The Margot Connell Recreation Center will have adjusted hours through January 23rd.

Access to the Connell Center from Monday, January 4th through Saturday, January 23rd will be limited to faculty & staff only. Undergraduate and graduate memberships will be deactivated during this time. For inquiries into your membership status or for other questions about the reopening of the Connell Center during this period, please contact Member Services during our business hours at the Connell Center (Monday through Friday from 12pm-2pm) or email us at campusrec@bc.edu.

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The Margot Connell Recreation Center is open and operational. Our schedule of hours may be found on our Hours page.

Memberships are available to faculty, staff, and students. All full-time undergraduate students must sign their undergraduate waiver before being granted access to the facility. No guest passes will be sold in the Spring 2021 semester. For a complete list of fees and member types, visit our Membership Fees page.

In order to be admitted general access to the fitness center, aquatics center, Outdoor Adventures, and locker room facilities, you must reserve your time up to 48 hours in advance. All reservation blocks are for 90 minutes, which allows for 30 minutes between each block to clear the facility and sanitize high-trafficked surfaces. 

Please note that hair dryers in the locker rooms are unavailable at this time.

 Facility Access

The Connell Center has three different lanes for entrance/exit flow. The northernmost entrance (on the right) will be general facility access. The middle doors will be reserved as exit only - for all patrons. The southernmost entrance (on the left) will be reserved as an entrance for MAC and Member Services.

In order to be admitted to the Connell Center, all patrons must perform a daily health check via the BC Check app and have a prior reservation scheduled (unless visiting the MAC or Member Services). All members must enter wearing a face covering and continue wearing it in designated non-cardio areas, as marked by signage in the facility. Thermal temperature checks may be performed when you enter the facility.

Upon arrival, Campus Recreation has designated areas for patrons to sanitize their hands, physically distance 6' to 14', and avoid contact with others, including the introduction of contactless entry/exit via prox readers.

Reservation Process

This year, all members (including undergraduate and graduate students) will be required to reserve time to access the Connell Center. Reservations may be made up to 48 hours in advance via the Campus Recreation Portal and are available in pre-scheduled 90-minute blocks to allow for 30 minutes to clear the facility between each session and sanitze high-trafficked surfaces.

To reserve a time, you must login with your BC username and password:

If you make a general facility access or aquatic center reservation and wish to cancel, you may do so up until your entry time; if you wish to cancel a group fitness reservation, you may do so up to an hour before class time. To cancel a reservation, access your "Profile" on the Campus Recreation Portal (in the top right hand corner) then click "Programs" (on the left). This will show you all of your previous and upcoming registrations. 

The Aquatics Center is usually operational when the Connell Center is open.

Winter Break Hours

This fall, you must reserve a lane to utilize the aquatics center. To do so, please follow the steps for reserving time at the Connell Center.

The Climbing Wall at Outdoor Aventures is available for open climb on a reservation basis. Reservations may be made via the Campus Recreation Portal up to 24 hours in advance for 30-minute timeframes during open hours at the Connell Center. You may make consecutive reservations if you wish to climb more than 30 minutes at a time.

For entrance and access to Outdoor Adventures, please use the northeast entrance (on the back side) to the Connell Center along St. Thomas More Rd. Your temperature may be taken via thermal thermometer and you will check in at the Outdoor Adventures Center.

Only 2 climbers are allowed in the climbing facility at a time and all climbers must wash/sanitize their hands upon entry into the facility and before entering the Climbing Wall. Climbers must maintain at least 14' distance between each other. Climbing shoes are required and available for rent at the Outdoor Adventures Center. Powder chalk is not permitted (liquid chalk is allowed) and masks must be worn at all times.

All programming has been suspended until further notice.

Quonset Hut will be closed until further notice.