Fitzgerald Field House
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| Fitzgerald Field House | |
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| 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) |
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| Capacity | |
| 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.
[edit] References
- Alberts, Robert C. (1987). Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-1150-7.
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