Department of Recreation Changes

Membership Information

New and renewal memberships begins in April. All current members of the Fitness Center will receive renewal information by mail.

The Recreation Fee is free to Penn faculty and staff. This includes access to the basketball courts, swimming pools, Ringe Squash Courts, and locker facilities.

The Fitness Center Fee includes use of Cardiovascular, Selectorized and Free weights in Gimbel and Hutchinson Gyms.

Payroll Deduction is available to Penn faculty and staff as payment for an annual Fitness Center fee. The annual membership period is from September 1 - August 31.

Gimbel Gym Transition/Construction of the David S. Pottruck Health and Fitness Center

Gimbel Gym will be closed during the summers of 2001 and 2002. The closure is to do re-piping of the Sheerr Pool and to transition parts of Gimbel Gym to be used during the academic year.

Gimbel Gym will be closed this summer from May 22- September 5. Hutchinson Gymnasium will be available for recreational activities this summer.

In the Fall of 2001 Gimbel Gym will reopen for the academic year. The facility will have the following transitional changes:

  • Main Gimbel entrance will be on Sansom Street (not Walnut)
  • The Recreation services and membership offices will be permanently relocated to Hutchinson Gym. Gimbel Gym will not process any financial transactions.
  • The Katz Fitness Center (Cardiovascular Room) will be relocated to the second level
  • The spinning room will also be located on the second level
  • Gimbel Gym will only have two basketball courts available for use.
  • Permanent lockers will not be available at Gimbel. All lockers will be day of use only.

Pottruck Health and Fitness Center Program Element

A more detailed description of the program element (including a level-by-level description) is available at www.upenn.edu/recreation.

17,000 sq. ft of Fitness Space

Climbing Wall

Multipurpose Rooms for dance, martial arts,and aerobic activities

Golf Center

Wet/Dry Classrooms

Natatorium

Basketball Courts

Spinning Room

Pro Shop and Juice Bar

Men's/Women's Locker and Shower Facilities

Administrative and Recreation Program Offices

Customer Service Areas

Daily lockers located on each activity level

Restroom areas located on each activity level

Main Atrium with bridge and stairs to all levels

--Department of Recreation


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