The Robert L. Waltrip Indoor Training Center is the newest addition to a series of facilities improvements that have transformed the look of Rice Athletics over the past decade. The 80,000 square foot inflatable structure rose up from the infield area of the bike track west of Rice Stadium for the first time in late July of 2020, creating a facility to house practices, intramurals and other events when weather put those events in peril. The Waltrip Center affords Rice coaches the ability to integrate practice times into student-athlete academic schedules no matter the weather conditions. The new space will also host club and intramural sports and other campus and community activities.