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)
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, United States. Fitzgerald Field House is named for Rufus Fitzgerald, a past chancellor (1945-1955) of the university.

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.

Recently announced plans for the facility include $1.4 million in court and seating renovations, including the creation of an NCAA-regulation volleyball court and upgrades to the other courts.[1]

[edit] External links

Fitzgerald Field House at PittsburghPanthers.com

[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.

Preceded by Salk Hall	University of Pittsburgh Buildings Fitzgerald Field House Constructed: 1951	Succeeded by Lothrop Hall

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