[1] Alumni Gymnasium opened in 1924 in what had been the site of a lake and swamp on the edge of the University of Kentucky campus.
[4] During the renovation, the interior was gutted and the roof replaced, but the original exterior shell was maintained.
[1] The updated gym consists of two levels of fitness and wellness equipment, with a structure with stadium-like screens at its center.
[5] The fitness center was the first available to residents of the university's north campus for several decades; during the last few years before the reopening of Alumni Gym as such, UK had subsidized 500 student memberships at Lexington's downtown YMCA location.
[1] In its new role, it relieved stress on the university's only previous student fitness facility, the Johnson Center on the south campus.