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]
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 1968 speech there.[3]
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^Student Recreation and Wellness Facility(Ball State University Website), Retrieved December 15, 2008.
^"Robert Kennedy remembered?". Ball State Daily. April 4, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama plans weekend campaign stop on campus (Ball State University Website), Retrieved December 15, 2008.
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irving, gymnasium, indoor, athletics, facility, campus, ball, state, university, muncie, indiana, opened, 1962, with, capacity, spectators, hosted, primarily, ball, state, cardinals, basketball, volleyball, games, until, worthen, arena, opened, 1992, hosted, 1. 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 6 600 spectators it hosted primarily Ball State Cardinals basketball and volleyball games until Worthen Arena opened in 1992 It hosted the 1972 and 1976 NCAA Men s Volleyball Championship games Irving GymnasiumIrving Gym during DeconstructionLocation within IndianaGeneral informationTypePhysical fitness facilityLocationBall State UniversityCorner of Neely amp McKinley AvenueMuncie IN 47306Coordinates40 12 19 N 85 24 21 W 40 20528 N 85 40583 W 40 20528 85 40583Named forIrving Family Irving Brothers Sand and Gravel Completed1962Demolished2009Design and constructionArchitect s Walter Scholar amp AssociatesLafayette IndianaOther informationSeating capacity4 200In 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 editPresidential 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 had only 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 1968 speech there 3 References edit Student Recreation and Wellness Facility Ball State University Website Retrieved December 15 2008 Robert Kennedy remembered Ball State Daily April 4 2008 Retrieved August 15 2019 Presidential hopeful Sen Barack Obama plans weekend campaign stop on campus Ball State University Website Retrieved December 15 2008 External links editFacility information This article about a sports venue in Indiana is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Irving Gymnasium amp oldid 1152256668, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
