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Recreation & Parks ALL THINGS athletics.uchicago.edu HENRY CROWN FIELD HOUSE 5550 S. University Ave. (at E. 56th St.) recreation & Constructed in 1932, Henry Crown Field House, a popular campus recreation center, offers an indoor track, punching bags, squash courts, and batting cages, as well as parks standard cardio and exercise equipment. Students can enjoy these amenities for free, while memberships for During its early years as members of the Big faculty and staff can be purchased for a modest price. Ten Conference, the University of Chicago was Visitors can purchase $15 guest passes. known to field one of the nation’s top football J. KYLE ANDERSON FIELD teams. Today, the Maroons continue the legacy E. 55th St. and S. Drexel Ave. of athletic excellence with 19 NCAA Division Forget the Cubs and the White Sox, catch the Chicago III varsity teams, more than 75 intramural and Maroons at Anderson Field! Men’s baseball uses Anderson sport clubs programs, and state of the art for their home games in the spring quarter. training facilities across campus. PARKS RECREATION FACILITIES JACKSON PARK GERALD RATNER ATHLETICS CENTER 5530 S. Ellis Ave. (at E. 55th St.) This 500-acre park, nestled between UChicago and Lake Michigan, was once the grounds for the World’s Ratner Athletics Center is home to UChicago Athletics. Colombian Exposition of 1893. These days, all that remains The 150,000 square foot facility boasts an Olympic-size is Chicago’s second most attended cultural attraction, the pool, numerous indoor courts, a 1,700-seater competition Museum of Science and Industry. The park is also a great gym, cardiovascular and weight training equipment, place for birding with over 250 avian species! group class and dance rooms, and the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame. All students have free membership; WASHINGTON PARK staff and faculty pay a small fee. To the west of campus lies Washington Park, a 372- DID YOU KNOW? Ratner is home to the first ever acre green space which hosts numerous festivals, a Heisman Trophy, awarded to UChicago’s Jay Berwanger. wetland lagoon, and the largest 16-inch softball league in Chicago—34 teams play on 13 diamonds. The park is CAMPUS SOUTH ATHLETIC FIELD also home to the DuSable Museum of African American E. 61st St. (at S. Woodlawn Ave.) History. Campus South Athletic Field accomodates intramural and MIDWAY PLAISANCE club sports, serving as the Varsity Soccer and Football teams’ new practice venue. It features lighting banks for The Midway, originally intended to be a Venetian style evening events, a synthetic turf field, bleacher seating, and canal linking Lake Michigan with Washington Park, is today an additional warm-up area. a green expanse where students can relax on sunny days, play intramural sports against other houses, and throw AMOS ALONZO STAGG FIELD snowballs in the winter. E. 56th St. (at S. Drexel Ave.) Named in honor of the University’s first athletic director, Share your experience Stagg Field is home to the University of Chicago’s football, softball, and soccer teams. This complex has grass fields and a 1,650-seater turf venue that lies just east of Ratner #UChicagoVisit Athletic Center. Stagg Field also hosts intramural sports for the entire University community. DID YOU KNOW? Amos Alonzo Stagg served as the head coach of the University of Chicago football, basketball, and baseball teams. He is also credited with inventing such staples of football as the varsity letter, the linebacker position, and padded goal posts. 5801 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 773.702.1234 uchicago.edu @UChicago facebook.com/uchicago © 2016 All rights reserved ALL THINGS athletics.uchicago.edu 1 J. KYLE ANDERSON FIELD 4 AMOS ALONZO STAGG FIELD E. 55th St. and S. Drexel Ave. E. 56th St. (at S. Drexel Ave.) 2 HENRY CROWN FIELD HOUSE 5 CAMPUS SOUTH ATHLETIC FIELD 5550 S. University Ave. (at E. 56th St.) E. 61St St. (at. S. Woodlawn Ave.) 3 GERALD RATNER ATHLETICS CENTER 6 MIDWAY PLAISANCE 5530 S. Ellis Ave. (at E. 55th St.) South of campus betwen E. 59th St. and E. 60th St. E. 54TH E. 54TH PL E. 54TH PL E. 55TH E. 55TH 1 3 4 2 GREENWOOD E. 56TH E. 56TH 55th, 56th and 57th Street CAMPUS NORTH Metra Station S. KENWOOD S. INGLESIDE S. S. DREXEL S. COTTAGE GROVE GROVE S. COTTAGE S. MARYLAND S. ELLIS S. UNIVERSITY S. WOODLAWN S. KIMBARK S. DORCHESTER S. BLACKSTONE S. HARPER S. LAKE PARK Bus 4 E. 57TH E. 57TH CAMPUS WEST S. KENWOOD E. 58TH E. 58TH MAIN QUADRANGLE CAMPUS EAST MEDICAL CAMPUS LABORATORY SCHOOLS 59th Street Metra Station Bus 192 E. 59TH E. 59TH MIDWAY PLAISANCE NORTH 6 MIDWAY PLAISANCE SOUTH E. 60TH E. 60TH CAMPUS SOUTH 1 S. KIMBARK 5 S. COTTAGE GROVE GROVE S. COTTAGE S. DREXEL S. INGLESIDE S. UNIVERSITY S. WOODLAWN S. KENWOOD S. DORCHESTER S. ELLIS E. 61ST E. 61ST 5801 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 773.702.1234 uchicago.edu @UChicago facebook.com/uchicago © 2016 All rights reserved.
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