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Inside Muncie’s North Walnut Street Fieldhouse

Stephen Beard
December 26, 2019
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Since its opening in 1928, the Fieldhouse has played host to basketball, car shows, concerts, community Christmas sings and more.

Built in 1928 for roughly $400,000, the Muncie Fieldhouse has hosted Muncie Central basketball games, volleyball matches, Community Christmas Sing events, trade shows, circuses, and more. With seating for a little more than 6,500, the Fieldhouse remains in the top 20 high school gyms in the nation.

In 2017, even as engineers were addressing existing structural issues related to the gym, an EF-2 tornado hit the West side of the building and caved in part of the roof. In December 2019, after two years of repairs, the Fieldhouse reopened.

Muncie Fieldhouse damage
Exterior damage to the Fieldhouse in 2017.

I produced the animated GIF above to show the exterior damage to the building. The GIF was used on IndyStar and Muncie StarPress social channels.

Here’s a 360-degree panorama of the 3D model that shows how the gymnasium looked in 2015: