Montana Grizzlies - Athletic Facilities

• Built 1998
• Part of main facility Adams Center which opened in the fall of 1999 after nearly two years and $15 million of renovation.
• Divided into two separate venues (West and East).
  • West Auxiliary Gymnasium (WAG) - playing venue for volleyball program
    • WAG capacity (1218)
    • The WAG features a permanent maple wood floor and a high-intensity lighting system. A scoreboard from Dahlberg Arena was mounted on the south side of the WAG and permanent shot clocks for basketball were mounted behind the backstops. A state-of-the-art public-address system is in place, and eight speakers were installed at ceiling height to provide sound throughout the facility.
  • East Auxiliary Gymnasium (EAG) - used as a practice facility for all UM sports programs, including basketball, cross country, golf, football, soccer, tennis, track & field, and volleyball.

• Built 1998-99 as part of the Adams Center renovation
• 7000 square feet

• Athletic Performance Center was created as part of the recent renovation to the Adams Center in 1999. The current facility is approximately twice as large as the previous weight room used in the Adams Center over the years.

The Athletic Performance Center staff designs, implements and evaluates strength and conditioning programs for all Grizzly athletes including sport-specific weight training, coupled with movement-specific conditioning. The center features numerous free-weight stations and several weight-training machines.

Sport-specific weight training, coupled with movement-specific conditioning results in a greater overall training effect that transfers to the court during the season. Lifting is also a focus during the season. The student-athletes focus on several core lifts to maintain their strength levels during the long and grueling season.

• Basketball Arena

• Built 1967
• Track and Field

• Off-campus facility bearing the same name as a former on-campus facility it replaced in 1967. The Dornblaser fields successively fielded the Montana football team until a new facility (Washington-Grizzly Stadium) was completed on campus in 1986.
• Located next to the Soccer Stadium, the newly renovated Dornblaser Field recently received a complete reconstruction, including a resurfaced track, new field, new event equipment, and new bleachers.

• The Jacobson Academic Center provides UM student-athletes access to a computer lab and a study room. A small conference room is available for group studying, as well as 10 desktop computer stations and free printing. Both student-athletes and Athletic Academic Services use the facilities for programming.

The Jacobson Academic Center, open Monday-Friday, 7:30 am – 6:00 pm, is located on the Adams Center’s ground floor, down the hall from the Athletic Performance Center.

• Completed 1999
• 7200 square feet
• The RATC provides numerous ways to treat injuries: electrical stimulation units, whirlpools, free weights and balance boards. The primary goal of the athletic training staff is to provide quality care for student-athletes while helping them safely return to competition.

• In an addition to an enlarged rehabilitation area, the center also includes athletic trainers’ offices, six hydrotherapy units and a consulting office where nutritionists and doctors can meet with athletes. There are also classrooms for the athletic training curriculum.

The RATC provides numerous ways to treat injuries: electrical stimulation units, whirlpools, free weights and balance boards. The primary goal of the athletic training staff is to provide quality care for student-athletes while helping them safely return to competition.

When a student-athlete is injured, an athletic trainer evaluates the severity of the injury and renders whatever care is needed. Depending on the extent of the injury, the student-athlete visits the center daily, at least two to three times, for treatment and rehabilitation exercises. The athletic training staff works together with the Athletic Performance staff to monitor the student-athlete's strengthening exercises. Once student-athletes have regained strength and function, they are allowed to return to the playing field or court.

Although athletic trainers provide injury care, they also promote injury prevention. Preventative maintenance occurs in the form of injury-screening processes, flexibility, taping and strengthening exercises.

• Includes 9 courts
• Dedicated to Dr. Robert O. Lindsay, former faculty representative for athletics, in 1996.

• Soccer Stadium
• Capacity (1000)

• Located at the corner of South and Higgins avenues, South Campus Stadium was constructed partly from volunteer funds and services donated by the Missoula soccer community. Irrigation, water and power lines, a grass field, a chain link fence surrounding the property, a scoreboard, and permanent seating for 1,000 spectators

• Football Stadium
• Built 1986 (Expansions in 1995, 2003, and 2007)
  • Current capacity (25,217)

• In August 1985 Missoula businessman Dennis R. Washington and the employees of Washington Corporations provided a gift of $1 million and the stadium has since been the named Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The cost of the stadium was around $3.2 million.

There are 49 private boxes located on the east and west sides of the stadium, and they are individually decorated and furnished.

• Stadium Additions
  • 1986 - Original layout had 12,500 permanent seats, and seating was available, weather-permitting, in the grass end zones, which made the capacity around 15,000.

• • 1995 - In the spring of 1995 the stadium underwent its first expansion in the north and south end zones. The cost of that expansion was about $2.5 million and brought seating to 19,000.

• • 2001 - Sprinturf was added prior to the 2001 season at a cost of about $1 million, which was paid for by an anonymous donor, but with the request that the field be named “John Hoyt Field” in honor of John Hoyt, a long-time Grizzly booster, who passed away in March of that year. A new Sprinturf playing surface was installed prior to the 2008 season

• • 2002 - GrizVision, a state-of-the-art video and message center, was added in 2002. GrizVision displays game statistics, player profiles, digital replays, and shots of the crowd. The screen is one of the largest in the FCS, measuring 26 feet by 36 feet, and it came from New York City and Times Square.

• • 2003 - The second expansion occurred in the spring and summer of 2003, and approximately 4,000 seats were added to the north end zone section, increasing the stadium capacity to 23,183, with a cost around $3.5 million.

• • 2007 - The third expansion, at a cost of approximately $6.5 million, occurred prior to the 2008 football season. The eastside expansion now houses a 500-seat “Stadium Club” with two membership levels: the “Canyon Room” has 125 seats inside and 125 seats outside, and the “Hellgate Terrace,” which has 250 seats. This expansion increased the current seating capacity of Washington- Grizzly Stadium to 25,217.