Posted August 27, 200618 yr From the 8/26/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Workers tore down the elevator and stairwell shafts at BGSU's Sebo Athletic Center so work could begin again next week. ( THE BLADE/ALLAN DETRICH ) Errors force BGSU to redo work on Sebo athletic site By JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER BOWLING GREEN - When some of the walls of Bowling Green State University's new Sebo Athletic Center began cracking weeks after the concrete block was placed, officials knew something was wrong. The masonry subcontractor had failed to fill in the walls in some places with grout, had not put all the required reinforcement bars into place, and had not properly overlapped those bars in some areas. READ MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060826/NEWS17/608260393/-1/RSS08
September 12, 200618 yr From the 9/10/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: The free shuttle from the College Park Enclave, at Klotz and Napoleon roads, returns to the complex after making a run to the Bowling Green State University campus. ( THE BLADE/LORI KING ) PHOTO: Bowling Green student Laura Frederick takes advantage of the pool at the College Park Enclave apartment complex. ( THE BLADE/LORI KING ) Renters in B.G. in demand after building surge Landlords offering incentives By JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER BOWLING GREEN - Not too many years ago, Bowling Green State University students who hadn't lined up a place to live before school started were out of luck. Not so this year. While BGSU has seen some increases in enrollment in recent years, the city has experienced an explosion in apartment construction. Since 2000, 536 apartments with a total of 1,752 bedrooms have been built, according to records on file with the city planning department. Among those, the 200-unit Copper Beech Townhomes opened last year at Dunbridge and Napoleon roads, and College Park Enclave at Klotz and Napoleon roads opened 120 units in 2001 and 144 more this summer. Each of the 264 apartments at the Enclave has four bedrooms. Full story at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060910/NEWS17/609100324/-1/RSS08
September 27, 200618 yr From BG News, 9/25/06: Grad students discuss BG development By: Megan Yodzis Issue date: 9/25/06 Section: Campus The Dunbridge project, Bursarables and new surveys for graduate students were three of the topics the GSS meeting highlighted on Friday. On the other side of Interstate 75 is about 90 acres of land that the University has plans to work with. ... http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2006/09/25/Campus/Grad-Students.Discuss.Bg.Development-2305486.shtml?norewrite200609270125&sourcedomain=www.bgnews.com
March 20, 200718 yr From the 1/18/07 BG News: Plan being put into place, needs financial backing By: Chris Voloschuk Issue date: 1/18/07 Section: Sports What will the University's athletic facilities look like in 2027? It is a question that an increasing number of people are asking these days, and one that the University is looking to answer. Currently, the buildings housing the University's four major sports are a mix of good, bad and especially old parts. www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/01/18/Sports/Plan-Being.Put.Into.Place.Needs.Financial.Backing-2652900.shtml]http://media.www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/01/18/Sports/Plan-Being.Put.Into.Place.Needs.Financial.Backing-2652900.shtml
March 20, 200718 yr From the 1/23/07 BG News: Construction continues on Sebo Center By: Megan Yodzis Issue date: 1/23/07 Section: Campus Complete with weight rooms, sports medicine facilities, board rooms and therapy pools for athletes, the Sebo Center is moving along quickly. Paint, dry walls and minor electrical details is all the new Sebo Center has to look forward to before the grand opening. www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/01/23/Campus/Construction.Continues.On.Sebo.Center-2668359.shtml]http://media.www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/01/23/Campus/Construction.Continues.On.Sebo.Center-2668359.shtml
March 20, 200718 yr Mac Dining Hall gets a makeover By: Freddy Hunt, BG News Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: Campus Future McDonald and Offenhauer residents will have to choose between growling stomachs and sore legs. A $13 million renovations proposal for McDonald Dining Hall has been approved, with construction planned for May 2008 to January 2010. MORE: http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/03/01/Campus/Mac-Dining.Hall.Gets.A.Makeover-2750763.shtml
March 20, 200718 yr Buildings to conserve energy By: Alexandria Clark, BG News Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: Campus The BGSU Office of Design and Construction is making it key to upgrade buildings for energy conservational performance, while planning to shape performance use of environmental sustainability for new buildings. There are 40 campus buildings on the energy audit list to be improved, such as for window replacements, heating and cooling and system controls and mechanical upgrades. MORE: http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/03/01/Campus/Buildings.To.Conserve.Energy-2750759.shtml
March 24, 200718 yr http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070324/NEWS17/70324014/-1/NEWS -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article published March 24, 2007 BGSU board approves environmental school BOWLING GREEN — The Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees yesterday approved the creation of a new School of Earth, Environment, and Society. The school, which begins operations July 1, will house the university’s departments of geology and geography and the Center for Environmental Programs. Charles Onasch, director of the school and professor of geology, said the new school will facilitate interdisciplinary teaching and research...
