Arrillaga Center for Sports & Recreation - Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com

About the Place:
The Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation (ACSR), which opened in February 2006, is a 75,000 square foot recreation facility for students, faculty and staff. It includes a 11,000 square foot fitness room with weight machines and cardio equipment, the Erickson Family Courts (three full length basketball courts), the Whiting Family Climbing Wall, seven squash courts, including one glass competition court, the Fencing Center, which is home to Stanford’s Fencing team, and a 3,600 square foot studio used for yoga, Taekwondo, Judo and other activities. Also located in the building for use by Stanford’s varsity intercollegiate athletes are the Lacob Family Sports Medicine and Human Performance Center, and Rosenberg Academic Resource Center. ~source

About the Person:

John Arrillaga (born 1936) is an American real estate mogul and philanthropist. He is one of the largest landowners in Silicon Valley.

In the 1960s, Arrillaga and business partner Richard Peery bought California farmland and converted it into office space. They became two of Silicon Valley's biggest commercial landlords with more than 12,000,000 square feet (1,100,000 m2).

In 2006, he sold 5,300,000 sq ft (490,000 m2) of his real estate holdings for roughly $1.1 billion.

He is well known for his generous support of Stanford University. The alumni center, the Frances C. Arrillaga Building, is named in memory of his first wife, and various other athletic facilities carry his surname. In May 2006, Arrillaga gave $100 million to Stanford.

In June 2013, he again donated to Stanford, writing a check for $151 million, making it the largest individual donation in the school's history. ~source

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