Field house

For other uses, see Fieldhouse (disambiguation).

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

• 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, United States Air Force Academy
• Cougar Field House, Colorado Christian University
• Steinhauer Field House, Colorado School of Mines

Connecticut

• Hugh S. Greer Field House, University of Connecticut

Delaware

• Chase Fieldhouse, Delaware Blue Coats
• Delaware Field House, University of Delaware

District of Columbia

• Yates Field House, Georgetown University

Florida

• Enyart-Alumni Field House, Rollins College

Georgia

• Hanner Fieldhouse, Georgia Southern University

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

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

• Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever
• Gladstein Fieldhouse, Indiana University
• Hinkle Fieldhouse, Butler University
• Lambert Fieldhouse, Purdue University
• New Castle Fieldhouse, New Castle High School
• Notre Dame Fieldhouse, University of Notre Dame

Iowa

• Iowa Fieldhouse, University of Iowa

Kansas

• Ahearn Field House, Kansas State University
• Allen Fieldhouse, University of Kansas

Louisiana

• Devlin Fieldhouse, Tulane University
• 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

• John S. Glas Field House, Bemidji State University

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

Ohio

• Armory Fieldhouse, University of Cincinnati
• The Field House, University of Toledo
• Finnegan Fieldhouse, Franciscan University of Steubenville
• Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland Cavaliers
• Schmidt Field House, Xavier University

Oklahoma

• Frederickson Fieldhouse, Oklahoma City University
• Hamilton Field House, University of Central Oklahoma
• McCasland Field House, University of Oklahoma

Oregon

• Cone Fieldhouse, Willamette University
• McAlexander Fieldhouse, Oregon State 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

• Carolina Fieldhouse, University of South Carolina
• CSU Field House, Charleston Southern University
• Davis Field House, Bob Jones University
• McAlister Field House, The Citadel

Tennessee

• Elma Roane Fieldhouse, University of Memphis

Texas

• Texas A&M-Commerce Field House, Texas A&M University–Commerce
• Tudor Fieldhouse, Rice University
• UTRGV Fieldhouse, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Utah

• Smith Fieldhouse, Brigham Young University

Vermont

• Gutterson Fieldhouse, University of Vermont

Virginia

• Old Dominion University Fieldhouse, Old Dominion University

West Virginia

• Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse, Marshall University

Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin Field House, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Canada

Alberta

• Duvernay Fieldhouse, Okotoks Dawgs

Nova Scotia

• Dalplex Fieldhouse, Dalhousie University

Ontario

• Proctor Field House, Glendon College
• C.J. Sanders Field House, Lakehead University

References

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