'Right now, we have nothing': The history behind Wisconsin track and field's indoor facility concerns
TODD D. MILEWSKI
Updated
The Camp Randall Sports Center is due to be demolished in the final months of 2024 to make way for Wisconsin's new indoor practice facility. Here's a look inside taken on July 15, 2024.
Those who trained at the Camp Randall Sports Center during the winter months can attest it was no palace. But the Shell, as it colloquially was known, had a running surface and spots for pole vaulters, jumpers and throwers to work on their crafts.
Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh speaks in front of the Shell in 2022. McIntosh voiced support for Badgers track and field teams after current and former athletes complained about the future of indoor facilities.
Photos of Wisconsin's Shell before it makes way for a new practice facility
Big Ten Conference banners hang on a wall inside the UW–Madison's Camp Randall Sports Center, commonly known as the Shell.
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The University of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame is on an outside wall of the Camp Randall Sports Center, which is set for demolition later in 2024.
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Patrick Herb, Assistant Athletic Director of Strategic Communications for UW–Madison, walks through UW’s Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center, commonly known as “The Shell."
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The main entrance lobby for UW–Madison's Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center, commonly known as “The Shell."
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A thin wood wall separates two components of the Camp Randall Sports Center. At left is the center’s former ice hockey facility, and at right is a training area for the university’s track and field team.
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Former ice skate storage shelves share a wall inside the Camp Randall Sports Center.
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Elements of a locker room once used by the Edgewood High School hockey team — and the Badgers women's hockey team before it — remain inside the Camp Randall Sports Center.
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Big Ten Conference banners hang on a wall inside the Camp Randall Sports Center.
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Sponsorship bricks share a walkway outside the Camp Randall Sports Center.
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The Camp Randall Sports Center was built between 1954 and 1956 and is scheduled for demolition to make way for Wisconsin's new indoor practice facility.
Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh speaks in front of the Shell in 2022. McIntosh voiced support for Badgers track and field teams after current and former athletes complained about the future of indoor facilities.