June 25, 200717 yr A BGSU press release: Goal for Sebo Athletic Center reached BOWLING GREEN, O. — Bowling Green State University's major fund-raising effort, “Building Dreams: The Centennial Campaign for BGSU” has reached $110 million and significant milestones with two of its priority projects. BGSU Director of Athletics Greg Christopher recently announced the department has achieved its fund-raising goal of $7.7 million for the Sebo Athletic Center, one of the major capital projects for the Building Dreams Campaign. The Sebo Athletic Center is the first building constructed exclusively for intercollegiate athletics since Doyt L. Perry Stadium was opened in 1966. “Successful completion of fund raising for the Sebo Athletic Center is evidence of what the Bowling Green family can accomplish,” said Christopher. “It's also a credit to the vision and support of many people—first and foremost, to Bob Sebo for his leadership and tremendous generosity, and here on campus, President Ribeau and (former Athletic Director) Paul Krebs pushed the facility forward.” J. Robert “Bob” Sebo of Salem, Ohio, pledged $4.45 million over five years as his commitment to the Building Dreams Campaign. In addition to his $3.5 million gift to the Sebo Athletic Center, he also supported several additional University initiatives, including expansion of the Sebo Entrepreneurship Lecture Series, a jazz studies scholarship, a spring musical concert in the College of Musical Arts and a WBGU-PBS documentary about successful regional entrepreneurs. The Sebo Athletic Center will be completed this spring, and the official dedication will take place at the first home football game next season. “I think this is a tremendous first step in providing the necessary resources to our athletic program in helping our student athletes learn about leadership, action and strategy,” said Sebo. “Excellent athletic teams unite the student body so they can enjoy, love and support the University. This creates enthusiasm and engages both our students and alumni who support the University.” The privately funded center, located in the north end zone of Perry Stadium, will become the stadium's new front entrance. At approximately 33,500 square feet, the new two-story building will feature an expanded and state-of-the-art sports medicine and rehabilitation facility and a strength and conditioning area for all University student athletes. Football coaches' offices, a video equipment and viewing room, team meeting rooms and conference rooms will enhance currently available facilities. A heritage room and an outdoor pavilion overlooking the playing field also are part of the project. “To sustain excellence throughout the Department of Athletics, it is essential that we address several pressing facility needs,” said BGSU President Sidney A. Ribeau. “We have outgrown our sports medicine/rehabilitation and strength/training facilities. Our teaching, meeting and coaching space must be expanded and technologically upgraded. The addition of the Sebo Athletic Center will meet both of these needs and all programs will benefit.” In addition to reaching the $110 million mark in its $120 million overall campaign goal, the University also recently surpassed by $300,000 its $40 million goal for the campaign initiative targeted at sustaining the University. These funds help ensure the future growth and success of BGSU, funding distinctive classroom, research and extracurricular programs; enhancing student life; and providing students opportunities. The Building Dream Campaign runs through December 2008. http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/news/2007/news28144.html
June 25, 200717 yr From the 5/4/07 Blade: Findlay pair give $750,000 to BGSU for theater plans BLADE STAFF BOWLING GREEN — A Findlay couple is giving $750,000 to Bowling Green State University that will provide for the main theater in the planned Wolfe Center for the Arts. Thomas and Kathleen Donnell, who announced their gift yesterday, said they are particularly excited about the university’s collaborative plans to incorporate theater, film, music, and digital art into the center. In addition to the theater, the arts center will have classrooms and production and studio spaces. In February, 2005, Frederic and Mary Wolfe of Perrysburg donated $1.5 million for the arts building that will bear their name. MORE: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070504/NEWS18/70504018/-1/RSS09
