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North Side High School Gym

North Side High School Gym

Opened in 1927

About North Side High School Gym

North Side High School Gym is recorded as an NBA arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It opened in 1927. It was designed by Charles R. Weatherhogg. Its recorded capacity is 3,000. Its only tenant was Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA, 1949–1952).

Appears in

86th longest single tenancy (3 years) of the 104 longest on record in NBA arenas

Venue Information

Capacity

3,000

Year Opened

1927

Address

475 East State Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805

Elevation

757 ft

231 m above sea level

Architect

Charles R. Weatherhogg

Address derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at North Side High School Gym by team, 1927–1952. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Fort Wayne Pistons While based here: 4 seasons · 124-139 regular season · 3 postseason trips NBA · 1949–1952 Territory map on ImperialismMap North Side High School Gym 1949–1952 War Memorial Coliseum 1953–1957 All 7 home venues of the Fort Wayne Pistons North Side High School Gym 1949–1952 War Memorial Coliseum 1953–1957 Olympia Stadium 1958–1961 Cobo Hall 1962–1978 Pontiac Silverdome 1979–1988 The Palace of Auburn Hills 1989–2017 Little Caesars Arena 2018–present	NBA	1949–1952

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of North Side High School Gym?

The capacity of North Side High School Gym is 3,000.

When was North Side High School Gym built?

North Side High School Gym opened in 1927.

Who designed North Side High School Gym?

North Side High School Gym was designed by Charles R. Weatherhogg.

Where did the Fort Wayne Pistons play after North Side High School Gym?

After leaving North Side High School Gym in 1952, the Fort Wayne Pistons moved to War Memorial Coliseum in 1953. They played there until 1957.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Address.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 3 m of this point), Architect and operator.

Location

Coordinates: 41.0972, -85.1355

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
War Memorial Coliseum	1952–	1.4 mi
Kekionga Ball Grounds		1.8 mi
Scheumann Stadium	1967–	63 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Fort Wayne Pistons

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.