Kress Events Center
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Location | Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 44°31′48″N 87°54′57″W / 44.530069°N 87.915967°W |
Owner | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Capacity | 4,000 |
Construction | |
Opened | November 2, 2007 |
Construction cost | $33 million ($76.2 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
Architect | Venture Architects |
General contractor | Miron Construction |
Tenants | |
Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball (2007–present) UW-Green Bay Phoenix volleyball (2007–present) |
The Kress Events Center, also known as the KEC or the Kress, is a multipurpose athletic facility located in Green Bay, Wisconsin on the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay campus. The facility's main gym (Kress Events Center Arena) hosts the UW-Green Bay women's basketball and volleyball teams. Other facilities onsite include a fitness center shared by athletes and the student body, athletic training facilities, and the administrative offices of UW-Green Bay's athletics program.
History
UW-Green Bay sought funding to renovate its aging athletic facility, the Phoenix Sports Center (built in 1975), as early as 2003.
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Facilities
Phoenix Sports Center
The KEC was built around the existing Phoenix Sports Center and retains a number of its original facilities, including:
- Two full-size gyms (old East and West Gyms), typically used for intramural basketball or volleyball
- Some older athletic training facilities, and the swimming, softball, and nordic skiing team rooms
- The Peter F. Dorschel Natorium, a swimming and diving facility
- Racquetball courts
Facilities added with KEC expansion
- Kress Events Center Arena, a 4,018-seat gym and the facility's main event venue
- Men's and women's soccer team rooms, basketball team rooms
- Dick Bennett Gym, named for the coach who brought success to UW-Green Bay's basketball team in the 1990s. Mainly used as a practice gym for the basketball teams, the gym is open to students when not in use by athletics.
- A two-level fitness center used by both athletes and students
- An indoor turf gym
- A studio used for fitness classes
- Administrative offices for UW-Green Bay Athletics
See also
References
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- ^ a b "UW-Green Bay, In the News Archive 2003". www.uwgb.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ^ "UW System Annual Budget" (PDF).
- ^ Page 39 of budget display's UW-Green Bay's segregated fee breakdown.
- ^ a b "UW-Green Bay, In the News Archive 2004". www.uwgb.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ^ "UW-Green Bay, In the News Archive 2005". www.uwgb.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ^ a b "Kress Events Center - University of Wisconsin Green Bay". University of Wisconsin Green Bay. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ^ Preble High School holds their graduation ceremonies at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon due to the school's size.
- ^ "Student use of Kress fitness facilities on the rise | Inside UW-Green Bay News". news.uwgb.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ^ "Kesha cancels campus show | Inside UW-Green Bay News". news.uwgb.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-19.