From an initial goal of delivering a new indoor sports facility for teams on the University of Maryland College Park campus, the concept for repurposing the Cole Field House has evolved into an innovative clinical and research facility in the fields of sports medicine, health and human performance. In addition to converting the 62-year-old field house into an indoor practice center, the $155-million project aims to provide new facilities for the football program, doctors, medical students and researchers.
The project calls for renovating and expanding the existing field house along with an additional new building that will wrap around the perimeter of the field house on three sides.