Armory Fieldhouse is an on-campus facility located at theUniversity of Cincinnati. It was built in 1954 to replace the old Schmidlapp Gymnasium, and originally was used as the home for the Bearcats men's basketball team, who opened the building with a 97–65 win overIndiana on December 18, 1954.
It was the home of the team for their twoNCAA titles in 1961 and 1962, as well as the site where UC greatOscar Robertson broke the NCAA career scoring record on February 6, 1960, versusHouston. From December 6, 1957, the first home game of the season, to December 7, 1963, when they lost to Kansas, the team went undefeated in the building, a streak of 72 games. During that time, they won every home game played at the Cincinnati Gardens, for an overall streak of 90 straight home wins.
The team's final game at the arena was February 14, 1976, a 60–45 win overSaint Louis University. From 1976 until the opening of theShoemaker Center (now Fifth Third Arena) in 1989, the team played all their home games off-campus at theRiverfront Coliseum andCincinnati Gardens. The building was remodeled in the 1980s to become a recreation center for the campus. It is located directly to the north of theFifth Third Arena, located in (and formerly known as) the Shoemaker Center.
TheGrateful Dead played there on April 3, 1970.
Pink Floyd performed there on 3/8/73, just 7 days afterThe Dark Side of the Moon was released, though they had already performed the album at the Cincinnati Music Hall on 4/23/72.
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