New Performance Gym Opens for Play

Blair students and the community at large celebrated the opening of the performance gym in the Student Activity and Athletic Center on January 10. Athletic Director Jim Stone marked the occasion by thanking alumni, parents and friends whose support made the long-awaited facility a reality. The girls’ varsity basketball team was narrowly defeated by Hun in the first game in the performance gym, while the boys’ varsity players followed with a decisive win over Wilbraham Monson.

The performance gym – not to be confused with the field house, which opened last month in the new section of the building – is actually the renovated Walker Gymnasium. Sporting shiny aluminum bleachers, Blair blue and white walls and a gleaming hardwood floor with a blue “B” at center court, the performance gym will host home basketball games, wrestling matches and other events. With seating for 650, Blair finally has a space that can accommodate all its dedicated sports fans.

Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on the remaining sections of the Student Activity and Athletic Center, including the bookstore, canteen, student lounge and college counseling offices; the entire facility is slated for completion by winter’s end.

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Posted 1/12/09

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