Named after former Canadian senator David Braley, the facility was opened in 2007,[1] with McMaster students paying a year-round membership fee to support the facility as part of their mandatory student union fees.
The 12,300 square metres (132,000 sq ft) athletic facility features a 11.0 by 9.1 metres (36 by 30 ft) indoor rock climbing wall, Olympic weightlifting equipment, four internationally-sized squash courts, and a four-lane 200 metres (660 ft) indoor track.
[1] In 2018 the athletic centre was involved in an unsuccessful litigation filed by a former student for an alleged injury from using the facility.
[2][3] In May 2018, a jury panel of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the university not liable for any claims,[4] with the decision later upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal.
[5] The indoor track was closed for construction in 2018 and scheduled to be reopened in 2020.