Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
Facilities Development Plan - The University of Nebraska Kearney
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<strong>Facilities</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
Recreation<br />
Exterior recreation space accounts for 24.0<br />
acres, which are located throughout the main<br />
campus, and across 25th Street. Nearest<br />
the academic core, the football stadium is<br />
open regularly for both formal intramural<br />
use and informal recreational activities. This<br />
is a lighted, synthetic fi eld that is marked<br />
for both football and soccer. <strong>The</strong> stadium<br />
does not feature a running track. An old and<br />
deteriorated asphalt track was removed from<br />
Foster Field before installation <strong>of</strong> synthetic<br />
turf and has not been replaced. Property that<br />
is currently undeveloped is being evaluated for<br />
this use.<br />
Intramural s<strong>of</strong>tball fi elds defi ne the western<br />
boundary <strong>of</strong> the main campus. <strong>The</strong> midcampus<br />
green space serves multiple functions,<br />
including use by the marching band,<br />
intramural sports, track team throwing event<br />
Table 8<br />
TYPE OF AREA<br />
36<br />
UNK RECREATION INVENTORY<br />
Previous Current<br />
2006 - 2015<br />
practices, and informal recreational activities.<br />
Additional green space south <strong>of</strong> 25th Street<br />
is used for varsity football practices, summer<br />
sports camps, intramurals, and informal<br />
student recreation.<br />
Current construction <strong>of</strong> residence halls has<br />
removed sand volleyball courts. Replacement<br />
<strong>of</strong> this space is being considered near the<br />
residence halls.<br />
Recent expansion <strong>of</strong> parking near the<br />
football stadium has removed tennis courts.<br />
If additional recreational space were taken<br />
for other uses, we would develop similar<br />
replacement space in the existing south<br />
farmland, and consider developing replacement<br />
tennis courts with this project.<br />
<strong>The</strong> table below summarizes these exterior<br />
spaces.<br />
COUNT SQUARE FEET COUNT SQUARE FEET<br />
Sand Volleyball Court 2 11,560 0 0<br />
Tennis Courts 4 25,440 0 0<br />
Basketball Courts 4 4,293 4 4,293<br />
Playing Field, Synthetic, Lighted 1 261,250 1 261,250<br />
Multi-Use Field (Matheny Property) 1 547,388 1 547,388<br />
Intramural Fields 3 234,000 3 234,000<br />
UNK Total, s.f. 1,083,931 1,046,931<br />
UNK Total, Acres 24.9 24.0<br />
CHAPTER 4