Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse
Project type: Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
Started: 1939
Designers: Ashton and Evans
Contractors: George A. Whitmeyer & Sons
Quality of Information: Very Good
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The old fieldhouse, built in 1939, was home to the University of Utah basketball team for thirty years. It was built with a combination of bonded debt by the university and Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
It appears to be used for intermural athletics today.
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Project Details
| Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost | Project #'s |
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| 81818 | 175000 | 256818 |
Source notes
https://students.arch.utah.edu/hba/htmlfiles/bldg029.html https://www.sltrib.com/home/4058691-155/whatever-happened-to-einar-nielsen
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 27, 2016.
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The building was formerly conjoined with Rice Football stadium via a roof with additional bleachers at the north end zone and a tunnel where South Campus Drive went between the two structures. The tunnel was removed when the stadium was demolished in 1997-98 and Rice Eccles Stadium was built in its place. South Campus Drive along with a light rail line now runs in open space between the field house and the stadium.
It also is undergoing a major interior renovation as of 2022.