University of Richmond Athletics
Queally Athletics Center
The Queally Athletics Center is the everyday home of Spiders basketball.
Opened in October 2020 following 18 months of construction, the $15 million practice facility’s centerpiece is Breed Family Practice Court. The gym includes a replica of the Robins Center court plus two additional half-courts and two more retractable baskets on the sidelines of the main court, for a total of six in the facility. Steps from the court is a 20-seat theater that allows for instant review of practice film and diagramming of offensive and defensive schemes.
The Boggs Strength and Conditioning Room, used exclusively by the men’s and women’s basketball teams, abuts the court’s endline and is separated only by a pair of see-through retractable overhead doors. A six-table Sports Medicine suite, a hydrotherapy room with two pools, and the Bugg Fueling Station all border the strength and conditioning area and form the Ball Family Training Center.
Locker rooms and lounges for the men’s and women’s team are also located on the ground floor, while the second floor includes Spider Hall, the main entrance to the Queally Athletics Center. The space, which serves to engage fans and alumni in celebration of the proud tradition of Richmond Athletics, features a giant video board as well as entrances to Millhiser Gymnasium and the University’s Student Well-Being Center, which are both adjacent to the QAC.
The facility is named for 1986 alumni Paul and Anne-Marie Queally, longtime supporters of the University of Richmond who contributed a $7.5 million lead gift to launch the fundraising efforts for the new center.
OPENING DAY - OCTOBER 5, 2020See photos from the first on-court action at the Queally Athletics Center: men's basketball workouts on October 5, 2020.
SEPTEMBER 2020 COURT PAINTING
Check out the painting of the practice court at the Queally Athletics Center as final preparations are made to officially open the facility.
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