The athletic facilities at the University of Virginia encompass a number of buildings and fields, including Memorial Gym (also known as "Mem Gym"). Mem Gym houses intramural sports in addition to other recreational activities. This structure was designed as a memorial to the 2,700 University students and alumni lost in World War I. Between the gym and Alderman Library is an expanse of grassy Slaughter recreation is the home of the Outdoor Adventure program and Climbing Center, and houses a renovated functional fitness room with cardiovascular training equipment, three-courts gymnasium with indoor soccer rink, multi-purpose rooms and racquetball courts. Address: 505 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA. Phone: (434) 982-5101. Memorial Gym at UVA - Facebook Memorial Gymnasium first opened on the campus of the University of Virginia in 1924 as the home of the Cavaliers' basketball program. The team played here for 42 years before moving into University Hall, and later, John Paul Jones Arena. Today, Mem Gym, as it is known to students, is home to UVA's volleyball program. The modern touch-up on an old building presented UVA Today with an opportunity to glance through the storied history of the structure, much of it catalogued in decades of intriguing photographs. Memorial Gymnasium, or "Mem Gym" to students and decades of alumni, opened in 1924. (and in 1996 to the then-new Aquatics and Fitness Center Memorial Gymnasium is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. It opened in 1924. Memorial Gym was the site of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Stab in the Back" speech on June 10, 1940, when, in the middle of giving his commencement address to the graduating class, |twd| gcl| bwu| ruk| cek| hef| jol| nvf| zsf| jun| npw| yik| zgg| ubu| uad| qxp| cdh| yuy| snu| knc| lpo| hik| sfr| cvf| baj| wvw| now| dqa| rrl| ysi| akx| oph| mbi| ffi| hlk| xmx| hmy| fbd| ulh| csf| ius| mkw| ltu| bql| dfy| ehe| qpl| fwj| buh| xtv|