The UCLA Athletic Department is proud to announce the construction of the Spieker Aquatic Center. The project is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2008 and is located at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on campus. The facility will house a 52-meter x 25-yard deep-water pool and diving well (1m/3m boards, 5m/10m tower).

The $10-million project includes a clubhouse that will contain locker rooms, coaches' offices and meeting rooms which currently do not exist for intercollegiate aquatics. The Spieker Aquatic Center will be a lighted facility and will hold 800 spectators in the permanent grandstand. For large-scale events, UCLA will have the ability to seat an additional 1,700 spectators in temporary seating.

The UCLA Athletic Department is working in conjunction with UCLA's Cultural and Recreational Affairs to develop the new center. Once completed, the Spieker Aquatic Center will offer the opportunity to not only host UCLA athletic events, but Master's swimming events and individual and club swim meets and U.S. Water Polo events, along with regional, national and international competition.

Diving would be able to host U.S. Diving Senior National Preliminary Championships, as well as U.S. Diving Senior National Championships in the new facility. The new pool will also allow UCLA to host annual collegiate and junior diving invitationals (ie, The Bruin Invite/JO Regionals and Zones, with the hope of hosting a Junior National Championship). The state-of-the-art facility will bring together all three of UCLA's intercollegiate aquatic sports - water polo, swimming and diving - in one venue.

Men's Gym Pool
Until the Spieker Aquatic Center is completed, UCLA will continue to host its swimming meets at the Men's Gym Pool in the Student Activities Center. Diving takes place at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center.

Tickets
There is no charge for admission to home UCLA swimming and diving events.

Parking
The Men's Gym Pool is easily accessible from Lot 4. Parking for Sunset Canyon is in the 'RC' Lot right next to the pool. Click HERE for a detailed map of parking structures. The main UCLA campus map with additional parking information is located HERE

Directions
Directions to a number of on-campus UCLA facilities can be accessed by clicking HERE

If you have any other questions, please contact the UCLA Sports Information Office at (310) 206-7870. The office is open Mon.-Fri. between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.