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REVITALIZE

Help build community within UW-Madison’s East Campus Gateway.

The 933-acre expanse of the University of Wisconsin-Madison holds within it special places that connect us to our personal ideals, to our friends and colleagues, and to the heart and soul of campus today. Places like the Memorial Union Terrace, Bascom Hill and Camp Randall.

Over the decades, the east corridor of campus has fallen out of step with the ever-expanding needs of a thriving public university. Revitalizing the great potential of this area is the focus of the East Campus Gateway project, which is part of the “Great People. Great Place.” initiative. Elements of the project include an expanded Chazen Museum of Art, School of Music performance and academic buildings and unified art facilities.

An addition to the Kohl Center complex would provide a permanent home for the Badger men’s and women’s hockey programs. The new construction, which would be connected underground to the Kohl Center, would include a 92- x 200-foot ice sheet, spectator seating, UW-Madison team locker rooms, a visitor’s locker room, concessions, public restrooms and women’s hockey coaches’ offices.

This renovation of the eastern edge of campus will unify new structural elements in the area with existing and traditional spaces such as the Memorial Union Terrace and Library Mall. The Gateway will have gathering places, plantings, plazas, public art and a vibrant pedestrian mall linking the lakeshore with Regent Street.

These developments, along with a major remodeling of the iconic Memorial Union, will bring new activity, usefulness and a sense of educational vitality to this critical campus junction between the University and the city of Madison.