The Woody Hayes Athletic Center is an indoor athletics training facility of The Ohio State University

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

. It was dedicated in November 1987 in memory of the late Woody Hayes

Woody Hayes

Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Denison University , Miami University , and Ohio State University , compiling a career college football record of 238–72–10.During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio...

, Ohio State's football coach, and renovated in a significant expansion in 2005–2007. The facility contains an indoor field which is 400 feet (121.9 m) long, 220 feet (67.1 m) wide and 65 feet (19.8 m) high and is covered by All-Pro Turf

Artificial turf

Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

. The field is used by the football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

, baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, softball

Softball

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, lacrosse

Lacrosse

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 and soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 teams.

The $21.5 million 53000 square feet (4,923.9 m²) expansion was financed by fund-raisers outside the athletic department budget. Heery International

Heery International

Heery International, Inc. is an architectural firm that was founded in 1952 by George T. Heery and his father C. Wilmer Heery, Jr., and is currently headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia...

 of Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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, provided the architectural design, with emphasis on current technological, media, and innovative developments. The WHAC now totals more than 78000 square feet (7,246.4 m²) of facilities, offices, and meeting rooms.

The facility has a 17000 square feet (1,579.4 m²) weight room

Weight training

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, free weights, Nautilus, Inc.

Nautilus, Inc.

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 equipment and a training room that is available for Ohio State sports teams.

Football facilities include coaches' offices with individual position meeting rooms, an auditorium for team meetings, meeting rooms for offense and defense units, and a substantial player lounge.

The northern corridor and atrium are adorned with Ohio State football history, including Big Ten

Big Ten Conference

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 and national championship team displays, Heisman Trophies

Heisman Trophy

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 and photos of All-Americans and Academic All-Americans, and is the only part of the facility open to the public.