Stroh Center
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Exterior view in 2011
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| Location | 1535 East Wooster Street Bowling Green, Ohio, 43402 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°22′31″N 83°37′29″W / 41.375343°N 83.624711°WCoordinates: 41°22′31″N 83°37′29″W / 41.375343°N 83.624711°W |
| Owner | Bowling Green State University |
| Operator | Global Spectrum |
| Capacity | 4,387 (Basketball) 5,209 (Convocation) |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
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| Broke ground | September 3, 2009 |
| Opened | September 9, 2011 |
| Construction cost | $30 million ($31.9 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Rossetti Architects |
| Project manager | Gilbane Building Company |
| Services engineer | URS Group Inc. |
| General contractor | Mosser Construction |
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Bowling Green Falcons (NCAA) Men's basketball (2011–present) Women's basketball (2011–present) Women's volleyball (2011–present) |
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The Stroh Center is multi-purpose arena on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. It replaced Anderson Arena as the home of the Bowling Green Falcons men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball teams and hosts music concerts and the university's commencement ceremonies. The arena was designed by the architectural firm Rossetti Architects, designers of Red Bull Arena and Rio Tinto Stadium, and engineering firm URS Group Inc. The building opened in September 2011 and seats 4,387 people for basketball and volleyball games and 5,209 for convocation events and concerts.
After almost five decades of service to Bowling Green State University, it became apparent that Anderson Arena was at the end of its useful life due to its limited accommodations. There were only two restrooms in the entire arena and poor acoustics for concerts, and it also lacked air conditioning. The most glaring factor that demanded replacement of Anderson Arena was that it was severely out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. All of these proved detrimental to the university's image and recruiting abilities. At the men's basketball 2008 home finale against rival Kent State, Kermit Stroh, a trustee of the university from 1993–2002, and his late wife Mary Lu donated a university record $8.7 million to the university towards interscholastic athletics with $7.7 million marked for the building of a new convocation center that was to replace Anderson Arena.
After a fundraiser that netted $13.5 million, including the $7.7 million from the Strohs, Bowling Green earmarked $36 million to fund the construction of the new arena, which included a $60 student fee every semester once the building was opened until the loans for the construction of the arena were paid off. As plans for the arena accelerated despite the university's poor financial situation, several students formed a coalition to have a student vote on the Undergraduate Student Government's resolution that the student body supported paying the extra fee, leaving the passage of the resolution to the students in a vote. The subsequent vote was held online in late March 2009, 28% of the student population participated in the vote and approved of the future fee with 2,630 students in favor, while 1,182 were opposed.
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