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Ground was broken on the building in July 1953 and the project cost a total of $ 1.3 million, with work proceeding after a protest filed with the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners was rejected. When the field house was opened on November 24, 1954, the facility was the largest high school gym
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debuted in the North Side Gymnasium, under a deal in which the arena was leased by the school district to the park board, which then leased it to the team, as part of an effort to skirt restrictions on leasing the facility for financial gain.
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in the United States. In its initial season of operation, the gym generated $ 57,500 in revenue from ticket sales, concessions and parking fees from the 134,000 fans who attended high school games.
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games along with other varsity sports such as volleyball and wrestling. It was home to the
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on the campus of North Side Middle School. Elkhart High School, hosts their varsity boys'
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The gym has also hosted professional wrestling matches, ice shows and the
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of 8,250, it was the nation's largest school gymnasium."
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gym in the country, seating 8,200 prior to renovation.
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basketball
Elkhart Express
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high school
Harlem Globetrotters
Elkhart Express
International Basketball League
Largest high school gyms in the United States
"Elkhart Central ready to ride"
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"Basketball could pack 'em in at North Side Gym"
The Elkhart Truth
seating capacity
"Grayson's Scoreboard: Indiana Builds Gyms Bigger Than Towns' Population"
Lawrence Journal-World
"Tuscaloosan At Large: A Pitch For The Game Of Basketball"
The Tuscaloosa News
"Express get a home"
The Elkhart Truth
41°42′06″N 85°58′32″W / 41.701748°N 85.975463°W / 41.701748; -85.975463
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1954 establishments in Indiana

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