Coles Sports and Recreation Center
The Coles Sports and Recreation Center was the main
intramural program enjoyed by approximately 3,500 students. Coles was renovated with a new dehumidification system in 1999 to solve problems of corrosion.[1]
Up to 3,000 members used the facility daily, while 1,900 spectators could be seated in the fieldhouse
physically challenged
persons.
Coles was also the home to most of New York University's
Division I
.
Club sports housed at Coles Sports and Recreation Center included
waterpolo
.
Coles was closed in February 2016, and will be demolished as part of the NYU 2031 plan.[2][3]
Tournament hosting
The center also has played host to the following events: NCAA Basketball National Championships, NCAA Regional Wrestling Championships, ECAC Regional Basketball Championships, Metropolitan Wrestling Championships, International Wrestling events, International Fencing events,
Final Four
during the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championships.
Facilities
The following facilities were open to all students:
- A multi-purpose arena with five courts.
- Two batting cages.
- A roof with a 1/6 mile, three-lane running track plus six tennis courts.
- A natatoriumwith an NCAA-regulation 25-meter swimming pool, diving tank, and saunas.
- Five squash courts and five handball/racquetball courts.
- Weight trainingfacilities.
- An aerobic fitness room.
- Individual rooms for wrestling/judo, fencing, physical fitness and calisthenics, exercise prescription, dance, and free play activities.
- Rock climbing wall.
References
- ^ Ephron, Hazel; Bishop, Walter (October 1, 2001). "NYU upgrade does more than dehumidify". American School & University. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ "No One Actually Knows When (Or If) Coles Will Be Demolished". NYU Local. 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Interim Fitness and Athletics Plan". NYU Local.