Office of Student Life

Recreational Sports

Recreational Sports spans the Columbus campus with award winning indoor and outdoor facilities, including seven indoor locations, spacious parks and outdoor spaces for a wide range of events. From the Lincoln Tower Park fields where the Best Damn Band in The Land practices for football games to the top-of-the-line climbing facilities at the Outdoor Adventure Center, Student Life Recreational Sports has the spaces you are looking for to support wellness for your event, camp or conference.

The centerpiece is the Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC), topping more than 600,000 square feet. The RPAC offers innovative workout equipment, a wellness center, a state-of-the-art aquatic facility and several well-maintained gyms and meeting spaces to support large or smaller events. This dynamic facility could be a perfect fit in addition to your next camp or conference.  

View additional information and the capacity sheet for our Recreational Sports spaces.

Recreational Sports - RPAC

Recreational Sports - OAC

A person climbing on one of the climbing walls at the recreational sports Outdoor Adventure Center

Indoor Climbing Facility

Outdoor Adventure Center

Recreational Sports - ARC

Recreational Sports - Lincoln Tower Park

Lincoln Tower Park Turf Fields

Turf Fields

Lincoln Tower Park

Lincoln Tower Park Tennis Courts

Tennis Courts

Lincoln Tower Park

Lincoln Tower Park Basketball Courts, Outside of the RPAC

Basketball Courts

Lincoln Tower Park

The Sand Volleyball Courts at Lincoln Tower Park, Just Outside of the RPAC

Sand Volleyball Courts

Lincoln Tower Park

A photograph of the eSports arena located in Lincoln Tower

eSports Arena

Lincoln Tower

Recreational Sports - Aquatics

Competitive Pool at the Recreation Center

Competition Pool

McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

This is a photograph of the diving pool located at the Recreational and Physical Activity Center

Ron O’Brien Diving Well

McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

This is a photo of the leisure pool at the recreation and physical activity center

Leisure Pool

McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

This is a photograph of the lap pool at the recreation and physical activity center

Lap Pool

McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

This is a photograph of the class pool at the Recreation and Physical Activity Center

Class Pool

McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

McCorkle Indoor Aquatics Plaza

Indoor Aquatic Plaza

McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion