Hinkle Fieldhouse is a basketball arena on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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15 Facts About Hinkle Fieldhouse
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Hinkle Fieldhouse has served as the home court for the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team since 1928 and as the site of the annual Indiana High School Boys Basketball Tournament's championship games from 1928 to 1971.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse was among the first buildings erected when Butler University moved to the Fairview campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1928.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22,1983, and designated a National Historic Landmark on February 27,1987, and has been in use for nine decades.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse, who came to Butler as an assistant basketball coach in 1921, was named its head basketball coach in 1926.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse served as head coach of the Butler men's basketball, baseball, and football teams from 1934 to 1970.
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On December 22,1983, Hinkle Fieldhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and designated a National Historic Landmark on February 27,1987, in recognition of its role in transforming college basketball into a popular spectator sport in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse is one of only a few early 20th-century sports arenas still in use in the United States, and among the best-preserved of its kind.
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New spaces were created during the renovation to the attached wing at the west end of Hinkle Fieldhouse by adding two floors to a former swimming pool area closed in 2002 due to the high maintenance costs.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse has hosted annual championship games of Indiana's high school basketball tournament, numerous collegiate games and tournaments, US Olympic team exhibition games, and professional basketball games, as well as other special events.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse hosted the entire 1994 Horizon League men's basketball conference tournament as well as parts of the 2004,2008,2009, and 2010 Horizon League tournaments.
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In 1950, Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse was the site of the first televised broadcast of a state championship game.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse hosted the East Regional of the 1940 NCAA basketball tournament.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse has been host to other basketball-related events such as professional basketball teams, US Olympic team exhibition games, and the first USSR-USA basketball game, as well as all-star basketball games for the NBA, ABA and the East-West College All-Stars.
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Hinkle Fieldhouse hosted the Men's and women's volleyball tournament during the 1987 Pan American Games, attracting 15,000 spectators.
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