Kennesaw State University - Arena / Convocation Center

Ranked as one of the top “Up and Coming” colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report and Success Magazine, Kennesaw State University (KSU), located 20 miles north of Atlanta, is the fastest growing school in the University System of Georgia.  To accommodate this growth, KSU retained Heery International to provide programming, architectural and interior design for a new 6,000-seat multi-purpose convocation center with a 25,000 SF classroom wing for health, physical education and sports science instruction, totaling 147,000 SF.

This flexible, multi-purpose facility provides a maximum 6,000 seats for convocations and concerts.  It also accommodates a variety of sports venues including a varsity basketball court with 5,200 seats in the round and portable seating stored on the upper and lower levels; basketball practice with two courts on the lower level and two courts on the upper wings; volleyball competition with one court on each upper wing; and badminton competition with two courts on each upper wing.  The facility also includes 12 classroom and laboratory facilities, two large teaching/multi-purpose areas totaling nearly 10,000 SF, 43 administrative and support offices and three conference rooms.

After completion, KSU converted several rooms in the convocation center into a new women’s varsity locker room for volleyball. The space includes an entry, locker room and a toilet/shower area.

Heery was also subsequently retained to conduct campus-wide athletic facility master planning for baseball, softball, soccer, football, volleyball and cheerleading. Facilities included competition and practice areas, team locker rooms and lounge areas, training areas, coaches’ locker rooms, offices and spectator areas.  A separate master planning investigation was also conducted for a 23-acre off campus site.