Venue: Men's Gymnasium (Indiana University)
Town: Indiana, US
Capacity: 2,400

The Men's Gymnasium (now part of the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington building) is an on-campus indoor athletic facility on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. From 1917 to 1928, it also served as the home of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team. The Men's Gymnasium, more commonly referred to now as part of the School of Public Health-Bloomington building, is part of a complex for the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, as well as the recreational programs offered by the school's Division of Recreational Sports. The Men's Gymnasium, together with the Bill Garrett Fieldhouse, make up the SPHB complex. The Indiana Hoosiers began playing in the Men's Gymnasium in 1917. In addition to its 2400-seat basketball court, the new facility included a pool and track. The building was constructed in a Gothic style using local limestone at a cost of $250,000. Indiana won their first game in the new facility on 19 January against Iowa 12-7. Due to complaints from spectators seated behind the backboards about poor visibility, the arena installed glass backboards a few years later. These glass backboards, which were manufactured by the Nurre Mirror Plate Company, may have been the first to be used in the United States. The basketball team's last season in the facility was in 1927-28, when the team won the conference championship. Because of the growing popularity of basketball at the school and the growing size of the student body, the team moved to a larger arena. Tiles in the building depict symbols representing health and well-being in various cultures, including swastikas, a symbol which later became negatively associated with and pre-dated Germany's Third Reich. A plaque in the lobby addresses this and reads: Installed in 1917 with the construction of the original IU Men’s Gymnasium building, the elaborate ceramic tiles in the foyer of each wing contain symbols from cultures around the world. These beautiful