Field house
Field house or fieldhouse is a common name for indoor sports arenas and stadiums, mostly used for college basketball, volleyball, or ice hockey. Additionally it is known to serve as a support building for various adjacent sports fields, i.e. locker room, team room, coaches' offices, etc. For places spelled "Field House" which refer to a residence owned by someone named Field, please see Field House (disambiguation).
This American English term dates from the 1890s.[1][2]
Notable field houses include:
United States
Alaska
- Baker Field House, Eielson Air Force Base
Arkansas
- Rhodes Fieldhouse, Harding University
California
- Firestone Fieldhouse, Pepperdine University
- Field House, California State University Dominguez Hills
Colorado
- Balch Fieldhouse, University of Colorado
- Cadet Field House Ice Arena, United States Air Force Academy
- Cougar Field House, Colorado Christian University
Connecticut
District of Columbia
- Yates Field House, Georgetown University
Florida
- Enyart-Alumni Field House, Rollins College
Illinois
- Chick Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University
- Henry Crown Field House, University of Chicago
- Horton Fieldhouse, Illinois State University
- Robertson Memorial Field House, Bradley University
- Wharton Field House, Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Indiana
- Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indiana Pacers
- Gladstein Fieldhouse, Indiana University
- Hinkle Fieldhouse, Butler University
- Lambert Fieldhouse, Purdue University
- New Castle Fieldhouse, New Castle Chrysler High School
- Notre Dame Fieldhouse, University of Notre Dame
Iowa
- Iowa Fieldhouse, University of Iowa
Louisiana
- Huey P. Long Field House, Louisiana State University
- Loyola Field House, New Orleans Jazz
Maryland
- Cole Field House, University of Maryland
- Halsey Field House, United States Naval Academy
- Hill Field House, Morgan State University
- Novak Field House, Prince George's Community College
Michigan
- Al Glick Field House. University of Michigan
- Bowen Field House, Eastern Michigan University
- Ford Fieldhouse, Grand Rapids Community College
- GVSU Fieldhouse, Grand Valley State University
- Hedgcock Fieldhouse, Northern Michigan University
- Jenison Fieldhouse, Michigan State University
- Oosterbaan Field House, University of Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
- Sapp Fieldhouse, University of Nebraska at Omaha
New York
- Houston Field House, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Manley Field House, Syracuse University
- McCann Field House, Marist College
- Steele Hall, SUNY Fredonia
Ohio
- Armory Fieldhouse, University of Cincinnati
- Finnegan Fieldhouse, Franciscan University of Steubenville
- Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland Cavaliers
- Schmidt Field House, Xavier University
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Cone Fieldhouse, Willamette University
Pennsylvania
- Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Saint Joseph's University
- Erie County Field House, American Hockey League
- Fitzgerald Field House, University of Pittsburgh
- Hamburg Field House, Hamburg
- Jake Nevin Field House, Villanova University
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
- Texas A&M-Commerce Field House, Texas A&M University–Commerce
- UTPA Fieldhouse, University of Texas-Pan American
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin Field House, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Canada
Alberta
- Duvernay Fieldhouse, Okotoks Dawgs
Nova Scotia
- Dalplex Fieldhouse, Dalhousie University
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References
- Random House Dictionary: "1890–95, Americanism"
- "fieldhouse". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.: "First known use: 1895"
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