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Coordinates: 36°04′10″N 79°48′46″W / 36.069384°N 79.81268°W
Michael B. Fleming Gymnasium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The Michael B. Fleming Gymnasium is a 2,320-seat multi-purpose arena in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is located in the Health and Human Performance Building, a $16.2 million facility that opened on the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's campus in June 1989.
It is home to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Spartans wrestling and volleyball teams.[1] It also hosts the women's basketball team.[2] It was formerly home to the men's basketball team as well, but beginning in the 2009–10 basketball season, they moved to larger Greensboro Coliseum.[3]
Recently, Fleming Gym underwent a facelift to improve seating amenities. The new seating includes chairback seating on the lower half with bleacher bench seating in the upper half. Both sides were completed prior to the 2006-07 season. Also recently launched a project to overhaul the team locker room areas has begun that will included expanded, modernized space for numerous UNCG teams and also meeting areas for film breakdown and other activities.[4]
History and facts
The gymnasium, which has seating for more than 1,800 for basketball and 1,200 for volleyball and wrestling, was named for Fleming, a Greensboro civic leader and one of the most ardent supporters of UNCG athletics, on Dec. 1, 1994. Spartan teams first occupied the gym during the 1989-90 academic year.[4]
The largest crowd to see an athletic contest in the gym was 2,302 for a men’s basketball game against Charleston Southern on Feb. 25, 1995. The Spartans won, 98-70.[4]
Fleming Gymnasium has played host to various conference championship tournaments, including Big South volleyball in 1994 and 1995, Big South women's basketball in 1994, SoCon women's basketball in 1998 and 1999, SoCon wrestling in 1999 and SoCon volleyball in 2001 and 2008. In 2005, it played host to the SoCon / ACC Wrestling Championships, also known as MatJam.[4]
Prior to the 1996–97 season, the Boston Celtics held their preseason training camp in the gym.[4]
References
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Ashby College · Baseball Stadium · City of Greensboro · The Coraddi · Fleming Gymnasium · Greensboro Coliseum · Grogan College · Libraries · Lloyd International Honors College · Charles Duncan McIver · Soccer Stadium · SoCon · Spartans · Strong College · University of North Carolina · WUAG
Basketball arenas of the Southern Conference North Division Holmes Center (Appalachian State) • McKenzie Arena (Chattanooga) • Alumni Gym (Elon) • Pete Hanna Center (Samford) • Fleming Gymnasium / Greensboro Coliseum (UNC Greensboro) • Ramsey Center (Western Carolina)
South Division McAlister Field House (The Citadel) • TD Arena (College of Charleston) • John M. Belk Arena (Davidson) • Timmons Arena (Furman) • Hanner Fieldhouse (Georgia Southern) • Benjamin Johnson Arena (Wofford)
Categories:- Basketball venues in North Carolina
- College basketball venues in the United States
- College volleyball venues in the United States
- UNC Greensboro Spartans basketball venues
- Sports venues in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Buildings and structures completed in 1989
- Event venues established in 1989
- North Carolina sports venue stubs
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