Wildermuth Intramural Center
| Former names | IU Fieldhouse |
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| Location | 1025 E 7th Bloomington, IN 47405 |
| Owner | Indiana University |
| Operator | Indiana University |
| Capacity | 8,000 (approx., former) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | December 13, 1928 |
| Construction cost | $350,000 |
| Tenants | |
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Indiana Hoosiers (Intramurals - current) (Men's basketball - 1928–60) |
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Coordinates: 39°10′09″N 86°31′15″W / 39.169203°N 86.520907°W
The Wildermuth Intramural Center (previously called The Fieldhouse) is an on-campus gymnasium used for intramural sports at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. It was formerly the home of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.
Today the Fieldhouse, now called the Wildermuth Intramural Center, has several rows of basketball courts. Because it is attached to the former School of Health, Physical Education & Recreation (HPER) it was referred to as the "hyper." As of 2012, the Indiana University School of HPER has been renamed the School of Public Health-Bloomington.
In 2010, a women’s locker room was added and the men's and faculty/staff locker rooms underwent renovations. In July 5, 2011 a roof fire caused major damage to the facility estimated to cost $3 million. As a result, substantial repairs replacements were made to the damaged section of the roof, courts and track, lights, and windows. It did not re-open until the summer of 2012.
The Fieldhouse was built adjacent to the Men's Gymnasium as a venue to host the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, whose popularity had outgrown the previous gymnasium. The basketball team first played in the Fieldhouse for the 1928-29 season. It served as the state of Indiana's first true basketball stadium and was considered one of the classic venues in college basketball during its time.
The Fieldhouse could seat up to 8,000 spectators and was later extended to seat 10,000. It provided extensive lighting on the floor and baskets, and also featured a center court press box that could seat 35 journalists and had 10 built-in telegraph wires. It originally cost $350,000 and was paid for with construction bonds and a $2.00 fee levied against each Indiana University student.
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