In recent years, the student population increased to 40,000, prompting university officials to recognize the need for a new sporting facility within the campus.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 29, 2008, after the Vatican gave its "blessing" to the project as UST is a pontifical university, directly under the supervision of the Holy See.

It was originally named as the UST Sports Complex, but the Council of Regents announced on October 18, 2011, that the new building will be called the Quadricentennial Pavilion.

The facility was planned to be the home of the UST varsity players and the Growling Tigers starting academic year of 2012.

To minimize solar exposure to the sports venue's interior, louvers were utilized as part of the building's façade.

[8] Four-storey sports complex mainly features a maplewood hardcourt basketball court on the second floor with rows of seats rising up to the fourth level of the building.

[5] On the third level, the facility's windows holds posters and memorabilia displaying sporting events and selected Thomasian athletes.

Its toilets and faucets inside the lavatories and restrooms are automated and the entire vicinity is controlled by a centralized air-conditioning system.

[7] The main lobby of the facility features a steel sculpture named Campione (Spanish: champion), designed by Thomasian artist Joe Datuin.