About the Health & Recreation Complex
The Health and Recreation Complex (HRC) serves as a wellness resource for Butler University students, faculty and staff, Butler alumni, and the Indianapolis community. In addition to housing the Department of Recreation, the HRC also houses:
Key Facility Features
- Two-court gymnasium that can accommodate basketball, volleyball, and badminton
- Six lane, lap-swimming pool
- Leisure pool for water basketball, volleyball, bubble benches, or lazy river
- Hot tub
- Sauna
- Men’s, women’s, and family locker rooms
- Two multipurpose rooms for use with group exercise classes or club sport practices
- Functional fitness room
- Free-weight room with Hammer Strength equipment
- Three free-weight areas, a selectorized weight machine circuit, several transitional fitness spaces, and two cardio machine areas that include Precor, Matrix, and Cybex pieces (over 60 pieces in all)
- 1/10 mile jogging track
- Conference room that seats approximately 30–40
- Student lounge (aka “Living Room”) with study areas, large TV, pool table, and table tennis