Markin Family Student Recreation Center
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Markin Family Student Recreation Center is a multi-purpose student recreational facility constructed in 2008 at Bradley University
in Peoria, Illinois
.
After the demolition of Robertson Memorial Field House
, the Markin Center's intramural championship gym serves as the temporary home for the Bradley University women's volleyball program while construction continues on the Bradley Athletics Performance Center
, a 4,200 seat on-campus arena
that will serve as home to both women's basketball and volleyball.
Bradley University
Bradley University, founded in 1897, is a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois. It is a small institution with an enrollment of approximately 6,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students and a full-time faculty of approximately 350....
in Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
.
After the demolition of Robertson Memorial Field House
Robertson Memorial Field House
Robertson Memorial Field House was a multi-purpose arena at on the Bradley University campus in Peoria, Illinois. The arena, built inside two World War II airplane hangars in 1949 for $400,000 , had a 3 foot rasied floor as its sports court and event stage.The Field House was dedicated on...
, the Markin Center's intramural championship gym serves as the temporary home for the Bradley University women's volleyball program while construction continues on the Bradley Athletics Performance Center
Bradley Athletics Performance Center
Renaissance Coliseum is a brand new multi-purpose athletic facility at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Renaissance Coliseum was originally intended to be complete in 2009, but construction delays pushed back the opening to the 2010–11 academic year. The official dedication took place on...
, a 4,200 seat on-campus arena
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
that will serve as home to both women's basketball and volleyball.