Penn State Roller Hockey Club President Bryan Ollendyke and the club's 16 to 18 teams use the Pollock roller rink for their games.

But under a university plan to redevelop Pollock Road, the rink, along with a tennis court and another field, could be relocated or completely eliminated.

Paul Ruskin, spokesman for the Office of Physical Plant, said the Pollock fields area is needed for a new Life Sciences II building, material building and University Health Services building.

Though there has been talk of the removal of the roller rinks and tennis courts in the area, Ruskin said he was unsure how much of the area would be lost to construction because plans are still very preliminary.

"It's just too early," Ruskin said. "It's very early in the discussion of the building."

Ruskin said OPP would stick to its "master plan" of maintaining the character of the campus buildings and retaining as much green space as possible.

"We have a really great track record of preserving green space," he said.

He said the roller rink and tennis courts would be relocated if the construction meant they had to be removed.

"We don't want to lose any important athletic facilities," Ruskin said.

Galen Foulke, Undergraduate Student Government president, said one of his platforms for this year included improving on-campus recreational spaces and seeing that the replacement of the Pollock fields would benefit students as much as possible.

Foulke said he recently put together two focus groups of student leaders and upper-classmen to meet with planners and look into ways of preserving recreational spaces.

"We wanted to be part of the discussion of how these facilities will be replaced," he said.

Stan Latta, director of union and student activities, said Penn State has been working with a facility management and program management firm since last spring to access the indoor and outdoor facilities on campus compared to other higher education institutions.

Latta said the possible changes to Pollock fields are just one part of a broader study evaluating recreational opportunities offered to students.

Ollendyke, who was part of a focus group, said the groups met with the firm to talk about plans for an indoor recreational facility if the Pollock area facilities were removed.

He said the firm showed examples of other universities that have built indoor facilities.

After seeing possible plans, Ollendyke said he was supportive of the idea of the facility if the roller rink and surrounding Pollock area were removed.

The university hopes to finish the recreational study with the firm by the end of this semester, Latta said. At this point, there are no plans for a new indoor facility because the firm is still gathering information and talking to administration and students, he said.

Latta said a Web-based survey this week would randomly select students to assess the facilities offered on campus.

Holly Vergara, USG Senate operations committee chair, said she plans to discuss the possibility of removing the facilities in her committee.

Because she feels the recreation facilities are already in a convenient and popular location, Vergara said the university should keep them where they are and build the new buildings somewhere else.