Welcome banner for the new Oxley Athletic Center at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton campus 2001

The 61,000-square-foot Tom Oxley Athletic Center, the only coeducational facility of its kind in the country, opens on the Boca Raton campus. Tom Oxley, a local businessman, FAU alum and avid polo enthusiast, stepped forward with a donation that allowed the athletic center to become a reality. The 54,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility houses a football locker room, training room, weight room, meeting rooms and coaches' offices. The Oxley Center also houses individual locker rooms for cross country and track, women's soccer, softball and volleyball, as well as the respective coaches' offices. The athletics director and administrative staff of FAU athletics also call the Oxley Center home. All FAU students are welcome to use the computer study labs and classrooms. The facility overlooks the baseball "B" field, the FAU Soccer Stadium, FAU Softball Stadium, the Boca Raton Airport and two practice football fields.