Alumni Gym (Loyola University Chicago)

Alumni Gym was a 2,000 capacity structure on the campus of Loyola University Chicago. It served as the home of the Loyola Ramblers Men's and Women's Volleyball programs, as well as the Loyola University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. It is the former home of the Loyola Ramblers basketball team, which last played in Alumni Gym in 1996. The basketball team moved to the 5,200-seat Joseph J. Gentile Center at the beginning of the 1996–97 season. From 1924 to 1941, Loyola hosted the National Catholic Interscholastic Basketball Tournament in Alumni Gym.^[1] The facility hosted the Semifinals and Championship game of the 2005 and 2006 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Championship.

The final intercollegiate game at Alumni Gym was on April 27, 2011. The Loyola men's volleyball team defeated Quincy University 3–1 in the semifinals of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association tournament in front of an announced crowd of 424 people.^[2]

The building was demolished in the summer of 2011 to make way for a new student union on campus.

References

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^ "Illinois H.S.toric | News & Media". Ihsa.org. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
^ "Loyola University Chicago Official Athletic Site". Loyolaramblers.cstv.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.

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External links

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Alumni Gym Profile at LoyolaRamblers.com

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Academics	Business Law Medicine Saint Joseph College Seminary
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Athletics	Men's basketball Men's soccer Men's volleyball Women's basketball Softball
Organizations	Alpha Delta Gamma
Media	Loyola Consumer Law Review Loyola Phoenix WLUW
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1951 Luna Park 1955 1959 Alumni Gym, Oak Park and River Forest High School 1963 Ginásio do Ibirapuera 1967 1971 1975 1979 Roberto Clemente Coliseum, Canovanas Coliseum, Cancha Pepín Cestero 1983 1987 Market Square Arena 1991 1995 Polideportivo Islas Malvinas 1999 Investors Group Athletic Centre, Winnipeg Arena 2003 Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto 2007 RioArena 2011 CODE Dome 2015 Ryerson Athletic Centre 2019 Coliseo Eduardo Dibos