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Andrew Schnebel

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September 15, 2011

Observation Paper

While walking around campus one place that sticks out to me on campus is the Rosen Voordern Sports Center, which is the home arena for basketball and volleyball matches. Along with that it has the athletic weight room, coaches offices and classrooms for teams to watch film in. It also houses the athletic training room for all athletes to use. The sports center was built in 1949 and the arena seats over 2,500 people. Not too many years ago Morningside College remodeled the front of the building in front of Allee Gym and built in new bathrooms, concession stands, and an alumni club room.

The exterior of the sports complex is solid brick all the way around, with glass front doors. It is located right on Peters Avenue right on the main drag of Morningside College. Students who attend the College have to be lost not to know where this historic building is located.  There is a cement sidewalk that goes all around the outside of the building. Inside on the second floor is the alumni clubroom, which recently was redone, and all trophies are put in that room, it is a pretty prestigious room. Then inside is Allee Gym which is the gym where basketball and volleyball games are played.

Once you enter Allee Gym, you can watch basketball games or volleyball matches reminds me a lot of my high school the way the gym is set up. While attending games in the past there, the crowd doesn’t too often get into it, its like a whole bunch of people just go watch but don’t feel like cheering at times unless it’s a big game. Seeing the place at full capacity is a sight to see but it rarely gets to full capacity. The smell of the place can get pretty stinky with sweaty athletes working out when you go up and visit the weight room or make your way by the locker rooms depending on what time of year it is.

The other night while watching the volleyball game, I began to observe the crowd, the players and the officials. While watching the crowd I immediately could tell not too many students knew what volleyball was or how it is played. But the sight of fans cheering really got the team going. Watching the officials is always entertaining also, sometimes they just look as if they are dozing off into space. You can hear the boos of the crowd when the officials made a bad call. You can see the excitement on the teams when something goes in favor of them.

Overall the Rosen Voordern Sports Center is one fantastic place to watch a sports venue. The wonderful people who live in Sioux City are always there to support their local College team at any sport that takes place. In the end if you are bored any night of the week or are just curious enough to go see what really happens inside of Allee gym go on over and check out all the wonderful things that go on.

Filed by Andrew at September 13th, 2011 under Other Posts