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War Memorial Gymnasium
Blacksburg, VA
Opened: January 1, 1926
Closed: March 31, 1961
War Memorial Gymnasium is located on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia. An alumni campaign to finance construction of a gymnasium to memorialize Techmen who had died in World War I began in 1919, and the resulting War Memorial Gymnasium was completed in 1926. Varsity basketball games were played in the gym from 1926 to 1961. Initially called the World War I Memorial Gymnasium, the structure was closed in 1972 for significant renovation and expansion, reopening in 1975.
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