June 25, 200717 yr From the 5/30/07 BG News: The Doyt gets a facelift By: Chayse Held Issue date: 5/30/07 Section: Sports Nov. 15, 2006. Doyt L. Perry Stadium. The Mud Bowl. In what should have been a chance to showcase Bowling Green and MAC football to a nationwide audience on ESPN, the 9-7 Miami Redhawks' victory over BGSU served more as a wake-up call to those around the Falcon football program that the Doyt was in need of an extreme makeover. MORE: http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/05/30/Sports/The-Doyt.Gets.A.Facelift-2909882.shtml
June 27, 200717 yr From the 6/13/07 BG News: BGSU unveils Sebo Center By: Chayse Held Issue date: 6/13/07 Section: Sports If you build it, they will come. Although the notion of the Sebo Athletic Center did not come from a voice in the sky, the idea that a state-of-the-art strength and conditioning facility, with athletic department suites, meeting spaces and football offices, would improve the overall attractiveness of BGSU athletic programs to prospective recruits and fans seemed obvious. MORE: http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/06/13/Sports/Bgsu-Unveils.Sebo.Center-2914592.shtml
June 28, 200717 yr From the 6/27/07 BG News: University halts progress on Dunbridge By: Tim Sampson Issue date: 6/27/07 Section: Campus Following criticism from a number of campus and community groups, the University on Friday told the Board of Trustees it wouldn't proceed with the proposed Dunbridge learning community. Many opposed the project due to environmental concerns and fears that its location, east of Interstate 75 on Dunbridge Road near the Copper Beach Townhomes, would fracture the campus community. At Friday's meeting, Thomas Trimboli, University general counsel, recommended against going forward with any plans at this time after a feasibility study for the project had been conducted. MORE: http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/06/27/Campus/University.Halts.Progress.On.Dunbridge-2918690.shtml
July 12, 200717 yr From BG News, 7/11/07: Demolition plans move forward By: Amanda Hoover Issue date: 7/11/07 Section: Campus In case it wasn't obvious already, the newly erected fence around Saddlemire Student Services building should make it clear to all that the building is coming down. Recently, the University accepted bids from three contractors to carry out the demolition of the building. MORE: http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2007/07/11/Campus/Demolition.Plans.Move.Forward-2922382.shtml
July 12, 200717 yr that's aggravating that the stadium is going to artifical turf. doyt perry will rightously rise from the grave and haunt them for that move -- too bad.
August 8, 200816 yr i got the 'ol alumni magazine today. this was all new to me, but it looks like bgsu is jumping on the starchitecture bandwagon :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:......sorry couldn't help it :wink: .....by getting snohetta for the new wolfe center for the arts. presenting the bgsu wolfe center for the arts bgsu's video about it snohetta info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%B8hetta_(company) http://www.snoarc.no/ some snohetta buildings: biblioteca alexandria norwegian national opera house world trade center memorial museum lilehammer olympic art museum turner museum (postponed) i can't believe that they had to tear down the googie-era spaceship saddlemire student services center to do it. true you only went in there once in a blue moon, but why build here? i mean why not build it north of the music building in the ocean of parking lots? um, oh...... :roll: so instead the fools tore down the only austin powers-like semi-groovy building on the whole campus, which otherwise looks like a dull brown prison. :whip: oh well. :shoot: so here we go --- enjoy some destruct-o-porn!!! :shoot: r.i.p. saddlemire
December 8, 200816 yr BGSU Unveils Design Of The Stroh Center Bowling Green basketball and volleyball will have a new home in 2011-12. Dec. 3, 2008 Bowling Green, Ohio - Bowling Green State University revealed the design of its new, 5,000-seat arena, The Stroh Center. Construction of the state-of-the-art center is slated to begin in Fall 2009 and be completed in late 2011. The Stroh center will serve as the new home for Falcon basketball and volleyball and be used for graduation and other campus and public events. Rossetti Associates Inc., a Southfield, Mich. Architectural firm and URS Group, Inc., a Cleveland engineering firm, are designing the center. The $36 million dollar arena will be funded through a combination of private gift support and debt service. To date, the University has raised $12.8 million of the $14 million private fund-raising goal. MORE: http://www.bgnews.com
December 8, 200816 yr stroh center design unveiled: Falcon fans should be able to cheer in the Stroh Center for the 2011-12 season.
