page_title: Mercer University
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Mercer University / Athletics / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Homer and Ruth Drake Field House on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States.
context_page_description: Mercer University is a private research university with its main campus in Macon, Georgia. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in Georgia and enrolls more than 8,600 students in 12 colleges and schools: liberal arts, business, engineering, education, music, college of professional advancement, law, theology, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and health professions. Mercer is a member of the Georgia Research Alliance and has a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest collegiate honors society. Mercer University alumni include 24 United States Representatives, 12 Governors, four United States Senators, and two Pulitzer Prize winners.
  Mercer has three major campuses: the historic campus in Macon, a graduate and professional education campus in Atlanta, and a four-year campus of the School of Medicine in Savannah.
context_section_description: Mercer opened the University Center on the Macon campus in 2004.  The $40 million 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m²) center houses Mercer's athletics department, a 3,500-seat basketball arena, an indoor pool, work-out facilities, intramural basketball courts, a food court, and numerous meeting facilities.  Mercer's baseball, softball, and intramural fields are next to the center along with the university's tennis complex and football-lacrosse complex. The basketball arena was named Hawkins Arena in 2012; the naming honors J. B. Hawkins, former high school athletic director and basketball coach in Crawford County, Georgia.
  Mercer opened the Tony and Nancy Moye Football and Lacrosse Complex (10,200 seats) in 2013.  The stadium is adjacent to the University Center and Mercer's other athletic facilities.  On February 26, 2015, the stadium portion of the complex was named Five Star Stadium in recognition of a multimillion-dollar financial commitment to Mercer athletics by Five Star Automotive Group, which owns dealerships in Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina.
  Hilton Garden Inn operates a 101-room hotel on university-owned land adjacent to the University Center and the Moye Complex.
  Mercer's facilities are located next to Interstate 75.  Large parking lots are available for visitors-spectators arriving via the Mercer University Drive exit.
caption: Homer and Ruth Drake Field House, a component of the Tony and Nancy Moye Football and Lacrosse Complex
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