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Stroh Center Ground Breaking
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:23 pm
by BourbonFalcon
Is the ground breaking for the Stroh supposed to take place this summer? Does anyone know if we can expect additional graphic or artist renderings of what the Stroh will look like? List of amenities? I'm getting pretty pumped for some exciting BG hoops seasons ahead!
Re: Stroh Center Ground Breaking
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:08 pm
by Falconboy
BourbonFalcon wrote:Is the ground breaking for the Stroh supposed to take place this summer? Does anyone know if we can expect additional graphic or artist renderings of what the Stroh will look like? List of amenities? I'm getting pretty pumped for some exciting BG hoops seasons ahead!
From GC's interview with Horger it almost sounded like ground breaking would start this fall but I believe that its probably going to be fall of '10.
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:22 pm
by cbjhack
According to a VERY Reliable AD Staff member, groundbreaking will take place this summer. There is $1 million left to be raised on the private funding aspect of this project. That is to start soon.
Unless the students and faculty decide to screw things up...
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:59 pm
by svillefalcon
According to bgsufalcons.com, ground will be broke this coming fall and the building is expected to open for the 2011 season.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:00 pm
by NY-BG-FAN
svillefalcon wrote:According to bgsufalcons.com, ground will be broke this coming fall and the building is expected to open for the 2011 season.
10-11 or 11-12?
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:01 pm
by TG1996
NY-BG-FAN wrote:svillefalcon wrote:According to bgsufalcons.com, ground will be broke this coming fall and the building is expected to open for the 2011 season.
10-11 or 11-12?
11-12, I'm pretty sure.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:39 pm
by transfer2BGSU
Everyone get ready to purchase a brick (or two)!
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:40 am
by Pete Segaard
It would be nice if the University put in a StrohCAM for everybody to peek in on construction during work... I mean breaktime.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:51 am
by BGSU33
transfer2BGSU wrote:Everyone get ready to purchase a brick (or two)!
I'm ready! Sort of like the Sebo Center, I'm waiting for the actual ground to be broken and construction to start to fully believe the Stroh Center is really going to be built.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:52 am
by BGSU33
oaklane2 wrote:It would be nice if the University put in a StrohCAM for everybody to peek in on construction during work... I mean breaktime.
Agreed! The Sebo Cam was perfect, I swear on I was on that thing multiple times each and every day.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:24 am
by NWLB
The matter of the hockey program aside, it is exciting to have the project about to start. The more I consider it, the location is perfect. It gives a great first impression to the folks coming to BG. It is near the alumni center. It is closer to the Sebo, Ice Arena, and DLP. It will mean a huge boon to the places to eat across the street, and I think could trigger a building boom to the extent that is possible. Coming out of the recession it may bring long awaited development on the other side of I-75.
With sports camps, concerts, trade shows, gymnastics, men and women's BGSU basketball, high school basketball, high school football, BGSU football, soccer, BGSU hockey, high school hockey, figure skating, curling, youth hockey, you have a massive center of activity in a very small footprint. And you could toss the Field House and Golf Course into that mix.
Now if BGSU could find a better way to market all that buzz, get more mileage out of it. And if the city could get a couple more hotels, places to eat, and somebody to set fire to the Knights Inn, we would be set.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:38 am
by ZiggyZoomba
NWLB wrote:With sports camps, concerts, trade shows, gymnastics, men and women's BGSU basketball, high school basketball, high school football, BGSU football, soccer, BGSU hockey, high school hockey, figure skating, curling, youth hockey, you have a massive center of activity in a very small footprint. And you could toss the Field House and Golf Course into that mix.
Agree with most of what you said, but gymnastics is slated to stay in Anderson Arena. You can replace them in your list with volleyball though! And add to that the athletic archives, "walk of fame" and the world's largest falcon statue!!
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:42 am
by NWLB
ZiggyZoomba wrote:NWLB wrote:With sports camps, concerts, trade shows, gymnastics, men and women's BGSU basketball, high school basketball, high school football, BGSU football, soccer, BGSU hockey, high school hockey, figure skating, curling, youth hockey, you have a massive center of activity in a very small footprint. And you could toss the Field House and Golf Course into that mix.
Agree with most of what you said, but gymnastics is slated to stay in Anderson Arena. You can replace them in your list with volleyball though! And add to that the athletic archives, "walk of fame" and the world's largest falcon statue!!
My bad. Women in tight fitting uniforms, my mind spun into a blurr.
The Big Bird will have to be guarded when games with toledo [sic] are near. That thing just screams for a coat of paint.
I honestly look forward to having a more accessible display of the athletic archives. Just looking over that collection gives you a feeling of the much greater depth of history BGSU athletics enjoys.
Now, if they could just cure the problem of the nasty looking football parking......
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:04 am
by Peregrinner
NWLB wrote:Now, if they could just cure the problem of the nasty looking football parking......
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Strow big enough
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:51 am
by zete
From what I have read recently upon the passing of BK, AA used to really rock when the Falcons played - 6,000 fans according to Hack. Of course there were two future NBAers on the team then. But will Strow be big enough if for some unforseen reason b'ball becomes the only game in town once again during the winter months in future years? Interesting food for thought...