Field house explained

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Random House Dictionary

   "1890–95, Americanism"

2. "First known use: 1895"