field house

noun

|Updated on: 11 Jun 2018

Definition of field house

1 : a building at an athletic field for housing equipment or providing dressing facilities

2 : a building enclosing a large area suitable for various forms of athletics and usually providing seats for spectators

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After the Valparaiso Fire Department responded to the call and evaluated the situation, students were escorted inside the field house until the building was inspected, a release said.

— amy lavalley, Post-Tribune, "Valparaiso High School evacuated after 2 bathroom fires," 7 Mar. 2018
By the end of the first year, sixteen hundred families lived in row houses and walkups spread across nearly fifty acres, with a field house, a large park, and a community center.

— jennifer gonnerman, The New Yorker, "How One Woman’s Fight to Save Her Family Helped Lead to a Mass Exoneration," 19 May 2018
The city has tried and failed to partner with a private developer to build an indoor field house that could host basketball and volleyball tournaments.

— steve harrison, charlotteobserver, "Charlotte has budgeted millions for second round of stadium renovations | Charlotte Observer," 15 May 2018
The floor in the old gym was resurfaced before the season and serves as a much louder atmosphere than the cavernous field house.

— jr radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Brown Deer shores up piece of sixth conference title in high-scoring win over Milwaukee Lutheran," 16 Feb. 2018
The facility would include a field house with an indoor field, two regulation-sized outdoor practice field, offices, training and weight rooms and lockers.

— adam h. beasley and barry jackson, miamiherald, "Location of possible new Dolphins headquarters in Miramar revealed | Miami Herald," 10 May 2018
Each high school oversees its pools, while the local park districts supervise the evening hours at the field house and fitness centers, and some charge a nominal fee, officials said.

— susan demar lafferty, Daily Southtown, "Lincoln-Way task force to resolve public use of school pools, tracks," 23 Apr. 2018
Making good use of the school’s field house that features three batting cages has helped as Krupp and the Chiefs (10-18, 8-2) have bounced back from a 2-10 spring break trip to open the season under new coach Kristen Corning.

— rick armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, "Double trouble: Waubonsee ace Nicole Krupp finds added role as home run hitter," 19 Apr. 2018
In 2014, the gymnasium at the school’s field house was named in honor of Mr. Lynch, who also had been the school’s head baseball coach for three seasons.

— marvin pave, BostonGlobe.com, "Dick Lynch, longtime inspirational coach at Swampscott High, dies at 91," 18 Apr. 2018

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