December 8, 200816 yr i 100% agree with everything you said. and i was just waiting for you to get to the freakin sheet metal. ain't that something? can you believe it? cheap junk! bah! it looks more appropriate for the firelands campus. yes indeed anderson is very cozy arena, its a shame. i hope they arent tearing it down, are they? :whip: :whip: :whip: btw here is the new sebo center at the stadium: $7.7 million Sebo Athletic Center, $966,000 for FieldTurf, and minor stadium upgrades Student athletes from BGSU's 18 varsity sports will use the Sebo Athletic Center for training and treatment. The football team's locker room is now housed there, as are meeting rooms and offices.
December 8, 200816 yr I've been saying the same thing to my friends about the capacity! I read that this was going to be very similar to gonzagas "kennel" which is a nice venue for a private school that has an enrollement of about 4500. A little different than a state school with an enrollment of about 22,500. They need to bump up the capacity to about 8,000 if they are really interested in playing with the big boys.
December 24, 200816 yr The Wolfe Center ever being built = JOKE. What do you know, BGSU epic fails again. Great! Good thing I left that school.
December 30, 200816 yr Wow, that arena looks great! I've never been to a BB game at BGSU, but I hear the current arena is pretty small. MAC schools are really throwing some cash at the athletic facilities right now. Rumor has it that Akron will be building a new BB arena downtown in the future. Lebron and Nike may be involved, but right now there are only renderings of the building, nothing official.
January 4, 200916 yr i encourage you to go see the zips at bg at memorial hall while you can. its a wonderful bb arena. being small and old school styled, its a very energetic place to see the game.
January 13, 200916 yr Eh! Nothing beats the Glass Bowl or Savage Hall...GO ROCKETS! :wink2: ahem, the falcons do! :laugh: BGSU currently holds a 36–31–4 advantage over the Rockets in "The Battle for I-75."
March 5, 200916 yr at first i thought oh cool good eye c-dawg, everybody came to their senses about this hideous arena. .....but then i read the article and my heart sunk: "Many Stroh Center opponents take issue with the $60 per-semester fees that students would be charged beginning in 2011 when the arena is scheduled to be finished. The fees would last until the project's debt is paid off." so it turns out they are just cheapskates! nobody has any issue at all with the new arena being a butt ugly tin shack. :roll:
March 5, 200916 yr your assumptions may or may not be correct, but the facts is all they said outright was they didn't want to pay the fee. now i'd like for you to be right, because it would restore my good faith in the architectural taste of the bg students, but going on that article and the looks of the rest of the campus, i think thats hoping for too much don't you? also, even though they are rivals in sports, it's much more likely that bgsu would compare itself to its ugly twin sister school kent state than it ever would to toledo's ut or tu or whatever-they-are-calling-it-this-year college.
May 28, 200916 yr Huntington donates former Sky building to BGSU Business First of Columbus Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 1:57pm EDT A former operations center for Sky Financial Group Inc. is in the hands of Bowling Green State University after Huntington Bancshares Inc. donated the $1.5 million building to the school. Officials from the northwest Ohio university and Columbus-based Huntington gathered Wednesday afternoon to announce the donation of a 35,000-square-foot building that formerly served as an operations center for Sky. When Huntington bought the Bowling Green-based bank for $3.6 billion in 2007, it closed the center at 1851 N. Research Drive and cut its 100 employees. http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/05/25/daily15.html?surround=lfn
May 28, 200916 yr oh snap c-dawg! :laugh: in that case, yr dam right! :whip: and...they can even write it off too. i guess this act is not really so altruistic of huntington bank after all, but i give'm points for grabbing the good pr or trying.
