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About the Davis Event Center and Fitness Center

The College awarded JESCO, Inc., the construction contact for the Davis Event Center and the Fitness Center on March 14, 2005, with a completion date of November 3, 2006. The construction contract was $15,172,000 for both projects with a combined square footage of approximately 120,000. The Events Center’s square footage is approximately 88,000 with an estimated cost of $12.8 million. An additional $3 million was spent to equip and furnish the two facilities.

The Davis Event Center will serve the College for such activities as men’s and women’s basketball, graduation ceremonies, and concerts. The Events Center has a fixed seating capacity of 2,800 and can expand that capacity to 3,500 for special events such as concerts by placing additional seating on the court. The Fitness Center has weight training, aerobics and cardio vascular rooms. In addition, it contains four classrooms for the Health and Physical Education curriculum and an intramural gym that will accommodate basketball, volleyball, and tennis. The Fitness Center opened in mid October of 2006, and the first regular basketball games were played on January 11, 2007, in the Event Center.