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This is a ranked list of every gym I've visited so far. Gyms that have full blogs with pictures are linked in blue to access the blogs. Gyms that I visited before I started blogging have brief descriptions here. I hope to revisit each of these and produce full blogs for them over the coming years.

1. Kokomo (5,200) Built 1948
2. Muncie Central (6,578) Built 1928
3. Seymour (8,228) Built 1970
4. Washington (Current) (7,090) Built 1966
5. Jeffersonville (Fieldhouse) (5,650) Built 1937
6. Logansport (5,876) Built 1973
7. Elkhart (7,373) Built 1954
8. Marion (Current) (7,690) Built 1970
9. Richmond (5,700) Built 1984
10. Lafayette Jeff (6,690) Built 1969
11. Frankfort (5,509) Built 1963
Permanent seating all along the upper section which completely circles the floor is perfect. The metal dome roof is better and feels less like a spaceship than South Adams. Old school jumbotron at center court is great. Very unique from the other big gyms built in its era. Timeless.
12. New Castle (Fieldhouse) (8,424) Built 1959
13. Bedford (4,200) Built 1924
14. Warsaw (4,896) Built 1987
There's not one specific thing that makes this gym so special, but I've always loved it. The upper walkway on both baselines with the pressboxes that jut out make you think of old-timey broadcasting. Again, beautiful wood bleachers that extend a country mile. You feel like like you're sitting in the ceiling when you're at the top. I'm normally not a big orange guy, but it works here. It's nothing crazy, but it's wonderful.
15. Westview (Current) (3,320) Built 1989
16. Mishawaka (4,000) Built 1924
Oldest gym in the state. It's called the cave and it feels like a cave. Everything is dark. The lighting, bleachers, cieling, it all fits perfectly. It's a lot bigger than it feels. It even has a unique scorer's table! A magnificently preserved relic of a time when basketball meant the most.

17. Vincennes Lincoln (Coliseum) (4,838) Built 1926
18. Barr-Reeve (Old) (2,184) Built 1959
19. Southport (Current) (7,124) Built 1957
20. Peru (Old ) (2,600) Built 1939
21. Loogootee (Old) (1,000?) Built 1927
22. Martinsville (Old) (5,200) Built 1924
23. Gary West (6,402) Built 1969
24. Jay County (4,470) Built 1975
​25. Huntington North (5,500) Built 1975
Not sure there was a better place to watch a packed regional/semi-state game in the state before the remodel. It still looks sharp, as most new wooden bleachers do, but before the wooden bleachers on both sidelines felt eternal. The upper section simultaneously feels like there is a lot of extra space on the baselines and corners, but in this case it makes it feel more grand. The open entrances in all four corners always make it feel like a college arena. Not sure if that is a benefit or a detriment.
26. Lebanon (Old) (2,200) Built 1931
27. Rushville (2,600) Built 1926
28. Michigan City Elston (4,200) Built 1937
29. Washington (Old) (4,000) Built 1925
30. Winchester (2,300) Built 1953
31. Michigan City (Current) (5,926) Built 1971
32. Knightstown (Old) (600) Built 1922
33. Southridge (6,092) Built 1951
34. Greensburg (Current) (5,041) Built 1971
35. Mooresville (Newby) (900?) Built 1921
36. Bluffton (Old) (4,000) Built 1954
37. Hauser (1,573) Built 1966
38. Loogootee (Current) (4,571) Built 1968
39. Scottsburg (3,536) Built 1956
40. Southern Wells (2,500) Built 1966
41. Middletown (1,306) Built 1939
42. Owensville (3,000?) Built 1950
43. Decatur (1,800?) Built 1938
44. Concord (3,434) Built 1963
One of my favorite second levels I've been too. Sitting behind a big rail, you feel completely boxed in and I'm sure you could touch the drop ceiling if you really wanted to. It feels like the definition of a bandbox. The noise meter is cool. The lettering and floor design is very basic and clean. Wish it had a seating on the one baseline but thats a small quibble.
45. Lewis Cass (3,900) Built 1968
46. Greensburg (Old) (3,100?) Built 1925
47. Clinton (2,000?) Built 1936
48. Fairbanks (650?) Built 1925
49. Whiteland (Current) (4,649) Built 1958
50. Mitchell (Old) (3,000) Built 1927
51. Greencastle (5,280) Built 1968
52. Martinsville (Current) (5,500) Built 1976
53. Crawfordsville (Old) (2,650) Built 1940
54. Versailles (1,800) Built 1950
55. Graysville (360) Built 1927
56. New Castle (Church Street) (1,800) Built 1924
57. Medaryvillle (1,000?) Built 1951
58. Cannelton (Old) (1,099) Built 1926
59. Churubusco (1,600) Built 1957
When I think of unique architecture in Indiana high school gyms, Churubusco is always the one that comes to mind. I would go to games there growing up and just stare at the ceiling. The upper section permanent bleachers are absolutely gorgeous. It feels like the world's smallest airplane hangar. I love it.