February 25, 201015 yr An update concerning the Wolfe Center for the Arts at BGSU: First, renderings on the Shohetta website -- http://www.snoarc.no/#/projects/76/false/all/ Second, a 24-hour webcam view of the construction site -- http://oxblue.com/pro/open/bgsu/wolfecenterforthearts
August 20, 201014 yr BGSU says mess means it's building for the future Article published August 17, 2010 By JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER BOWLING GREEN — When students return to Bowling Green State University for the first day of classes Monday, they'll be greeted by hundreds of construction workers, heavy equipment, and fenced-off building areas. The university is in the largest building blitz in its history — about $200 million in projects are under way. Under construction are: • Two residence halls — South Central and Northwest residence halls — that together add 1,300 beds at a combined cost of nearly $66 million. They are expected to be open by fall, 2011. • The 700-seat McDonald dining center, which will cost about $10 million and will open in the fall, 2011. A second dining center that will replace the Commons dining hall is expected to be built and completed by early 2012. • The Wolfe Center for the Arts, a $41 million performance and academic building for theater, music, film, digital arts, design, sound, and dance that's to be finished by fall, 2011. • The $36 million Stroh Center, a sports complex and arena for men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, and gymnastics that will be ready to use in July. Full article: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100817/NEWS16/100819748
August 21, 201014 yr nice news. as i see i said last summer, the residence halls are long long long overdue for rebuilding. any renders? hopefully the new ones wont look like a hideous brown prison camp anymore.
August 22, 201014 yr • Two residence halls - South Central and Northwest residence halls that together add 1,300 beds at a combined cost of nearly $66 million. They are expected to be open by fall, 2011. Renderings and information from the BGSU website: South Central Residence Hall - focused for freshmen (Capacity for 596 residents) Northwest Residence Hall - focused for sophomores (Capacity for 524 residents) • The 700-seat McDonald dining center, which will cost about $10 million and will open in the fall, 2011. A second dining center that will replace the Commons dining hall is expected to be built and completed by early 2012. -- McDonald Dining Center renderings from BGSU website
August 22, 201014 yr Some renderings for the other two BGSU projects mentioned in the Toledo Blade article: • The $36 million Stroh Center, a sports complex and arena for men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, and gymnastics that will be ready to use in July. More Stroh Center renderings at this post • The Wolfe Center for the Arts, a $41 million performance and academic building for theater, music, film, digital arts, design, sound, and dance that's to be finished by fall, 2011. More renderings and information at the project architect Snohetta
August 23, 201014 yr I was very impressed by the residence halls till I found the construction map and it reveals that they demo'd Rogers Hall to make room for the South Central Residence Hall. That's where I lived so it has sentimental value to me. But also kinda lame because those dorm rooms were enormous compared to nearly all other options on campus. http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/finance/file65484.pdf
August 30, 201014 yr ^ oh no, really? well i guess i figured something would have to go. you are right those rooms were unusually large for college dorm rooms. too bad i am sure that attractive amenity will be lost in the new versions.
August 30, 201014 yr They were designed and originally used to house 4 people per room (double bunk beds). My sister's father in law dormed there in the 60s and since they only brought clothes, a clock/radio and a lamp it wasn't that bad.
January 12, 201114 yr Stroh Center floor goin' down! Updated: Wednesday, 08 Dec 2010, 12:51 AM EST BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (WUPW) - Workers began laying down the hardwood floor at the future home of Bowling Green basketball and volleyball, the Stroh Center. This'll be part of a two-week process in the quest to finish the Stroh by the summer of 2011. VIDEO REPORT AT FOX TOLEDO.COM: http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/sports/ncaa_basketball/wupw-Stroh-Center-floor-goin-down-Dec072010hc
January 12, 201114 yr Two more Stroh Center videos posted at YouTube by the Bowling Green Athletics Department:
January 31, 201114 yr From the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune Daily Newspaper: Stroh Center: Hitting the homestretch The main court is ready to go with a giant BG Falcon logo painted right at center court. The chairback seats around the court are installed. The retractable bleacher seats which will surround the floor and include seating for students and the band will start being installed at the end of this month. Rest rooms, concessions stands, locker rooms and coaches' offices are framed and work can be done to get them ready for everyday usage. It all adds up to the construction of the Stroh Center being in the "homestretch," according to Jim Elsasser, the associate athletics director at Bowling Green State University. Full article, video and large version of panoramic photo at http://www.sent-trib.com/bgsu-sports/stroh-center-hitting-the-homestretch
March 16, 201114 yr via the alumni magazine, here is a link to a virtual tour of the wolfe center: http://www.bgsu.edu/secondlife
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