What Will Pitt’s Newest Arena and Sports Performance Facility Look Like?
New renderings of the Victory Heights project have been released.
RENDERINGS BY HNTB COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
The neighborhood around the Petersen Events Center at the University of Pittsburgh is going to look significantly different in a few years.
Plans are moving forward on the $240 million Victory Heights Arena & Sports Performance Center, which will likely host many of the sports and functions currently held in the Fitzgerald Field House. The 250,000-square-foot facility will be built adjacent to the Petersen Events Center.
The University is expected to brief the Pittsburgh Planning Commission this week on its plans for the facility.
The Arena and Sports Performance Center will be part of Victory Heights, a development district of new athletic facilities along Pitt’s campus. In a press release from the original announcement in 2020, the university’s chancellor Patrick Gallagher said Victory Heights would represent the “dramatic reshaping of the environment for Pitt Athletics.”
The vision for the area is to be “a hub for sports medicine, athletic training and strength and conditioning as well as a practice and competition venue for wrestling, volleyball, gymnastics and cheer/dance/mascot,” according to the Oakland Planning & Development Corporation’s website. Another prominent feature of the facility will be a 2,500-seat arena.