60. Goshen (3,652) Built 1960
61. Cowan (2,486) Built 1957
62. Pleasantville (500) Built 1954
63. Sharpsville (700) Built 1926
64. Swayzee (1,600) Built 1955
65. Eminence (1,400) Built 1952
66. Blackford (4,400) Built 1970
67. Griffin (550?) Built 1937
68. Mississinewa (Old) (2,200?) Built 1951
69. Frankton (2,400) Built 1957
70. Spiceland (900?) Built 1937
71. Jackson Central (Old Hamilton Heights) (2,500?) Built 1957
72. Garrett (4,050) Built 1969
73. Petersburg (2,040) Built 1957
74. Shawswick (1,800?) Built 1949
75. Manchester (2,396) Built 1960
76. South Bend Washington (3,800) Built 1957
77. La Porte (3,956) Built 1976
78. Kentland (2,250) Built 1950
79. Eastern Greene (Old) (1,800) Built 1961
80. Mississinewa (Current) (2,850) Built 1977
81. Highland (Anderson) (3,500) Built 1977 
82. Jasper (5,930) Built 2013
83. Bellmont (4,000) Built 1969
84. East Noble (4,300) Built 1958
85. Winslow (1,500) Built 1951
86. Economy (350?) Built 1922
87. Warren (800?) Built 1926
88. Montezuma (1,800) Built 1954
89. Fort Branch (1,200) Built 1938
90. Dupont (400?) Built 1938
91. Arsenal Tech (3,500) Built 1928
One of the oldest gyms in the whole state. It feels like a small, big gym. Small lower section with a large upper deck that has seats on three sides. Bleachers feel properly old. Like any really old gym, the hallways in and out feel about 5 feet wide. There's a ton of history and they do a great job displaying it. It's the crown jewel of the Indy gyms.
92. North Judson-San Pierre (3,516) Built 1975
93. Laurel (800?) Built 1956
94. Summitville (800?) Built 1938
95. Monroe City (600?) Built 1936
96. Marion (Coliseum) (5,500) Built 1928
97. Shelbyville (Old) (3,500) Built 1922
98. Carmel (3,870) Built 1958
99. New Paris (900?) Built 1927
100. Milan (2,076) Built 1959
101. Maconaquah (3,485) Built 1965
102. Plainfield (3,520) Built 2008
​103. Danville (Old) (1,900?) Built 1936
104. Anderson (Madison Heights) (3,164) Built 1956
105. Gas City (600?) Built 1923
106. Waveland (500?) Built 1937
107. Heltonville (750?) Built 1950
108. Noblesville (Current) (4,200) Built 1996
109. South Adams (4,001) Built 1973

