The Buffalo Sabres sought to renovate its existing team facilities—involving the reorganization and enhancement of player and coaching spaces, as well as dedicated arena event-areas. The entire process for the 30,000 sf, $8 million ($267/sf) project lasted just seven months, which allowed the team to utilize their facilities at the start of the 2011-2012 season.The design team explored how group interaction and performance could be optimized using program placement and adjacencies—establishing a new high-standard for similar spaces throughout the league. The solution relocates and expands the team dressing room, the player lounge and strength/ conditioning spaces, almost doubling the area previously dedicated to those functions.