McCasland Field House

McCasland Field House
T. Howard McCasland Field House
The Field House
OU FieldHouse.jpg
Location 151 W Brooks
Norman, OK 73019
Opened January 13, 1928
Owner University of Oklahoma
Operator University of Oklahoma
Capacity 5,000
Tenants
Oklahoma Sooners (NCAA)
Men's basketball (1928 - 1975)
Women's volleyball
Men's wrestling
Men's and women's gymnastics

The McCasland Field House is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the University of Oklahoma main campus in Norman, Oklahoma. Home of the basketball Sooners until 1975, the Field House currently hosts the men's wrestling, women's volleyball, and men's and women's gymnastics teams. The Field House is named for T. Howard McCasland, a two-sport star who was the captain of the 1916 basketball team and an end for the football team.

The facility opened with a basketball game between the Sooners and the University of Kansas Jayhawks on January 13, 1928, which the Sooners won 45-19. When it opened, the facility held over 5,000 people.

It is rather unknown, these days on campus, that the Fieldhouse once witnessed concerts by Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley in the 60's and 70's.

As the campus was constructed around the Field House, parking for fans disappeared[1] and attendance at games dwindled as well. After the Lloyd Noble Center opened in 1975 and the basketball teams moved south to the new facility, the Field House seemed forgotten and neglected.

Plans for refurbishment began in the 1990s along with other campus improvements,[2] and fundraising began in earnest in September 1997.[3] In 2005 the initial phase of a $6 million renovation project was completed, including the building's first-ever climate control system, refurbishment of the historic wood floor, new chair-back and retractable seats. The facility had to be completely rewired, not only to handle the new heating and air-conditioning systems (its first ever) and the new lighting and state-of-the-art sound and video systems, but to bring the building up to current electrical code standards.

The next phase of renovations to the Field House, scheduled to be completed by 2012, include locker room upgrades, additions of restrooms and concessions, and expansion of the wrestling practice facility from its current 4,500 square feet (420 m2) to more than 8,000 square feet (740 m2). Finally, all of the building's windows, a distinguishing feature of the Field House, will be replaced, along with the roof.[4]

See Also

References

  1. ^ Upchurch, Jay. The House That Basketball Built. Sooner Magazine, Winter 2003.
  2. ^ Burr, Carol. Under Construction. Sooner Magazine, Summer 2002.
  3. ^ Burr, Carol. Dreams of Great Expectations Realized. Priority Magazine, Winter 2004.
  4. ^ Upchurch, Jay. New Digs. Sooner Magazine, Winter 2007, p. 15-17.

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Coordinates: 35°12′29″N 97°26′33″W / 35.2080342°N 97.4425346°W / 35.2080342; -97.4425346


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