EZONE Esports & Gaming

The EZONE is a recreational esports & gaming space located within the Recreational Eagle Center. The space is outfitted with:

24 High-Performance Gaming PCs
2 Nintendo Switches
2 Xbox Series Xs
2 PlayStation 5s
1 - Oculus Quest 2 VR
1 - Meta Quest 3 VR
Peripheral equipment (controllers, headsets, keyboards, etc)
Streaming Room
Viewing Area

Whether you're a new player or seasoned gamer, the EZONE is a place for you! We are dedicated to creating a positive and friendly environment for all gamers, competitive and casual alike. Console and PC gamers will find a community within the EZONE!

Stop in any time the EZONE is open and a staff member will help get you started.

UWL Students
In most cases, access to the EZONE is at no additional cost to the student. The only thing you need is your University ID card or Rec Sports App to check in.

Students do not need to purchase a membership to access the EZONE if enrolled for current term and paying the student fee for the REC. Student memberships to the REC are included in your student fees and are based on term(s) of enrollment. You must be enrolled in a minimum of 1 (one) credit to gain access.

Students who are not enrolled in the fall or spring semester are ineligible to purchase a semester membership. Day passes can be purchased for $8.

Students not enrolled in summer or winter session are eligible to purchase a short-term membership if enrolled in the semester just prior to or immediately following that term. Daily guest passes can be purchased for $4.

Former students who do not meet these eligibility requirements must pay the public rates.

Students need to activate their membership each term. They can so online or within the EZONE.

UWL Faculty & Staff
Access to the EZONE is included in a REC Membership. All UWL faculty, staff, retirees and emeriti are eligible to purchase a recreation membership. More information is available on the Rec Sports Membership webpage.

Faculty and staff without a REC membership can purchase a day pass for $8. A day pass provides 3 hours of access to the EZONE.

Memberships can be purchased online or at the REC Info Counter. Day passes must be purchased at the REC Info Counter.

Public
Members of the public may purchase an EZONE Membership or Day Pass.

Day Pass: $8 - Provides 3 hours of access to the EZONE.

Membership Rates

Monthly	$25
Semester/Summer	$65
Academic Year	$120
Calendar Year	$145

Membership and day passes may be purchased at the REC Info Counter or online after creating a Fusion account. Parents - All Fusion accounts should be created in the name of your child, not your name.

All users must sign an EZONE Use Agreement. Users under the age of 18 must have the EZONE Use Agreement signed by a parent or legal guardian unless the participants are full-time UWL Students. The agreement must be signed once per membership period or once per calendar year if a day pass is sold.

Users under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult 18 years of age or older. One adult may supervise up to 5 youth.

EZONE Esports & Gaming Use Policies
All users must sign the Use Agreement prior to participating. The agreement must be signed once per membership period or once per calendar year if a day pass is sold.

Appropriate Use Policy

UWL Rec Sports welcomes and respects gamers of all types, from all places and backgrounds. In keeping with our inclusion statement, we are committed to equal access to our facility and programs regardless of ability, age, citizenship, economic status, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, race, religion, or sexual orientation. Therefore, the following policies are in place to create a welcoming, safe, and fair gaming community.

Act with character and courtesy while respecting the rights, welfare, and dignity of all others in the facility
Harassment and behaviors that create an intolerable environment such as bullying, threats of violence, stalking, or other forms of intimidation (physically or online) will not be tolerated. These include but are not limited to:

- Spamming, raiding, hijacking, or inciting disruption of streams or social media
- Posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”)
- Unwelcome sexual attention to include unwelcome sexualized comments, jokes, and sexual advances
- Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior

Refrain from excessive volume, swearing, vulgar language, acts of physical rage and offensive conduct
Personal gear, including peripherals, backpacks, etc. must not show discriminatory or profane decals
No cheating or illegal activity allowed
Balance gaming with other university responsibilities, including class. We want you to be a successful competitor, but not sacrifice your studies or other responsibilities
All UWL students are expected to comply with the UWL Student Code of Conduct
Users of the facility must comply with all departmental, University, UW-System, state, and federal technology use policies (i.e. no installation of programs on computers, etc.)

To report an incident, please complete the online incident report form.

Youth Policy

Users under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult 18 years of age or older. One adult may supervise up to 5 youth.
Participants under the age of 18 must have the EZONE Use Agreement signed by a parent or legal guardian unless the participants are full-time UWL Students. The agreement must be signed once per membership period or once per calendar year if a day pass is sold.

