Delmar Fieldhouse

Delmar Fieldhouse
	Houston Independent School District's Delmar Fieldhouse Arena
Location	2020 Mangum Road; Houston, Texas 77092
Coordinates	29°48′10″N 95°27′25″W / 29.80278°N 95.45694°W
Owner	Houston Independent School District
Capacity	5,000
Construction
Opened	1958
Closed	September 24, 2013
Reopened	February 10, 2017
Demolished	2014
Architect	1958 – Milton McGinty; 2017 – PBK;
Tenants
	Houston Cougars men's basketball (NCAA) (1966-1969); Texas Southern Tigers women's basketball (NCAA) (2008)

The James M. Delmar Fieldhouse is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Houston, Texas. It is one of several Houston Independent School District’s athletics facilities.

The $35.2 million facility hosts basketball and volleyball games and tournaments, as well as graduation ceremonies and other special events. The maple court floor is removable and expandable, providing use for both the 84 feet required for high school games and the 94 feet required for NCAA play. The court flooring features a star representing the HISD logo and an image of the Houston skyline. Lower level seating is retractable, allowing for additional floor space, if needed. The entrance to the arena also showcases a portion of the center court floor from the original fieldhouse^[1]

The entire area including the fieldhouse, stadium, softball and baseball fields are referred to as the Delmar-Tusa Sports Complex.

Demolition and Construction

The Delmar Fieldhouse demolition project was part of the work planned under the 2012 Bond’s district athletic facility improvements. Demolition of the original 55-year old facility began in 2014 and the new building was completed in 2017.

History

Delmar Fieldhouse was the home court of the Houston Cougars men's basketball team, featuring Elvin Hayes, during the 1960s. It hosted a Midwest regional quarterfinal game between the Cougars and the Marquette Warriors in 1961, the first NCAA men's basketball tournament game held in the city and second in the state of Texas, after the 1957 tournament, which held the Midwest Regional at the SMU Coliseum in Dallas.

In 2007, the WNBA's Houston Comets and Connecticut Sun played a pre-season game at Delmar Fieldhouse.^[2]

In 2008, it served as the home court for the Texas Southern University Tigers women's basketball team.^[3]^[4]

In 2017 Delmar Fieldhouse became a distribution center for the Hurricane Harvey flooding crisis in Houston.^[5]

In the new facility, Delmar hosted the 2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference men’s and women’s post-season basketball tournament.

References

^ "Grand opening celebration this week for new Delmar Fieldhouse". News Blog. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
^ Blog @ thehrr.com
^ Box score Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine @ NMNathletics.com
^ Box score Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine @ TSU.edu
^ "Superintendent, HISD staff kick off Harvey relief donation drive at Delmar Fieldhouse". News Blog. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

External links

[1] "Grand opening celebration this week for new Delmar Fieldhouse". News Blog. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

[2] Blog @ thehrr.com

[3] Box score Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine @ NMNathletics.com

[4] Box score Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine @ TSU.edu

[5] "Superintendent, HISD staff kick off Harvey relief donation drive at Delmar Fieldhouse". News Blog. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

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v t e Houston Independent School District (campuses)
K–12 schools	T. H. Rogers (alternative, magnet)
6–12 schools	Jane Long Academy (middle school zoned, high school not zoned) Leland (alt.) Sharpstown Int'l (alt.) Y.W.C.P.A. (alt.)
High schools	Austin Bellaire Chávez Furr Heights (ex-Reagan) Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Madison Milby North Forest Northside (ex-Davis) Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Wheatley Wisdom (ex-Lee) Worthing Yates
Alternative and magnet high schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.J. Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College South Early College
K–8 schools	Baker (formerly Woodrow Wilson) Gregory-Lincoln Wharton Mandarin Immersion (magnet only) The Rice School (magnet only)
Middle schools	Key Lanier Pershing BCM Academy at Ryan (magnet) Las Américas Newcomer School (alternative) Others
Elementary schools	Cage Cornelius Harvard Kashmere Gardens Lantrip Poe River Oaks Travis Walnut Bend Arabic Immersion (magnet only) Others
Former alt. K-12/6–12 schools	C.L.C. Kay On-Going Leader's Acad. Pro-Vision Academy (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation) V Prep
Former high schools	San Jacinto Carter Career Center (alternative) DeVry Advantage Academy (alternative) Gulf Coast Trades Center (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation) Middle College (magnet)
Former middle and K-8 schools	Edgar M. Gregory K-8 Ryan MS The Lawson Academy (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation)
Athletics	Delmar Fieldhouse Delmar Stadium
Literature	Brown, Not White Make Haste Slowly
Superintendents	Edison E. Oberholtzer Billy Reagan Joan Raymond Frank Petruzielo Yvonne Gonzalez (interim) Rod Paige Abelardo Saavedra Terry Grier Richard A. Carranza Mike Miles

v t e Houston Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Sam Houston Coliseum (select games; 1937–19??) Jeppesen Gymnasium (1946–1966) Delmar Fieldhouse (1966–1969) Fertitta Center (1969–present) Health and Physical Education Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Rice SMU
Culture & lore	Shasta Phi Slama Jama Game of the Century "Cougar Fight Song" Spirit of Houston
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Demolition and Construction

History

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