3/22/2025 - U of A Men's Gymnasium Building

 



This building on the University of Arizona campus located in Tucson, AZ.  This is Bear Down Gym, originally known as Men's Gymnasium.  It is a 300 seat multi-purpose arena.  It opened in 1926.  It was home to the University of Arizona Wildcats basketball team.

Bear Down Gym is also famous for its inclusion in the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds.  It was the gymnasium of the fictional "Addams College" and also temporary home to the Nerds after they were kicked out of their original freshman home.

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