Facility Policies

A government issued ID is required for all non-UWL patrons over the age of 16.
Computers are to be used for approved gaming purposes only, unless otherwise approved by a member of the Rec Sports professional staff
Audiovisual equipment may be controlled by trained Rec Sports staff members only.
All equipment, including hardware, peripherals, furniture, etc. is not to be removed from the facility
No food allowed; beverages allowed in a sealed, leak-proof container only and must be placed on the floor away from computers and peripherals
Contact a member of the Rec Sports staff should a spill or incident occur
Bags and personal belongings must be stored in the lockers or outside the facility
Users may bring their own peripherals and gaming controllers
Rec Sports is not responsible for lost or stolen items
Users may be held responsible for damage related to their conduct (violation of these policies)

Gaming Policies

Unless otherwise reserved or approved by Rec Sports professional staff, gaming sessions will be capped at 90 minutes if there are others waiting to use the PCs/consoles and gaming is limited to 3 hours per user per day. Please honor and respect the time of others.
No new users and no new games should be started with less than 30 minutes left in operating hours; must exit the game upon closing.
Log out of all game accounts before leaving your station
When concluding time on PCs and consoles, clean up your area and wipe down equipment with cleaning materials provided
Gambling of any kind is strictly prohibited on any EZONE activities

Available Equipment

Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktops (24)
Processor: 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 11700F (8-Core, 16MB Cache, 2.5GHz to 4.9GHz w/Intel® Turbo Boost Max)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 8GB GDDR6
Memory: 16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 3200MHz, XMP
Hard Drive: 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
Chassis: Dark Side of the Moon chassis with Low-Profile Smart Cooling CPU Heatsink and 1000W Power Supply
Wireless: Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth
Monitor: Alienware 27 Monitor
PC Peripherals: Alienware Low Profile RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard and Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse
Headsets: Alienware 7.1 Gaming Headset

Xbox Series X (2)

PlayStation 5 (2)

Nintendo Switch (2)

Oculus Quest 2 - Virtual Reality (2)

Available Spaces

Shoutcasting Room

Alienware PC, monitor and peripherals
Ring light
Camera
Microphone

Available for drop in use or by reservation.

Technical support is not provided by EZONE staff.

If you have your own game or launcher accounts, you may use them.

Some PC games only allow for 6 players to be playing at once.

Games are subject to change without notice.

Destiny 2

Halo Infinite

Brawlhalla

Aim Lab

Team Fortress 2

Apex Legends

Counter-Strike: Global Offense

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

Rainbow Six Seige

Overwatch

Fortnite

Rocket League

Teamfight Tactics

League of Legends

Valorant

Legends of Runeterra

Call of Duty: Warzone

Xbox

Apex Legends

Call of Duty

Destiny 2

FC (FIFA)

Fortnite

Madden

NBA 2K

Rocket League

Games available through Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

PlayStation

Apex Legends

Brawlhala

Call of Duty

Destiny 2

Elden Ring

Fall Guys

FC (FIFA)

Fortnite

Madden

Marvel's Spiderman

Minecraft

NBA 2K

NHL

Rocket League

Splitgate

Spider Man: Miles Morales

Spider Man: 2

Games available through PlayStation Plus

Nintendo Switch

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

SSB Fighter Pass 1 & 2

Super Mario Odyssey

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Mario Party Superstars

Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Apex Legends

Rocket League

Fortnite

Just Dance

Oculus Virtual Reality

Among Us

Beat Saber

VR Chat

Rec Room

Gun Raiders

Echo VR

SUPERHOT

Onward

The Climb 2

Until You Fall

Walkabout Mini Golf

Pistol Whip

Hyper Dash

Population: One

Golf +

Real VR Fishing

Wander

ForeVR Bowl

Epic Roller Coasters

Super Natural

Jurassic World

Hoame

Fit XR

Ancient Dungeons

Come celebrate your birthday and all other special events at the EZONE! Birthday parties, family events, field trips, camps and corporate events are all a blast at the EZONE!

Reservation Benefits

Access to the facility outside of normal hours (based on staff availability)
Dedicated staff for your group
Adult chaperone policy overrides the normal EZONE Youth Policy

# of Participants	Rates (Per Person/Per Hour)
5-9	$7.00
10-14	$6.00
15-19	$5.00
20-24	$4.00

Reservation fee includes access to all available equipment including gaming PCs, consoles, controllers, headphones, etc.

No food or drinks are not allowed in the EZONE. An adjacent conference room is available for an additional $50 fee where food and drinks may be consumed.

Select Reservation Policies

Adult Chaperones: One adult (18 years of age or older) shall be personally responsible and assume full responsibility for the character, acts and conduct of all persons admitted to the EZONE as members of the group. There must be two adult chaperones (i.e., ages 18+) for the Group and at least one adult chaperone shall physically be in the EZONE with the Group at all times.

Waiver: Group agrees to have all of its participants (or a parent or legal guardian for any participants under the age of 18) sign UWL’s “Participant Agreement, Release, and Acknowledgement of Risk”.

Parking: Parking is not included as part of the reservation of the EZONE. Street parking and parking in campus lots is available on a first-come-first served basis and may be subject to the purchase of a parking permit at existing pay stations.

