Balch Fieldhouse
Encyclopedia
Balch Fieldhouse is a 4,000, at one point seating 7,000, seat multi-purpose arena
in Boulder, Colorado
. It opened in 1937. It was home to the University of Colorado
Buffaloes
basketball
teams until the Coors Events Center
opened in 1979.
The Fieldhouse is home to the University of Colorado's Track and Field and Cross Country Offices. The fieldhouse is where the track and cross country teams meet for practice during the winter. Track meets are also regularly held by Colorado during the indoor track season. USATF also holds meets on the weekends for athletes participating in club track and field.
The past 3 years, in November it has played host to the Boulder Qualifier for FIRST Lego League
, where about 40 teams compete for a chance to advance to the state tournament.
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
in Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
. It opened in 1937. It was home to the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
Buffaloes
Colorado Buffaloes
The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
teams until the Coors Events Center
Coors Events Center
Coors Events Center is an 11,064-seat multi-purpose arena on the Boulder main campus of the University of Colorado. The arena opened in 1979, and is home to the Colorado Buffaloes men's and women's basketball teams and the volleyball team....
opened in 1979.
The Fieldhouse is home to the University of Colorado's Track and Field and Cross Country Offices. The fieldhouse is where the track and cross country teams meet for practice during the winter. Track meets are also regularly held by Colorado during the indoor track season. USATF also holds meets on the weekends for athletes participating in club track and field.
The past 3 years, in November it has played host to the Boulder Qualifier for FIRST Lego League
FIRST Lego League
The FIRST® LEGO® League is an international competition organized by FIRST for elementary and middle school students ....
, where about 40 teams compete for a chance to advance to the state tournament.