Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education
In operation since fall semester 1993.
Square footage: 205,210 square feet.
Facilities and programs: Houses the colleges of Liberal Arts and Education and provides 53 classrooms and teaching labs, as well as conference rooms and other support facilities. It has a three-story classroom wing, a seven-story office wing, and a full basement.

Boilermaker Aquatic Center
Opened in August 2001.
Square footage: 80,000 square feet.
Purpose: To allow members of the Purdue community to fully realize their recreational, intercollegiate, and educational swimming needs.
Facilities: The Aquatic Center is designed in a “dotted-I” formation. The Doris Z. Holloway Competition Pool — the “I”— represents the 8-lane, 50-meter competitive pool, while the “dot” represents the 6-lane, 25-yard, and 17-foot-deep diving tank. The Aquatic Center also boasts a front entry area that includes windows showing the entire pool area, six offices, a classroom, four locker rooms, a coach’s conference room, a meet management office, and an exclusive team weight room.

Elliott Hall of Music
Seating capacity: 6,025, including space for eight wheelchairs.
Dedication: May 3, 1940.
Square footage: 163,200 square feet.
Stage: 100 feet wide by 28 feet deep; rear bandshell extension, radius of 40 feet.
Auditorium height: 56 feet; stage rim to back of auditorium, 156 feet.

Food Science Building
Completed: June 1998.
Square footage: 126,200 square feet.
Facilities: The four-story structure houses laboratory and office space for the Department of Food Science and is used for teaching, research, and development related to food processing and manufacturing procedures.

Hillenbrand Residence Hall
Dedication: October 7, 1993.
Square footage: 315,000 square feet.
Facilities: Two eight-story towers of resident rooms connected by a two-story unit containing lounges, administrative offices, and dining, kitchen, and employee support areas. Fully accessible to students with disabilities; includes specially accommodated rooms. Hall is fully air-conditioned, each resident room has semi-private bath shared with an adjacent room, and each floor includes a lounge and kitchenette. It houses 800 single undergraduate men and women.

Knoy Hall of Technology
Dedication: October 13, 1984.
Square footage: 130,400 square feet.
Facilities and programs: Houses the departments of Building Construction Management, Computer Graphics Technology, Computer Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Digital Enterprise Center, Office of Undergraduate and Graduate Education, and the dean’s office.

Mackey Arena
Seating capacity: 14,123.
Dedication: December 2, 1967.
Square footage: 199,400 square feet.
Special features: Four-sided, center-hanging Daktronics video board, three smaller boards for statistics display, and an updated sound system — all installed in 2004. Large tension ring, resting on 36 large concrete columns, acts as base to receive thrust of 300-foot-span steel structure. Basketball playing floor, which was replaced and redesigned in the summer of 1997, is 17 feet below grade level. On December 12, 1997, the playing surface was named “Keady Court” to honor Gene Keady, the all-time winningest coach in Purdue history. Height from arena floor to aluminum-dome roof is 97 feet. Six main building entrances service 18 area section portals. Banners commemorating conference and tournament championships and honoring All-Americans were installed in fall 2003.

Potter Engineering Center
Dedication: April 22, 1977.
Square footage: 119,200 square feet.
Facilities and programs: Center for Coal Technology Research, CINDAS Experimental Research Lab, CINDAS USAF/CRDA Handbooks Operation, Computer Aided Design and Graphics Laboratory, Continuing Engineering Education, Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute, Institute for Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies, Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing, K. S. Fu Room for Cross-Disciplinary Research, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, NCIC Map Sales, Network for Computational Nanotechnology, Power Pool Development Group, Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue Energy Modeling Research Groups, Purdue University Rendering and Perceptualization Lab, Siegesmund Engineering Library, Silicon Epitaxy Lab, State Utility Forecasting Group, VLSI Design Lab, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering.

