Houston Field House

Houston Field House is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. It is the nation's third-oldest college hockey rink, behind Northeastern University's Matthews Arena and Princeton University's Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.

Houston Field house began it's life as a Navy storage facility in Rhode Island during WWII. In the post war wave of soldiers now going to Colleges, the State department sold off surplus of all kinds including old warehouse facilities as part of the Veterans Education Facilities Program (VEFP). In 1948 RPI spent $500, 000 to have the facility moved to Tory, and then converted into a usable sports venue.

It Quickly became one of the bigger and more sought out venues in upstate New York, hoisting a litany of concerts and society events. It became the home of the New York Islanders main minor Leauge Hockey in the AHL. Mike Tyson fought at the Houston Field House multiple times on his climb to the top of the boxing world.

To this day it is a major concert venue seeing the likes of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marilyn Manson, Sting, Bob Dylan, John Mayer,Howard Jones and Matchbox Twenty. In 2013 it was the site of Matt & Kim filming a video of thier song the Harlem Shake.

Events

 * WWF House Show - January 9, 1985.
 * WWF House Show - November 18, 1986.
 * WWF House Show - September 3, 1987.
 * NWA-WCW House Show - September 28, 1989.
 * Clash of the Champions IX - November 15, 1989.
 * Wrestling Is Awesome! - December 9, 2012.