Since the building of the Sebo Center, it seems to have become an essential piece in athletic training here at BGSU. The building and its unique architecture is visually enjoyable. Once walking inside, this does not change. Instead, the interior decor creates a feeling of importance or prestige that overwhelms you as you tour the building. I wonder if the athletes get this feeling each time they enter the building. Possibly, this feeling was intended to help with the mental training that each athlete must go through to improve attitudes. I suppose that each faculty, staff or coach does get this feeling of “better than” other faculty or staff at the University because of the building in which they work in. Never the less, this building is unique to BGSU because of its location, architecture and modernness.
After walking through some of the training and weight lifting areas, I do believe that the Sebo Center meets the needs of student needs and BGSU football. Simply put, I don’t believe the facility makes the team. Attitudes, talent and abilities are only as good as the student athlete and coach. Although we did not get a chance to look at the locker rooms or many behind the scenes areas, from the hallways and rooms we did see – the building is much more sufficient than necessary. As a student at BGSU, I am happy that we have buildings such as the Sebo Center to attract potential student athletes in order to possibly increase team winnings. However, with only being a student at BGSU, I would greatly appreciate the private donation given to the Sebo Center, instead, be given to the BA Buidling or the Eppler Complex.
Comparing the Sebo Center and Doyt Perry Stadium to the Cincinnati Bengals Training Camp stadium is very comparable. This is because they use the Georgetown College Stadium and Complex. Taken directly from the Cincinnati Bengals Website, “The centerpiece of the complex is Toyota Stadium, which offers permanent stands for 5,000 and is built in a bowl shape that can accommodate seating for up to 20,000 fans. The stadium is designed to provide fans with a festival-like atmosphere, concessions, merchandise, interactive pavilion areas and promotional activities developed by corporate sponsors. For the team, it features locker rooms and showers, weight and aerobic rooms, training facilities, a press box and guest booths, as well as a field with a natural grass playing surface. The facility, an hour’s drive south of downtown Cincinnati, also includes a conference center used for coaches’ classroom instruction and meals, two additional full-size practice fields, apartment-style resident quads for player housing and executive guest townhouses. The complex joins the college’s already existing tennis courts, soccer field and baseball field.” Because of this description, I might almost say that the Sebo Center is a step ahead of the Toyota Stadium because of the new and high tech facility the Sebo Center offers.
Compare for yourself! Check out the Cincinnati Bengals and Toyota Stadium. Watch a video on the Sebo Center here!