Irving Gymnasium

Irving Gymnasium
Irving Gym during Deconstruction
General information
Type	Physical fitness facility
Location	Ball State University Corner of Neely & McKinley Avenue Muncie, IN 47306
Named for	Irving Family (Irving Brothers Sand and Gravel)
Completed	1962
Demolished	2009
Design and construction
Architect	Walter Scholar & Associates Lafayette, Indiana
Other information
Seating capacity	4,200

Irving Gymnasium was an indoor athletics facility on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, USA. Opened in 1962 with a capacity of 4,200 spectators, it hosted primarily Ball State Cardinals basketball and volleyball games until the John E. Worthen Arena was opened in 1992. It hosted the 1972 and 1976 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship games.

In 2008, Irving Gymnasium closed to undergo renovations for the new Student Recreation and Wellness Center. The Student Recreation and Wellness Center has since opened and offers 5 basketball courts, an indoor turf building for indoor football and soccer, a rock climbing wall, an expanded weight lifting and cardio equipment space, an 1/8 suspended walking/jogging track, a Quiznos and space devoted to yoga and martial arts. ^[1]

Notable appearances

Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy spoke in Irving Gymnasium on April 4, 1968 to a crowd of 12,000 people, almost three times the seating capacity. The university only had 7,000 seats to offer which left 5,000 students to stand during Kennedy's half-hour speech. A little over an hour after his speech, on the way to another campaign stop in Indianapolis, Kennedy learned of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.^[2]

President Barack Obama made a stop in Irving Gymnasium on April 12, 2008, on his campaign trail, 40 years and one week after Kennedy's speech in Irving Gym in 1968.^[3]

References

↑ Student Recreation and Wellness Facility(Ball State University Website), Retrieved December 15, 2008.
↑ Robert Kennedy Remembered? (Ball State University Daily News Website), Retrieved December 15, 2008.
↑ Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama plans weekend campaign stop on campus (Ball State University Website), Retrieved December 15, 2008.

External links

Facility information

Ball State University

Located in: Muncie, Indiana

Academics	Colleges: Architecture and Planning Business Communication, Information, and Media Teachers Other: Burris Laboratory School Center for Business and Economic Research Center for Middletown Studies Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities Robert F. Kennedy Speech Collection

Athletics	Ball State Cardinals Football Baseball Men's basketball Scheumann Stadium Worthen Arena Ball Diamond Irving Gymnasium Pride of Mid-America Marching Band Blue Key Victory Bell Bronze Stalk Trophy Charlie Cardinal Mid-American Conference

Campus	History Art Museum Auditorium Beneficence Bracken House Bracken Library Christy Woods Frog Baby LaFollette Complex Observatory Orchid Collection and Species Bank Shafer Tower

Life	The Daily News Stance WBST WBSU-TV WCRD WIPB

People	Alumni Ball brothers Presidents

Founded: 1918 · Students: 21,053 · Endowment: $192.11 million

Ball State Cardinals men's basketball

Venues	Ball Gymnasium (1925–1963) Irving Gymnasium (1963–1992) John E. Worthen Arena (1992–present)

Culture & lore	Charlie Cardinal

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1942–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Coordinates: 40°12′19″N 85°24′21″W / 40.20528°N 85.40583°W / 40.20528; -85.40583

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