It's nothing if not unique. The dome is obviously cool. The "stars" signage is awesome. The seating layout is so bizarre I can't even tell how I feel about it. Some seats feel very far away when they shouldn't, and there is so much just empty space on both levels. It's beyond odd, which is what we love!
110. Monroe Central (2,250) Built 1978
111. Wood Memorial (3,600) Built 1969
112. Shipshewana (600?) Built 1936
113. Shelburn (1,000?) Built 1938
114. Oak Hill (2,110) Built 1959
115. Shenandoah (2,500) Built 1967
116. Daleville (2,050) Built 1954
117. College Corner (Union) (700?) Built 1925
118. Blue River Valley (2,400) Built 1968
119. Tipton (3,050) Built 1960
120. Marion Bennett (2,800) Built 1955
121. Centerville (2,160) Built 1967
122. North Montgomery (4,200) Built 1970
123. Brookville (3,000) Built 1957
124. Williamsburg (925) Built 1953
125. Muncie Burris (1,500) Built 1925
126. Tippecanoe Valley (2,900) Built 1974
127. Pennville (800?) Built 1953
128. Haubstadt (2,800) Built 1954
129. Madison (Old) (1,300) Built 1924
130. Speedway (3,500) Built 1963
131. Union (Modoc) (1,963) Built 1956
132. Alexandria (Current) (3,400) Built 1975
133. English (1,100?) Built 1955
134. Edwardsport (1,200) Built 1958
135. Michigantown (400) Built 1924
136. Alexandria (Old) (1,500?) Built 1960
137. Northwestern (1,888) Built 1955
138. Dale (2,500?) Built 1952
139. Mexico (500?) Built 1921
140. Westview (Old) (1,800) Built 1967
141. Freetown (400) Built 1931
142. Clark Township (500?) Built 1934
143. Union City (Old) (500?) Built 1920
144. West Terre Haute (Valley) (482) Built 1934
145. Burnettsville (500?) Built 1935
146. Gaston (500?) Built 1923
147. Otwell (500?) Built 1941
148. Castle (Old) (1,500?) Built 1959
149. Howe Military (315) Built 1930
150. Rosedale (850?) Built 1956
151. Loogootee St. John's (1,800) Built 1951
152. Reynolds (556) Built 1940
153. Lima (1,000?) Built 1924
154. Vernon (300?) Built 1941
155. Broad Ripple (3,522) Built 1988
156. St. Paul (700?) Built 1928
157. Brook (400) Built 1936
158. Trafalgar (700?) Built 1939
159. Unionville (1,500) Built 1962
160. Blackhawk (Pierson Township) (900?) Built 1953
​161. Lebanon (New) (4,099) Built 1968
162. North Daviess (2,900) Built 1968
163. Northwood (3,600) Built 1969
One of the most intimidating environments to play in. It feels bigger than it is, and it's actually a pretty good size for rural northern Indiana. The wrap around upper section feels expansive and provides a lot different vantage points to watch the game from. The main critique is how bare the basline sections are at the lower level, just a wall of plain white cinder blocks set far away from the court.

164. Wapahani (1,725) Built 1967
165. Wabash (2,650) Built 1969
​166. Barr-Reeve (New) (2,900) Built 2020
167. Bluffton (New) (3,231) Built 2000
168. Eastern (Greentown) (2,796) Built 1967
169. Fremont (1,950) Built 1978
This high for one reason and one reason only. The bleachers rise up and stop not at a wall, but a metal fence of sorts separating the top row of bleachers from a normal hallway in the school. This is the case on three sides of the gym and the "fence" encloses the gym on all those sides. It's surreal. Feels like the classrooms and the rest of the school were built directly around the gym and you're peering into another world. One of the most unique set ups you'll find in any gym.
170. Fairmount (1,000?) Built 1956
171. Peru (New) (3,500) Built 1990
172. Lawrence Central (3,400) Built 2008
173. Lawrenceburg (2,700) Built 2015
174. West Noble (2,600) Built 1971
The recent remodel the gym has undergone over the last ten years is one of the most transformative I've ever seen. The old color and design scheme was firmly planted in the 70s and I really enjoyed it. Usually when that kind of nostalgia is lost in a gym it's devestating. The new aesthetic is a complete 180, but is also one of the sharpest modern takes on a gym I have seen. It has one of my favorite school track record displays which I think every gym should have incorporated somewhere on the wall.
175. Triton (3,470) Built 1968
176. Indianapolis Shortridge (3,200) Built 2013
177. Western (2,704) Built 1980
178. Central Noble (2,000) Built 1987
A gym that has really grown on me with time. The side opposite of the scorer's table is completely nondescript. The scorer's table side is one of the most unique I've been to though. The scorer's table and both benches sit a few feet in front of a six foot wall. Behind that wall a bleacher section with 15-20 rows ascends up into a dimly lit section that runs wall to wall.

