- HPER Complex
The HPER Complex (short for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) is a multipurpose facility on the campus of the
University of Arkansas . Built in 1984, it is designed to house the entire Health Science, Kinesiology, Recreation, and Dance programs. It has four levels (floors), as listed below:Level 1
Level 1 is home to ten
racquetball courts (eight of which have glass back walls, and two of which have solid black walls), as well as an observation lounge. Two of the courts are even marked forwallyball and squash. It also is home to the Outdoor Connection Center, where various outdoor equipment can be rented at a nominal fee.Level 2
Level 2 is home to 50-meter, 533,000 gallon
natatorium (unique in its shallowest end being in the middle), a multiple-activity gymnasium with a seating capacity of 400 and a regulation-sized college basketball court (which is part-time home to theArkansas Fantastics of the American Basketball Association), the Donna Auxum Fitness & Weight Training Center, and two dance studios (a practice one, and a performance one with a seating capacity of 200).Level 3
Level 3 is home to three gymnasiums, a state-of-the-art human performance laboratory, five classrooms, and the faculty offices.
Level 4
The top level holds an
artificial turf jogging track, with the outside lane ⅛ of a mile in length.
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