Field house

Field house or fieldhouse is an American English term for an indoor sports arena or stadium, mostly used for college basketball, volleyball, or ice hockey, or a support building for various adjacent sports fields, e.g. locker room, team room, coaches' offices, etc. The term dates from the 1890s.[1][2]

Notable field houses include:

  1. ^ Random House Dictionary: "1890–95, Americanism"
  2. ^ "fieldhouse". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.: "First known use: 1895"