Fencing OK for Brainpower Center at UIW

SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) has opened its new Brainpower Center for Fencing and International Sports.

The 18,000-sf facility, located on the campus of St. Anthony High School at 3200 McCullough Ave., will house eight fencing strips and practice space, spectator and exercise areas, a gymnasium that can accommodate basketball and volleyball, competition areas for badminton and table tennis, and an armory.

Construction cost $3 million for the multipurpose center. Bexar County contributed $2 million toward the construction costs of the new center through a special venue tax. UIW covered the balance of the construction costs.