Rose Hill Gymnasium

Rose Hill Gymnasium
"The Prairie"
Location Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
Opened January 16, 1925
Owner Fordham University
Operator Fordham University
Capacity 3,200
Tenants
Fordham Rams
(Basketball & volleyball)

Rose Hill Gymnasium is a 3,200-seat multi-purpose arena on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University in The Bronx, New York City. The arena, which opened in 1925, is the oldest on-campus venue currently in use by a NCAA Division I basketball team and the second-oldest overall, with the oldest being Matthews Arena used by Northeastern University which opened in 1910. It also houses the volleyball & women's basketball teams.

At the time it was built, it was one of the largest on-campus facilities in the country, earning it the nickname "The Prairie." The Rose Hill Gymnasium has been the site of many legendary college and high school basketball games, including the final high school game of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor). During World War II, it was also used as a barracks. New York City Mayor Ed Koch lived in these barracks for a time.

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Fordham College (Rose Hill; Lincoln Center) · Gabelli School of Business · School of Law · Graduate School of Arts and Sciences · Graduate School of Business · Graduate School of Social Service · Graduate School of Education · Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education · College of Liberal Studies
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Basketball arenas of the Atlantic 10 Conference
Sports venues in the New York metropolitan area
Active
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
Long Island
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Defunct
69th Regiment Armory • Bloomingdale Park • Boyle's Thirty Acres • Bronx Coliseum • Capitoline Grounds • Coney Island Velodrome • Eastern Park • Ebbets Field • Elysian Fields • Dexter Park • Downing Stadium • Giants Stadium • Harrison Park • Hilltop Park • Hinchliffe Stadium • Island Garden (Original) •Long Island Arena • Madison Square Garden (1879) • Madison Square Garden (1890) • Madison Square Garden (1925) • Madison Square Garden Bowl • Metropolitan Park • Newark Schools Stadium • Newark Velodrome • Palmer Stadium • Polo Grounds • Ridgewood Park • Roosevelt Stadium • Ruppert Stadium • Rutgers Stadium (1938) • St. George Cricket Grounds • Shea Stadium • Singer Bowl • Thompson Stadium • Union Grounds • Washington Park • Yankee Stadium (1923)
In progress
Never built