Saint Vincent College announces updated plans for new athletic center

LATROBE, PA – Saint Vincent College officials are pleased to announce updated plans for the construction of the Dunlap Family Athletic and Recreation Center. The state-of-the-art, multipurpose indoor complex will provide the Saint Vincent community with abundant space for an array of athletic, fitness and recreational activities.

The 76,000 square foot Dunlap Family Athletic and Recreation Center will be located on the Saint Vincent College campus adjacent to the Fred M. Rogers Center.

“We are grateful to the many alumni and donors who are supporting this project. This Center will engage every student for health and wellness,” said Father Paul Taylor, O.S.B., president of Saint Vincent College. “Critical thinking and engaged learning are best done with a healthy body and mind. Students at Saint Vincent will have the best of opportunities to prepare for their successful careers and meaningful lives.”

The Dunlap Family Athletic and Recreation Center will enhance the College’s current recreation and exercise offerings, housing a fitness room with cardio and circuit training equipment; a recreational track; and multipurpose instruction rooms for yoga, Pilates and other fitness classes.

While providing the Saint Vincent College community much-needed facilities for recreation and exercise, intramural athletic competition and varsity athletic practice, the new facility will also support educational, cultural, civic and recreational programming for the Saint Vincent and local communities. Its flexible design will include meeting rooms, visiting spaces and a healthy café.

The facility will include an artificial turf practice field, multi-purpose sport courts and batting cages, providing the College’s varsity athletes with an area for weather-protected practices and intramural athletes with ample space for year-round competition. There will also be an athletic training center for medical therapy and treatment.

Construction of the $20 million facility is expected to begin in summer, with activity starting as early as June, and is not expected to interfere with Steelers Training Camp. The Dunlap Family Athletic and Recreation Center is expected to be completed in November of 2025.

Funding for the project came in part from a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as well as from a number of donors, including the Dunlap Family, the Kilkeary Family and the Pittsburgh Steelers.