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| Location | 70 Tower Pkwy New Haven, CT 06511 |
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| Coordinates | 41°18′49″N 72°55′50″W / 41.31361°N 72.93056°W |
| Owner | Yale University |
| Operator | Yale University |
| Capacity | 2,532 (Lee Amphitheater) 2,178 (Kiphuth Exhibition Pool) |
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| Opened | 1932 |
| Architect | John Russell Pope |
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| Yale Bulldogs (basketball, fencing, gymnastics, squash, swimming, & volleyball) | |
The Payne Whitney Gymnasium is the gymnasium of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. One of the largest athletic facilities ever built,[1] its twelve acres of interior space include a nine-story tower containing a third-floor swimming pool, fencing facilities, and a polo practice room. The building houses the facilities of many varsity teams at Yale, including basketball, fencing, gymnastics, squash, swimming, and volleyball. It is the second-largest gym in the world by cubic feet.
The building was donated to Yale by John Hay Whitney, of the Yale class of 1926, in honor of his father, Payne Whitney. Because it was designed in the Gothic Revival style that prevailed at Yale between 1920 and 1945, it is commonly known as "the cathedral of sweat".[2] For the design of Payne Whitney Gymnasium, architect John Russell Pope was awarded the Silver Medal at the 1932 Olympic Games Art Competition.
The stuffed original Handsome Dan, the bulldog mascot of Yale and the first college mascot in the United States, resides in a glass cabinet near the entrance to the building.
- ^ Siegel, Justin (2000). "House of Payne gets ready for the new millennium". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ Hillinger, Charles (30 December 1995). "For the Athlete, It's a Bit of Heaven: Yale's Gym Has 14 Floors of Wall-to-Wall Physical Fitness". Retrieved 20 October 2014.