{"id":766,"date":"2026-06-25T11:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=766"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:05:52","slug":"uh-hilo-athletics-building-to-be-renovated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=766","title":{"rendered":"UH Hilo athletics building to be renovated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>The University of Hawaii at Hilo will soon have a new selling point for student athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=764\">US has luxury to rest players in group stage finale vs. Turkey<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The University of Hawaii at Hilo will soon have a new selling point for student athletes.<\/p>\n<p>An $11.6 million renovation for athletics facilities on the campus \u2014 including locker rooms, training, sports medicine and weight rooms and offices \u2014 is expected to begin early next year.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If all goes well, the facilities should be completed and ready for use by fall 2027, according to UH Hilo Athletics Director Pat Guillen. It will be the first major work done to the athletics building in nearly 50 years, and will include the addition of some new features.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe existing building was built in 1979, and it hasn\u2019t undergone any type of renovation since then, so it\u2019s long overdue,\u201d Guillen told the Tribune-Herald. \u201cWe\u2019ll also have, as part of it, a classroom and a conference room, a meeting room. It\u2019ll be a hybrid, so to speak, where teams can watch film and also where students can do some study hall work and things like that, and then some storage facilities. So, it\u2019s basically a remodel, it\u2019s not new construction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said there has been excitement among students about the changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I go a day without somebody asking me, \u2018Hey, Pat, when\u2019s the construction going to start? It\u2019s pretty awesome,\u201d Guillen said.<\/p>\n<p>He thinks the renovations will benefit not just the over 200 student athletes at the university, but also the larger student population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all part of the overall student experience,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m a firm believer our students \u2014 whether they\u2019re local students or international students or students from the mainland \u2014 all of our students, they\u2019re deserving of a first-class student experience, and facilities is a big part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=762\">Keaau man, 43, faces federal child pornography charges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to better serving current students, he hopes the renovation also serves as a draw for potential recruits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, specifically for our student athletes, in this day and age, kids look for the new shiny things, and you know, if you got them on a recruiting visit and you\u2019re showing them a weight room that was built in 1979 using equipment that\u2019s older than probably their parents, that\u2019s not much of a recruiting lure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The project is part of scheduled campus \u201crenewal and improvement\u201d work, according to UH Hilo Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs Kalei Rapoza.<\/p>\n<p>He said in a statement to the Tribune-Herald that this also includes efforts to modernize campus buildings and transition to more sustainable infrastructure, such as upgrading ventilation and air-conditioning equipment and controls for energy efficiency and air quality and repairing and installing new LED light fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the athletics facilities, the Mookini Library on campus will also be getting an upgraded asystem this year. An $8.77 million contract for the work was recently awarded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of our mechanical systems and student facilities have served the campus well for decades but are reaching the end of their operational lifespans,\u201d Rapoza wrote. \u201cBy addressing critical \u2026 mechanical systems now, we prevent emergency failures which are costly to fix and lead to interruptions in operations that impact our students and employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that it is also an important way to help preserve the library\u2019s collections, which include the Edith Kanaka\u2018ole Hawaiian Collection.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=760\">Brazil, Vinicius Junior overwhelm Scotland 3-0, Tartan Army party could be over<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The money for this work comes from state capital improvement funds.<\/p>\n<p>Email Grace Inez Adams at grace.adams@hawaiitribune-herald.com.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UH Hilo athletics building to be renovated &#8211; Hawaii News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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