Wright Construction Group has completed upgrades to the Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) Alico Arena with an 11,000sf expansion and 13,000sf renovation.
Improvements were needed at the 15-year-old facility to elevate FGCU to the standards of other Division 1 programs. The new construction includes a first-floor addition to the existing arena for the new academic center and expanded sports medicine area.
The academic center provides individual tutoring rooms, offices for academic staff, banks of seats for computer stations and an open study area with an elevated ceiling and curved window wall.
The expanded sports medicine area is almost five times its previous size and includes two in-ground hydrotherapy tubs, exam and treatment rooms, offices, and meeting spaces for student athletes and staff.
The second floor of the addition contains expansive offices for the men’s and women’s basketball coaches on opposite corners of the new thirdfloor basketball wing, both overlooking Swanson Stadium. Besides individual offices for the assistant coaches, the new wing also contains a 24-seat, stateof- the-art, theater-style film room.
“We are always excited to help the FGCU athletics program be successful,” says Fred Edman, president of Wright Construction. “This project makes huge leaps in providing the university’s athletes and coaches a premier facility.”
For more information, please call 239-481-5000.
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