179. Lakeland (2,700) Built 1966
The center court logo is funky. The baby blue everywhere is obnoxious if you're a visiting school but it works as an overall asthetic. The bottom deck on the home side has plastic theater seats which is original. The upper deck on the visitor's side feels like one of the darkest places to sit in any gym.
180. Prairie Heights (1,500?) Built 1964
I like this gym more than most probably. It's small, even for the NECC. The ceiling slope is cool, the separation between the upper/lower decks is funny because it's completely unnecessary, and I'm always going to love a nice stage behind one of the baselines.
181. Elnora (1,000?) Built 1959
182. Yorktown (2,400) Built 1992
183. Noblesville (Old) (2,700?) Built 1955
184. Taylor (2,500) Built 1999
185. Indianapolis Washington (2,300?) Built 1976
186. New Palestine (3,000) Built 1967
187. Crawfordsville (New) (2,200) Built 1993
188. Triton Central (2,500) Built 1962
189. Stinesville (550?) Built 1936
190. Pendleton Heights (2,500) Built 1969
191. Northridge (New) (2,500) Built 2024
192. Hazleton (500?) Built 1937
193. Westfield (2,080) Built 1998
194. Sheridan (2,400) Built 1978
195. Morristown (1,688) Built 1980
196. Greenfield-Central (4,620) Built 1969
197. North Central (Indianapolis) (3,200) Built 1995
198. McCutcheon (3,200) Built 1975 
199. Northridge (Old) (2,500) Built 1972
200. Carroll (Flora) (2,500) Built 1965
201. Russellville (800?) Built 1958
202. Mount Vernon (Fortville) (2,984) Built 1972
203. Hamilton Heights (3,106) Built 1993
204. Harrison (2,800) Built 1969

The bleachers are abysmal, there's nothing architecturally significant about it, and court design is nothing special. Yet it has the single most unique and fun feature I've seen at a high school gym. There is a single small balcony section jutting out in the corner of one baseline that has a recliner and chair for two special "fans of the night." Two lucky teenagers get to sit in the recliner section and be generally obnoxious all game. It is completely absurd and wonderful.
205. Elwood (3,100) Built 1973
206. Veedersburg (1,000) Built 1923
207. Stendal (300) Built 1949
208. Warren Central (3,300) Built 1960
209. Matthews (500?) Built 1890s as dance hall, made gym 1920*
210. Wawasee (3,300) Built 1967
When I think of this gym, I think "dark." The lighting fits the gym perfectly. I am a sucker for anything with that hunter green color. The wrap around balcony adds a certain something even if there really isn't any seating on it.

