Field house

Indoor sports arenas and stadiums

Field house or fieldhouse is an American English term for an indoor sports arena or stadium, mostly used for college basketball, volleyball, or ice hockey, or a support building for various adjacent sports fields, e.g. locker room, team room, coaches' offices, etc. The term dates from the 1890s.[1][2]

Notable field houses include:

United States

Alaska

Arkansas

  • Rhodes Fieldhouse, Harding University

California

  • Firestone Fieldhouse, Pepperdine University
  • Field House, California State University Dominguez Hills

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

National Historic Landmark Hinkle Fieldhouse, located on the campus of Butler University.

Iowa

Kansas

Louisiana

Maryland

Michigan

Minnesota

Nebraska

New York

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Canada

Alberta

Nova Scotia

Ontario

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

References

  1. ^ Random House Dictionary: "1890–95, Americanism"
  2. ^ "fieldhouse". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.: "First known use: 1895"
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