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Hinkle Fieldhouse is a basketball arena located on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. When it was built in 1928, it was the largest basketball arena in the United States, and it retained that distinction until 1950. It is the sixth-oldest college basketball arena still in use, and it is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. It "is the earliest of the major college fieldhouses, which, along with rules changes that made for a faster game, transformed college basketball in the late 1920s and 1930s."
Stadium Name: Hinkle Fieldhouse
Birth Location: 510 W 49th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates: coord395037N86102Wdisplay=inline,title
Built: 1928
Opened: March 7, 1928
Renovated: 1989
Owner: Butler University
Construction Cost: $1 Million
Architect: Fermor Spencer Cannon
Tenants: Butler Bulldogs (Horizon League) (1928-present), Indianapolis Olympians (NBA (National Basketball Association)) (1949-1953)
Seating Capacity: 11,043
Dimensions: Infobox_nrhp
Nrhp Type: nhl
Locmapin: Indiana
Built: 1927
Architect: Cannon,Fermor S.
Added: December 22, 1983
Designated Nrhp Type: February 27, 1987
Refnum: 83003573