Purdue Memorial Union
Memorializes Purdue men and women who served and died in military service to the United States.
Original building opened in September 1924; six major additions to the original building, the last one the hotel lobby in 1987.
Square footage: The Union has 258,200 square feet; the Union Club hotel has another 109,900 square feet.
Dining facilities: Union Market for ethnic foods such as fresh sushi, as well as a salad bar, deli foods, and more; Sagamore Restaurant for sit-down breakfast and luncheon dining; Villa Pizza, an on-campus Italian restaurant offering a variety of pizza and Italian foods; Café Villa for sub and panini sandwiches; Freshëns for smoothies, pretzels, yogurt treats, and hand-dipped ice cream; Oasis Café for Seattle’s Best coffee, Tazo teas, and deli wraps and sandwiches; “Pappy’s — the Original Sweet Shop,” newly renovated with a retro diner theme. The new Pappy’s has many of the same favorite menu items, including the Original Purdue Creamery Recipe Ice Cream, plus some new ones like meatloaf and Sloppy Jones, a beefless sloppy joe sandwich. A new Starbucks store also has opened at the Union, offering Starbucks products and merchandise. In addition, the Union offers catering for events from 10 to 1,000.
Offices: Office and/or work space provided for the Purdue Student Union Board, hobby and special interest clubs, other student organizations, the Card Services office, the BoilerCopyMaker copy center, STA Travel, and a Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union branch.
Hotel and other services: 196 fully modern Union Club hotel rooms; meeting and banquet rooms; two ballrooms; recreation center with 10 bowling lanes and 12 billiards tables; video arcade; check cashing; ATMs; art gallery.

Jerry S. Rawls Hall
Dedication: October 2, 2003.
Square footage: 128,788 square feet.
Features: This four-story building for Purdue’s Krannert School of Management includes Internet- and videoconference-enabled classrooms, as well as offices for some faculty members. The building also is equipped with wireless access points and is connected to the Krannert Building by means of a skywalk and a tunnel.

Recreational Sports Center
The Recreational Sports Center (RSC) was the first university building in the United States created solely to serve students’ recreational needs. Under construction from March 1954 until September 1957, the original four-level building had 148,700 square feet devoted to recreational sports. An addition completed in the fall of 1981 added about 62,500 square feet.

In the RSC’s lower level is the Colby Fitness Center. Opened in December 2002, the 19,000-square-foot center features more than 190 pieces of cardiovascular and strength training equipment, including cardio theater. An open design concept, 17 television sets, central air conditioning, full elevator access throughout the RSC, and a state-of-the-art sound system all complement the exercise experience.

Ross-Ade Stadium
Seating capacity: 62,500.

The first game was played November 22, 1924. The stadium was dedicated in a game with Indiana in which the Boilermakers defeated the Hoosiers 26-7.

Ross-Ade Stadium employs a system of pumps, drains, and piping beneath the grass known as “Prescription Athletic Turf.” The structure is steel and concrete, with 73 rows of permanent seats in the east, west, and north banks and 55 rows of seats in the south bank.

A Sony JumboTron was inserted into the main scoreboard in 1997. It provides live television shots and replays in the stadium from at least four cameras. A renovation project began after the 2001 season and was completed in summer 2003. The new, six-story pavilion on the west side houses the Shively Media Center, suites, and indoor club seats. Outdoor club seats, new concrete and bench seats, and a new sound system were included in the project.

Stewart Center
Construction began in 1954; opened in 1958.
Square footage: 484,300 square feet.
Facilities and services: Student organizations office and storage areas, 20 conference meeting facilities, 2 multipurpose rooms, 400-seat Fowler Hall, 1,038-seat Loeb Playhouse with space for four wheelchairs, 176-seat Experimental Theatre, Loeb Playhouse ticket office, lounge, and newspaper and magazine sales.
University departments and offices: Humanities, Social Science, and Education Library; Hicks Undergraduate Library; Libraries administrative offices; Center for Career Opportunities; and Office for Continuing Education and Conferences.

University Hall
Oldest building on campus, built in 1877; remodeled inside and air-conditioned in early 1960s for classroom and office use; new fiberglass roof added in summer 1993 replicates original slate roof.
Square footage: 34,000 square feet.