Outdoor Stadium
17,000 seatsArched-roof football stadium with synthetic turf, broadcast lighting, and 425 dedicated parking spaces.
Madison, Illinois · Inaugural Campus
Where training, learning, and the big stageshare one address.
Lab 618 is a 47.7-acre campus and sports facility complex purpose-built for the next generation of student-athletes — anchored by a 17,000-seat stadium, an indoor fieldhouse, an ice arena, and on-campus housing.
47.7
Acres
17K
Stadium seats
1,800
Arena seats
4
Build phases
The Vision
The Midwest's most complete student-athlete campus.
Lab 618 sits at the crossroads of three interstates and 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis. The 47.7-acre site can support a full collegiate-scale campus without the land assembly costs of an urban infill — a rare opportunity in the Metro East.
Designed by Demonica Kemper Architects, master-planned by Turf Solutions Group, and engineered by Austin Engineering, Lab 618 is built in disciplined phases — forward planning today, stadium and fieldhouse first, then education and lodging, then ice and aquatics.
Master Plan
See all facilities →Six anchor facilities. One campus.
Indoor Fieldhouse
Year-roundMulti-purpose synthetic turf with perimeter running track for football, soccer, lacrosse, and training.
Ice & Aquatics
1,800-seat arenaHockey rink with spectator seating and a competition natatorium for league play and public programming.
Classrooms & Housing
3-story buildingsAcademic buildings and student housing around a central quad — every facility within walking distance.
Now in Phase I — Forward Planning
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