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词条 Payne Whitney Gymnasium
释义

  1. Facilities

  2. Renovation

  3. Trivia

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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| nickname = Cathedral of Sweat
| image = Yale Cathedral of Sweat.JPG
| image_size = 200px
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| location = 70 Tower Pkwy
New Haven, CT 06511
| broke_ground =
| opened = 1932
| closed =
| demolished =
| owner = Yale University
| operator = Yale University
| surface =
| construction_cost =
| architect = John Russell Pope
| former_names =
| tenants = Yale Bulldogs
(basketball, fencing, gymnastics, squash, swimming, & volleyball)
| seating_capacity = 2,532 (Lee Amphitheater)
2,178 (Kiphuth Exhibition Pool)
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The Payne Whitney Gymnasium is the gymnasium of Yale University. One of the largest athletic facilities ever built,[1] its twelve acres of interior space include a nine-story tower containing a third-floor swimming pool, fencing facilities, and a polo practice room. The building houses the facilities of many varsity teams at Yale, including basketball, fencing, gymnastics, squash, swimming, and volleyball. It is the second-largest gym in the world by cubic feet and the 94th largest in the United States by square footage.

The building was donated to Yale by John Hay Whitney, of the Yale class of 1926, in honor of his father, Payne Whitney. Because it was designed in the Gothic Revival style that prevailed at Yale between 1920 and 1945, it is commonly known as "the cathedral of sweat".[2] For the design of Payne Whitney Gymnasium, architect John Russell Pope was awarded the Silver Medal at the 1932 Olympic Games Art Competition.

The stuffed original Handsome Dan, the bulldog mascot of Yale and the first college mascot in the United States, resides in a glass cabinet near the entrance to the building.

Facilities

The basketball team plays in the John J. Lee Amphitheater, which was named in 1996 for John J. Lee, '56 M.Eng., a star basketball player and benefactor in restoration projects; the volleyball and gymnastics teams also compete in the Amphiteater. The wing opposite the Amphiteater houses the Robert J. H. Kiphuth Exhibition Pool (6 lanes, 25 yards), where the swimming teams compete. The pool is named for Yale's legendary swimming coach and athletic director.

A series of three crew tanks runs along the back of the gym, providing training facilities for the crews. Above the crew tanks is the Practice Pool, one of the world's largest suspended natatoriums (5 lanes, 50 meters, 2 bulkheads). Above the Practice Pool are recreational basketball courts.

On the wings, the Adrian "Ace" Israel Fitness Center is located above the Kiphuth Exhibition Pool, and the Brady Squash Center is located above the Amphitheater. The Squash Center, one of the world's premier competition facilities, is also home to the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame. The roof of the Squash Center has a small outdoor running track.[3]

The tower itself contains the Kiphuth Trophy Room (where mementos from Harvard-Yale game balls to Olympic gold medals are displayed), several multi-purpose recreational areas, the fencing salon, and the gymnastics studio.

The Lanman Center, located behind the Amphitheater wing, provides a vast spread of additional flexible floor space, with a balcony running track ringing the facility.

Renovation

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The William K. Lanman Center was added in 1999 as a new wing, with additional courts for basketball and volleyball, and an indoor running track. This was the first phase of a $100 million renovation program.

In 2006, the building is having external work done to repair flashing and stop leaks. Other work includes the purchasing of banners and benches for the Kiphuth Exhibition Pool, the resurfacing of the floor in the Lee Amphitheater, and the upgrading of the Practice Pool's filtration system (see Pool Closure below).

Trivia

Before coeducation, the third floor pool was strictly "no suits," i.e. nude.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} Freshmen at that time had to undergo a questionable series of "posture" tests that involved nude photographs. They were instructed that if they had an excessive lordotic curve, remedial exercises would be prescribed, although it seemed no one ever was so required.[4]

See also

  • List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/frosh/2000/field/p78payne.html|title=House of Payne gets ready for the new millennium|last=Siegel|first=Justin|year=2000|accessdate=2 March 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904041436/http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/frosh/2000/field/p78payne.html|archivedate=4 September 2009|df=}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-30/sports/sp-29935_1_physical-fitness|title=For the Athlete, It's a Bit of Heaven: Yale's Gym Has 14 Floors of Wall-to-Wall Physical Fitness|last=Hillinger|first=Charles|date=30 December 1995|accessdate=20 October 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ussquash.com/functions/content.aspx?id=1366 |title=Hall of Fame & Museum |accessdate=2 March 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220034037/http://www.ussquash.com/functions/content.aspx?id=1366 |archivedate=20 February 2012}}
4. ^{{cite journal |last=Rosenbaum |first=Ron |author-link=Ron Rosenbaum |title=The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal |magazine=New York Times Magazine |date=15 January 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/magazine/the-great-ivy-league-nude-posture-photo-scandal.html?pagewanted=all |accessdate=23 March 2014}}

External links

  • [https://sportsandrecreation.yale.edu/services-payne-whitney-gymnasium Payne Whitney Gym at Yale.edu]
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