Facilities

Recreation Services offers users a variety of recreation and fitness facilities, including the national award-winning Wellness and Recreation Center. Contact wrs-reservations@uni.edu to check on birthday party availability.

Aerobics/Dance Studio

The WRC has three multi-purpose studios used for academic classes, fitness programming and sport clubs:

Studio 85 is used as a general fitness studio and is also programmed for spin classes. This room houses 21 spin bikes and TRX anchors.
Studio 176 houses many different classes as well as our martial art clubs.

Baseball Field

The UNI Baseball club practices on our field just west of the WRC.

Fitness Area

The fitness area has a large variety of cardio equipment and Magnum weight training equipment. Highlighted cardio equipment includes:

Precor
Life Fitness
Woodways
Sci-Fit
Treadmills
Ellipticals
Recumbent and upright bikes
Steppers
Rowing machines
Cross Trainers
AMT
TRX
180-meter indoor track

Space is provided for core strength, warm up, cool down and dumbbell use.

Free Weight Room

The free weight room is located on the first floor of the WRC room 153. This 4,800 square foot layout includes a variety of Power Lift and Cybex weight equipment including power racks with lever action benches, a Smith machine, Cybex weight machines, a dumbbell area with sets going up to 100 pounds, preacher curl benches and much more!

The room’s décor and ambiance is inviting to all weight training enthusiasts from novice to the more experienced. The room has very user-friendly equipment and abundant operational hours.

It should be noted that neither chalk nor colored liquids are allowed in this room. Water in plastic containers is acceptable. Additional safety signage is posted.

Once you swipe your UNI ID at the supervisor’s desk, you’ll be ready to begin your fitness adventure in this dynamic facility.

Outdoor Field Complex

Newly renovated in 2019, these 40 acres of play fields can be found on the west side of the WRC, UNI-Dome and McLeod Center. This area highlights space for 10 flag football fields and six softball fields and is lit for evening activities.

In addition to these fields, visitors will also find the Goschle Field (practice site for the Panther football team) and Panther Club Baseball Field.

Outdoor Tennis Complex

Built as a collaborative effort between UNI, Cedar Falls Community School District, the city of Cedar Falls Parks and Recreation, the nine-court tennis complex was constructed in 2017. The complex won the 2018 John Milton Overman Award for Community Partnerships. Built with post tension concrete, these courts should provide years of high-quality play. New LED Musco lighting provides lights from 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. daily. Major outside support came from Black Hawk County Gaming, Cedar Falls Community Betterment Grant and the Ella E. Round Trust.

There are no advanced reservations for use of these courts but there are times that UNI Sport Clubs, UNI Athletics, academics, city Parks and Recreation, and the Cedar Falls schools have priority.

Community parking can be found on the south side of the complex in the Campus Street Parking Lot.

Panther Performance Center

The Panther Performance Center opened in 2020 and is a functional fitness space which is perfect for individual and small group workouts. It is open when the WRC is open but does close a couple of times a day for scheduled classes. It has rubber and turf flooring and the following equipment:

Rogue Assault Bikes
Concept II Rowers
SkiErg Machine
Rogue Wall Mounted Rack with bumper plates
Weighted Sand Bags
250 lb tire
Weighted Sled
Pull Up Bars
Plyo Boxes
Battle Ropes
Kettle Bells
Dumbbells

Wellness/Recreation Center

The Wellness/Recreation Center (WRC) is a state of the art facility completed in 1998. The WRC houses Recreation Services, a department within University Housing and Dining and the Division of Student Affairs. In addition, the WRC is home of the Department of Kinesiology and Athletic Training and the Department of Health, Recreation and Community Services.

The 249,000 sq. ft. facility is the April 2000 winner of the prestigious National Intramural Recreational Sports Association Outstanding Sport Facility and the 1999 winner of the Athletic Business Magazine Facilities of Merit Award. The WRC is part of a larger west campus complex which also provides support for UNI Athletics.

"We truly do have something for everyone"

West Trail Complex

There are almost 4 kilometers of pedestrian trails for the public to enjoy along with a four-acre pond that is open for paddling. No swimming is allowed.

Additional Resources

Reserve a facility

Birthday parties