Built deliberately. Opened in stages. Designed for the next fifty years.
Lab 618 brings athletics, education, and community programming onto one 47.7-acre campus in Madison, Illinois — engineered for long-term operating health, not a single ribbon-cutting moment.
Develop, operate, and grow Lab 618 as a self-sustaining campus that delivers elite athletic facilities, accessible education pathways, and an event venue that drives long-term economic impact for Madison and the surrounding region.
- · Athletic excellence and academic opportunity, paired.
- · Community-first design — public access, public benefit.
- · Phased growth with disciplined capital deployment.
- · Sustainability in materials, water, and energy use.
Four phases over five years.
Master plan, soils, civil, architectural concepts, preliminary budgets.
Stadium, fieldhouse, outdoor fields, parking, primary utilities.
Classroom buildings, student housing, central quad, dining and support.
Hockey arena, natatorium, community programming buildout.
Designed by proven partners.
Vision, capital strategy, and community partnerships.
Peoria, IL — golf, athletic fields, design, synthetic turf.
James Kemper AIA — stadium, fieldhouse, classrooms.
Devin Birch PE — site, storm-water, utilities, grading.