Thompson Gym, built in 1925, was the indoor arena ofNorth Carolina State University untilReynolds Coliseum opened in 1949. The facility hosted mainly basketball games, including theSouthern Conference men's basketball tournament from 1933 to 1946. Reynolds Coliseum has since been replaced byPNC Arena.
The building has since been converted to a theater seating 250 people.
It was named for Frank Martin Thompson, an NCSU athlete killed inWorld War I.
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