The arena itself will be the new home for the Mountaineer mens and womens basketball, womens volleyball, mens wrestling as well as mens and womens track and field. State Farm Recreation Facilities Aptly named after the university farms that were once located their. It sits along the South Fork of the New River adjacent to private farms and the Watauga County Recreation Department. The facility is home to the ASU cross-country course. The cross-country course is comprised of a large well maintained grass field with a circumfrence of approximately 1200 meters.
Runners start in the field before crossing a covered wooden bridge into the greenway trails.
ASU will host the Southern Conference Championships next year as they open the new course. The Sate Farm facility is also dotted with soccer, football and softball fields. In addition to the cross-country course the Reynolds Greenway Trail runs through the property, with mountain bike and running trails around and along the ridges nearby. State Farm has long been the site of the Appalachian High School Invitational. The course and adjoining trails are being expanded.