In 2015, students on campus voted to have the gymnasium renovated.
Building 7, the Student Athletic Center, was built on campus 50 years ago. Just recently, in June 2018, the renovation was completed. Total cost: $18 million which included student contributions.
This gorgeous 23,700 square foot gym with a capacity of 1,900 people came with amenities including a new fitness center, updated equipment, and it’s very own two-story climbing wall.
“It’s the nicest and biggest gym in the NWAC,” Jenni Hull said, Volleyball Head Coach.
While the climbing wall is limited to students taking that credit due to liability and prone- ness to injury there is free open climb on Fridays from 12-3 pm. Though, the newly proposed SFCC climbing club, lead by Brice Niemond, will allows students who are not taking that credit to climb freely on the new rock wall after learning the basics of climbing.
AJ Proszek, SFCC’s Equipment Manager, was an assistant baseball coach for five years and is familiar with the gymnasium and its changes through the years.
“We’re working with a company to possibly open up a snack shack,” said AJ Proszek, Equipment Manager.
There are new locker rooms for women and men, new court where students can rent a basketball and shoot some hoops in their free time. There’s a new and improved lounge area as well.
“The old lounge area had old couches and no TVs,” Proszek said. This new lounge area
is beautifully designed with big windows, various tables and seats and includes a TV.
In the old gym, the weight and fitness center were in separate rooms. Now they are in the same room.
Proszek noted more students have been coming and using
the gym. There are less students enrolled but since the gym is open to every credit earning student, more are willing to make use of the gym. It also helps that there are less classes that take place in the gym so all the equipment including the courts are open more frequently.
The bottom level of the gym is home to the court, climbing wall area, lounge area, a rooms, the locker rooms, and the fitness/ weight area. The top level is rooms and classes.
You can enjoy everything the new gym has to offer from open- ing until 6:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and open until 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
