{{More references|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox venue | name = Balch Fieldhouse | image = Balch Fieldhouse (39076250431).jpg | caption = Front entrance of Balch Fieldhouse | location = Boulder, Colorado, U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|40.009435|-105.267928|type:landmark_region:US-CO|display=inline,title}} | owner = University of Colorado Boulder | tenants = Colorado Buffaloes men's and women's basketball (1937–1979)<br>CU Track & Field and Cross Country | capacity = 4,000 (formerly 7,000) | opened = 1937 }} '''Balch Fieldhouse''' is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Boulder, Colorado. At one point the seating capacity was 7,000. The arena opened in 1937.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cubuffs.com/facilities/balch-fieldhouse/7|title=Facilities|website=University of Colorado Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> It was home to the University of Colorado Buffaloes basketball teams until the CU Events Center opened in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Athletics |first=C. U. |title=Balch Fieldhouse Tennis Courts Now Available to the Public |url=https://cubuffs.com/news/2025/1/14/balch-fieldhouse-tennis-courts-now-available-to-the-public |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=University of Colorado Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title=87-year-old Boulder fieldhouse opens tennis courts to the public |url=https://www.9news.com/article/sports/tennis/balch-fieldhouse-colorado-tennis-courts/73-6dc440d1-c963-4245-9752-ff20795d1121 |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=KUSA.com |language=en-US}}</ref> thumb|Trampoline gymnast, Emerson Scott, training with the University of Colorado Trampoline Club The Fieldhouse includes an annex that is home to the University of Colorado's Track and Field and Cross Country and Sports Information Offices. The fieldhouse is where the track and cross country teams meet for practice during the winter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2016/01/16/balch-fieldhouse-bowing-out-ending-a-long-run/|title=Balch Fieldhouse bowing out, ending a long run|last=Buffzone.com|date=2016-01-17|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref> Track meets are also regularly held by Colorado during the indoor track season. USATF also holds meets on the weekends for athletes participating in club track and field.
The past three years, in November it has played host to the Boulder Qualifier for FIRST Lego League, where about 40 teams compete for a chance to advance to the state tournament.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Buffzone.com (2016-01-17). "Balch Fieldhouse bowing out, ending a long run". ''The Denver Post''. Retrieved 2020-03-30. * "Facilities". ''University of Colorado Athletics''. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
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