University of Nevada, Reno officials, along with the Q&D Construction held a topping out ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the on-budget and on-schedule construction of the campus’ new fitness center. 

The new 108,000-square-foot E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center will focus on student health and wellness by offering fitness classes, weightlifting, and indoor running track and three indoor sports court. "If you mix good nutrition, good physical exercise with good learning, you'll be a much, much more productive individual throughout your career," says University of Nevada, Reno President Marc Johnson.

It's located in the parking lot north of the Brian Whalen Parking Complex and will border North Virginia Street. It will be in proximity to the Joe Crowley Student Union and Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, in the University's student-centered mid-campus.

The new center costs $46 million, with money coming from donors, the E.L. Wiegand Foundation, and students.

Once the center is open, the facility will be available to all students, staff and alumni. 

The fitness center is expected to be completed next January. 

Once it opens, Lombardi Recreation will continue to support academic programming and intramural programming, plus serve as the training site for the women's swimming and diving team. 

Edwin L. Wiegand was a successful entrepreneur and inventor who made Reno his home in 1971. He died in 1980 at the age of 88, and the E. L. Wiegand Foundation was established in Reno in 1982 for general charitable purposes.

(The University of Nevada, Reno contributed to this report.)