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.Random House Dictionary: "1890–95, Americanism": "First known use: 1895"
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
Bill Garrett Fieldhouse, Indiana University Bloomington Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever Gladstein Fieldhouse, Indiana University Bloomington 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 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, Williamson Field House
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
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