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DODGE FITNESS CENTER
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QUICK FACTS
Official Name: Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center
Competition Venues: Levien Gymnasium, University Gym "Blue Gym", Percy Uris Natatorium
Date Opened: December 1974
Total Size: 150,000-square feet
Seating Capacity: 2,700-basketball/volleyball; 500-wrestling; 500-fencing; 300-swimming & diving
Surface/Structure: Wooden basketball court; rubberized Mondo-University Gymnasium
Location: Morningside Heights campus, Columbia University
Original Cost: $13 million in 1974
Named For: Marcellus Hartley Dodge ‘1903CC
Address: 3030 Broadway, Mail Code 1900, New York, N.Y. 10027
THE CENTER
As its dual varsity and recreational space and located in the heart of Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus, Dodge Fitness Center functions as the center of Columbia Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education & Recreation activities.
Since 1974, Dodge Fitness Center has served as the competition home for seven of Columbia’s Varsity Sports: men’s basketball, women’s basketball, wrestling, men’s & women’s swimming and diving and men’s and women’s fencing. The venue also houses athletic department administrative and varsity sports offices, Columbia’s physical education and club sports management center, physical fitness center, pool, indoor running track, squash courts, locker rooms, and dry sauna. In addition, the facility serves as host for a variety of other Columbia University events.
Each year, Dodge Fitness Center hosts over one million visitors. At peak activity, between 4,000 and 6,000 people per day use Dodge Fitness Center, whether to participate in a fitness activity, compete in a club sport and/or attend an athletic event. Each semester, over 1,500 students attend classes in Dodge.
In 1995, Dodge Fitness Center received major renovation which expanded its existing space. As part of the renovation, Columbia reconstructed and renovated University Gym, retreated the basketball court with synthetic coating and expanded the three floors of fitness space.
Named for Marcellus Hartley Dodge, a businessman who served as Chairman of the Board of Remington Arms Company and as a member of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, member of the Columbia board of trustees from 1907-1959, President of the YMCA in the United States and well-known philanthropist. Dodge graduated from Columbia University in 1903 where he served as president of his class, manager of the track and field team and coxswain of the crew team. Upon his graduation, he presented Hartley Hall, the largest dormitory on the Columbia campus. He also donated the fountains on the Low Memorial Library plaza. In addition, the Marcellus Hartley Dodge Cup, awarded in rowing, is named in his honor. After his death in 1963, his family and estate underwrote the construction of Dodge Physical Fitness Center and the university renamed another of its buildings Dodge Hall in his honor.
DODGE FITNESS CENTER AMENITIES
Francis S. Levien Gymnasium
- Competition home to Columbia’s men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball teams.
- Multi-purpose hardwood floor gymnasium featuring three NCAA regulation basketball courts.
- 2,700 chairback and bleacher seats for men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball.
- Configurable for other sports including indoor soccer and other activities.
University Gymnasium (Blue Gym)
- Competition home for Columbia’s wrestling and fencing programs.
- Multi-purpose athletics gymnasium.
- Mondo rubberized performance surface.
- Configurable for basketball, soccer, volleyball, and badminton.
Percy Uris Pool
- Competition home for Columbia’s men’s and women’s swimming & diving program.
- Eight lane, 25-yard swimming pool with a diving well.
- Also used for recreational swim and instructional classes.
Tri-Level Physical Fitness Center
- Three-story open area with cardio-fitness and strength training facility.
- State-of-the-art machines include treadmills, elliptical trainers, steppers and selectorized weight training systems.
- 70 pieces of cardiovascular equipment.
- Two bench presses.
- Fourth floor Equipment and Towel Lending Room.
- Members have access to the following equipment at no cost: basketballs, soccer balls, volleyballs, medicine balls, kettlebells, stability balls, jump ropes and light weight dumbbells
Indoor Running Track
- 160-meter running track with competitive banked turns and mondo-rubberized performance surface.
Squash and Handball Courts
- American-sized courts suitable for squash, racquetball, paddleball and handball.
Men’s and Women’s Locker Rooms
- Changing rooms with full showers and restroom facilities.
- Dry sauna available in both men’s and women’s locker rooms.
Administrative Offices
- Administrative offices for Columbia’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics administration, Physical Educations and other employees.
- Administrative offices for a variety of Columbia varsity sports programs including men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, men’s and women’s track and field and cross country, men’s and women’s golf, heavyweight and lightweight rowing, women’s rowing and men’s and women’s squash.
Aldo T. “Buff” Donelli Strength & Conditioning Room
- 6,000-square foot weight room
- 2,000-pounds of free weights
- 65 exercise stations
- 10 self-contained power areas (SCPAs)
- $2.5 million facility
Other Varsity Sports Facilities
- Varsity Training Facilities
- Lisa Landau Carnoy Lounge
- Columbia Athletic Training Room
- Columbia Equipment Room
- Indoor Golf Facility
- Fencing Room
- Andrew F. Barth Wrestling Room
- Rowing Training Center
