Wellness and Events Center (WEC) 

The Wellness and Events Center (WEC) is an iconic, state-of-the-art and multipurpose building that provides large-scale space for professional conferencing, training and career fairs, as well as social settings for NJIT students, faculty and staff. The WEC is home to our Division I scholar-athletes and will serve as a fitness and recreational center for our campus community, NJIT alumni and friends.  

The design of the three-story, 220,000-square-foot building features a number of flexible spaces that can be quickly configured to support the numerous and varied missions of the university community. The WEC offers an excellent view of the adjacent athletic field for our Division-I soccer and lacrosse programs.

The 3,500-seat arena exemplifies the creation of transformable venues to meet the varied programmatic needs of each event. With all of the lower bowl seats in place, it is a dynamic Division I basketball and volleyball venue. Retracting half of those seats and adding a portable stage converts it to a convocation hall. With all of the seats retracted, the large, open floor can be used for recreation/ intramural sports, large student gatherings, job fairs, alumni functions and trade shows. The main concourse also functions as a practice running track.

WEC has many amenities which include:

 

• A 25-yard swimming pool with diving area

• A fitness center with cardio equipment and weights

• Lounges, study areas and multipurpose rooms

• An indoor 10,000 square feet turf space

• Two practice courts for intramural and intercollegiate sports

• A running track that will encircle the concourse of the first-floor arena

• The arena will seat 3,500 people, but the bleachers are designed to retract, allowing the floor space in the arena to triple in size.

• The expanded floor space will host campus events and professional conferences

• An inside path on the first floor will allow students to walk from the subway and other areas on Lock Street to the main campus quad

• A 30-foot-wide promenade between Tiernan Hall