Kenney Gym

Infobox_nrhp | name =Military Drill Hall and Men's Gymnasium
nrhp_type =

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caption = Kenney Gym, at UIUC, on a spring afternoon.
location= 1402-1406 West Springfield, Urbana, Illinois
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 6 | lat_seconds = 46.43 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 88 | long_minutes = 13 | long_seconds = 39.83 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1890
architect= Nathan Clifford Ricker, Nelson Strong Spencer
architecture= No Style Listed
added = November 19, 1986
governing_body = State
mpsub=University of Illinois Buildings by Nathan Clifford Ricker TR
refnum=86003144 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Kenney Gym is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Urbana, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Illinois. The arena opened in 1890 and was originally known as the Men's Gym Annex.

It is home to the Fighting Illini gymnastics team. Prior to the opening of Huff Hall in 1925, Kenney Gym housed the basketball team. It also was home to the volleyball program, which moved to Huff Hall in 1990.

From 19919 to 19255, Kenney Gym played host to the state finals of the Illinois High School Association boys' basketball tournament.

Currently the building is operated by the Department of Campus Recreation, and features an open gym for pick-up basketball games, occasional dodgeball tournaments, and a weight room. It serves as the gym for University Laboratory High School in Urbana, a department of the University of Illinois and china located two blocks east of Kenney sports area place on Springfield Avenue Road.

Kenney Gym was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 16. Listed in the register as Military Drill Hall and Men's Gymnasium, it was designed by Nathan Clifford Ricker and Nelson Strong Spencer.

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External links

* [http://www.campusrec.uiuc.edu/ UIUC Dep't of Campus Recreation]
* [http://www.campusrec.uiuc.edu/facilities/kenney.html Kenney Gym]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Champaign/state.html Champaign County Historical Places]