LAMBERT FIELDHOUSE
Directions
Lambert Fieldhouse (800 West Stadium Avenue)
From Indianapolis
Take I-65 North to State Road 25 (exit 175).
Take a left on State Road 25, towards Lafayette, for approximately 1 mile.
Turn right on Sagamore Parkway. Stay on Sagamore for approximately 2 miles to Yeager Road (fourth stoplight).
Turn left on Yeager Road.
Follow ensuing roundabout (approximately 0.25 miles) to Northwestern Avenue.
Follow Northwestern Avenue for approximately 0.5 mile. Parking is on the right.
From Chicago
Take I-65 South to State Road 43 (exit 178).
Turn right off ramp.
Follow State Road 43 approximately 7 miles to the fourth stoplight (State Road 26 West/State Street).
Turn right on State Road 26.
Turn right at second stoplight (Grant Street).
Follow Grant Street to next stoplight.
Turn left on Northwestern Avenue.
Follow Northwestern Avenue for approximately 0.5 mile. Parking is on the left.
Lambert Fieldhouse, located at the corner of Northwestern and Stadium Avenues, is the indoor home of Purdue track & field. Built in 1937, Lambert was the home of the Purdue men's basketball team prior to the construction of Mackey Arena in 1967, and the swimming & diving teams prior to the construction of the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in 2001. Enclosed in the building, which is named for legendary former Purdue basketball coach Ward "Piggy" Lambert, is a six-lane, 200-meter Rekortan track. In 1999, Lambert received $30,000 worth of improvements to its timing system.
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