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The Buildings of Central Michigan University

Student Activity Center

Opened 1990
Cost: $15.4 million

SAC

Groundbreaking for the Student Activity Center took place on April 28, 1988. The $15 million complex was officially dedicated on October 4, 1990. In its first week of operation, more than twenty thousand people visited it.

The 175,000 square foot facility was built as an addition to the Rose Center. Considered one of the finest recreational facilities in the country, the facility provides Nautilus equipment and free weights, racquetball, basketball and volleyball courts; a bowling alley; and an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Facilities are provided for aquatics, weight fitness, jogging, bowling, billiards, aerobics, racquetball, archery, golf ball driving, table tennis, basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis, floor hockey, indoor soccer, dances, movies and other various kinds of leisure activities.