball, Wrestling, and Track
- Spring Quarter Sports: Coed Indoor Soccer, Coed Volleyball, Softball, Call Your Own Basketball, Racquetball Singles, Swim, Bowling, Water Polo
- Summer Quarter Sports: Softball, 4 on 4 Coed Volleyball, 3 on 3 Basketball, 7 on 7 Soccer, Kickball
- In order to put in a team for Intramural sports you will need to pay a fee, make a roster complete with names, ID numbers, and 3 phone numbers and emails in case of rescheduling conflicts etc. This can be done at the Sales Desk on the 2nd floor of the ARC.
- League games start week 3 of the quarter and continue to week 7 or 8.
- Playoffs begin week 8 or 9 til week 10 or whenever necessary to finish the season.
- League Games take place on weekdays and sometimes Sundays while tournaments range from weekdays to sometimes Saturdays and Sundays.
- Games are officiated by trained student officials.
See also
References
- ↑ UCI ARC Memberships
- ↑ Barbara Giasone, "Students to get new rec center", Orange County Register, July 11, 2006.
- ↑ "University of California -- Irvine, Anteater Recreation Center. (Post-Secondary Outstanding Buildings)." American School & University, November 1, 2001 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- ↑ Jeff Gottlieb, "Academic Exercise", Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2000.
- ↑ Paul McLeod, "Irvine's Anteater Stadium Getting Ready for Bright New Look", Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2000.
- ↑ Elizabeth Newman, "Students declare Wooden Center unfit", Daily Bruin, July 21, 2002.
- ↑ Andrew Blankstein, "UC Irvine sets dodgeball world record", Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2011.
- ↑ Alanna Iliff, "UCI water fight breaks Guinness World Record", Orange County Register, September 24, 2013.
- 1 2 UCI ARC Facilities
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Coordinates: 33°38′36″N 117°49′40″W / 33.64342°N 117.82784°W