The Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport will be the jewel in the crown of the new Varsity Centre. This $58-million sports complex will house research and teaching labs, a strength and conditioning centre, a state-of-the-art sport medicine clinic and a 2000-seat basketball and volleyball field house.

In July 2010, Vancouver-based Patkau Architects were selected for the project.

It will create a space where researchers, graduate students, sport scientists, athletic therapists and coaches can converge to develop the latest techniques for taking Canada’s top athletes to the next level. This synergy of the best facilities, coaches, sports medicine, research and training will create the “sport institute” environment that Canada craves.