Payment: Group shall pay the EZONE Reservation Fee prior to the start of Group’s Event, but no later than the day of the Event. Group may pay via check or credit card. UWL reserves the right to charge an additional $30.00 fee for bounced checks or failed credit card transactions.

Cancellation: Any cancellation made by the Group must be done at least 48 hours in advance of the reservation. Reservations canceled by Group less than 48 hours prior to the start of the reservation will forfeit the entire cost of the EZONE Reservation Fee. Any amounts due by Group and not yet paid shall be due immediately upon cancellation. Changes to the reservation (including participant numbers) must be made prior to the day of the reservation to avoid penalty. Per-person fees may be waived for up to two no-shows on the day of the reservation. Any additional people not in attendance (based upon the estimated Group participant totals indicated above) will be subject to the per participant cost for any changes made on the day of the reservation.

Games: Games available are subject to change without notice and users per game are limited if users don't have their own game accounts. In addition, due to the volume of games available, EZONE employees may not be able to provide game help once a game is launched.

Booking Information

Contact Jeff Keenan at jkeenan@uwlax.edu or 608-785-5228 to learn more or start the booking process.

Frequently Asked Questions

We recommend making a reservation for groups of 5 or more, however you can always drop in during regular EZONE hours. With drop in play, we require that each user complete a profile in our system and this takes some time at our Information Counter. For reservations, individual profiles are not needed.

All participants will need an EZONE Use Agreement. Participants under the age of 18 must have the EZONE Use Agreement signed by a parent or legal guardian. To save on arrival, you can print and sign the agreements before arrival.

Last modified: 06/26/2023

You may reserve the EZONE as a private event (only your group will have access) or during open hours. Either way, we will provide staff/extra staff for your group only.

Reservations can be made whenever the Recreational Eagle Center (REC) is open. If you want a private event, you will need to book when the REC is open, but the EZONE is closed.

For example, on Sunday’s, the building opens at 11am and the EZONE opens at Noon, so you could have the space to yourself for an hour and then share the space for an hour if you wanted a two hour reservation.

All reservations are based on staff availability.

Last modified: 02/01/2024

You do not need to pay the hourly fee for those that are not playing.

Last modified: 06/26/2023

Smash Bros Tournament
Do you love Super Smash Bros and want a chance to play in a one-day tournament? In this event individuals will face off in a double elimination bracket. The tournament will be held in the EZONE, and the winner of the tournament will win an EZONE Esports champ t-shirt!

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, February 21
Tournament Date: February 24 at 12:30pm
FREE

Fortnite Tournament
Now is your chance to show your Fortnite skills in a timed victory royale competition. Feel free to fly solo, or team up with friends in duos or squads to create the ultimate team. The team or solo player with the most wins at 4pm will win an EZONE Esports champ t-shirt!

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, March 20
Tournament Date: Saturday, March 23 at 12:30pm
FREE

FC 24 Tournament
Do you want the chance to show your friends who is truly the best FIFA player? This tournament will have players face off head-to-head in a double elimination tournament. Pass and kick your way to the championship and you could win an EZONE Esports champ T-shirt!

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, April 17
Tournament Date: Saturday, April 20 at 12:30pm
FREE

Registration for all events is available on IMLeagues.

All events are sponsored by Gillette-Pepsi. All entrants will receive complimentary Rockstar Energy beverages and top performers will receive Rockstar Energy swag!

The organizations listed below are recognized by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, however are not affiliated with the EZONE.

Esports & Gaming Club
MyOrgs: Esports and Gaming Club, UWL
Twitter: @UWLesports
Instagram: uwlesports
Discord: UW La Crosse Esports & Gaming Club

Super Smash Bros. Club
MyOrgs: Super Smash Bros. Club
Discord: UWL Smashcord

Recreational Eagle Center (REC) Hours

Regular Hours

Monday - Friday: 6am-11pm
Saturday: 10am-10pm
Sunday: 11am-10pm

Contact Us
608.785.5225
recoffice@uwlax.edu

Outdoor Connection (OC) Hours

Regular Hours

Monday - Friday: Noon - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: 11am - 6pm

Contact Us
608.785.8860
outdoorcnt@uwlax.edu

Fitness Center Hours

Regular Hours

Monday - Friday: 6am-10pm
Saturday: 10am-9pm
Sunday: 11am-9pm

Live Facility Counts

Contact Us
608.785.5210
recoffice@uwlax.edu

Climbing Wall Hours

Regular Hours

Monday - Friday: 4pm - 9pm (Bouldering Only: 4-5pm and 8-9pm)
Saturday: 3pm-6pm
Sunday: 5pm-8pm

April 5-12

The Climbing Wall is CLOSED Saturday, April 6 - Friday, April 12th in preparation for the bouldering competition on Saturday, April 13th.

Contact Us
608.785.5225
recoffice@uwlax.edu