211. Reelsville (500?) Built 1954
212. Dillsboro (1,000?) Built 1957
213. Laconia (300?) Built 1934
214. Whiteland (Old) (500?) Built 1934
215. Jimtown (2,106) Built 1994
It feels like a really big room that hasn't been filled with enough furniture. The upper section has 4-5 bleachers all the way around. It's like someone took the seating of two elementary gyms and stacked them on top of each other. The entrances at all 4 corners are a unique touch with hallways going around the entire exterior on all four sides. The ceiling feels like its a mile high.
216. Elizabeth (500?) Built 1937
217. St. Mary's (Anderson) (400?) Built 1925
218. Bryant (700?) Built 1952
219. Fishers (2,500) Built 2005
220. Lapel (3,051) Built 2008
221. Delta (4,800) Built 1974
222. Wes-Del (2,000) Built 1966
223. Morgantown (900?) Built 1953
224. Moores Hill (750?) Built 1939
225. Marengo (1,100?) Built 1955
226. Eastbrook (2,375) Built 1968
227. Pike (2,800) Built 1965
228. Madison-Grant (3,040) Built 1971
229. Northeastern (2,612) Built 1967 
230. Angola (3,000) Built 1990
For a fairly "modern" gym, I don't hate it. The old bleachers looked better, but the new bright color scheme is sharp. The "A" at center court is nice. Feels bigger than it actually is. There are a lot worse.

231. Newport (350?) Built 1925
232. Southport (Old) (850?) Built 1930
233. Greensburg Armory (650?) Built 1929
234. Mishawaka (Old Battell) (350?) Built 1921
235. Kempton Armory (1,000) Built 1957
236. Paris Crossing (400?) Built 1953
237. Woodburn (250?) Built 1946
238. Oil Township (150?) Built 1948
239. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (2,200) Built 1963
240. Selvin (500?) Built 1955
241. Liberty Christian (850) Built *Unknown*
242. Fort Wayne Blackhawk (1,200) Built 1993
243. Clinton Central (2,000) Built 1959
244. Southwood (2,000) Built 1963
​245. Hamilton Southeastern (3,520) Built 1989
246. Wheeler (1,586) Built 1990
There's nothing special about it, but it has a certain small gym charm to it. I like the orange/green color scheme that so many hate. The center court walk-in splitting the stands is cool. It feels like someone took the Shipshe-Scott Elementary gym and stretched it slightly to turn it into a high school gym.
247. Laville (2,301) Built 1965
Feels like a proper rural northern Indiana gym. The lighting over the crowd feels the perfect amount of dark compared to over the court. The really small seating section on the one end is fun, and the painted signage on the walls feels like it was painted in the 60s and hasn't been touched since, which is exactly how it should be.

248. Fairfield (2,500) Built 1968
Where to start? The worst ventilation of any gym I've ever been in. When it's close to full, you can't breathe. The fans are just as hot and sweaty as the players. The old court color scheme and logo are atrocious. The old bleachers are a parent's worst nightmare. They're not charming in any way, just a death trap for anyone who places a foot wrong. The lighting is dark, but not in a way that enhances the fan experience. One of the worst backdrops a shooter will find in high school basketball. All of it is miserable.
249. Fort Wayne Wayne (3,200) Built 1971
250. Eastern Hancock (1,370) Built 1971 
251. Eastside (2,100) Built 1972
Very similar to Laville. Plastic seats knock it down a few pegs. The lighting over the crowd is almost too dark, feels like someone just forgot to turn them on. The "E" on fire at center court is very blah.

252. Lakeview Christian (500?) Built 1986
253. Heritage Christian (1,250) Built *Unknown*
254. Hamilton (1,726) Built 1961
For one of the smallest public schools in Indiana, I guess it could be worse. I'm not a fan of plastic bleachers and these feel extra plasticy. It is very, very blue. The mariner logo is kind of cool and makes it feel like it's associated with the military in some way though I'm pretty sure it's not?
255. Bethany Christian (1,700) Built 1989
The definition of bland. The games are typically 30 point blow out losses which doesn't help. Small positive is the the balcony storage area behind the one basket which is unique.

256. Anderson Preparatory Academy (731) Built 1956
257. University (600) Built 2003
258. Lakewood Park (513) Built *Unknown*
Tiny, boring, modern elementary school looking gym. No redeemable qualities whatsoever.

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