Fitzgerald Field House

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Fitzgerald Field House
Location Allequippa St & Darragh St Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Opened December 15, 1951
Owner University of Pittsburgh
Operator University of Pittsburgh
Tenants
Pittsburgh Panthers
(Volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling & indoor track)
Seats
6,798

Fitzgerald Field House is a 6,798-seat multi-purpose athletic venue on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

It is the current home for several Pitt sports: volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling, and indoor track and field. Built in 1951, it was for five decades the home of the Pitt Panthers and Lady Panthers basketball programs. From the 1980s until 2002, however, the men's basketball team played selected Big East games at Mellon Arena.

The Pitt basketball teams moved to the Petersen Events Center in 2002.

Fitzgerald Field House is named for Rufus Fitzgerald, a past chancellor of the university.

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