Wharton Field House
Wharton Field House is a historic arena located at 1800 20th Avenue in Moline, Illinois. It opened in 1928 and was home to the NBA's Tri-Cities Blackhawks, today's Atlanta Hawks, from 1946 to 1951.Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stadium
- Description: arena in Moline, Illinois
- Also known as: “Warton Field House”
- Address: IL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Browning Field and Vibrant Arena at The MARK.
Browning Field
Sports venue
Browning Park is a park in Moline, Illinois, United States, located at 16th Street and 23rd Avenue. Browning Field has been the home of high school and professional athletic events since 1910. It has hosted athletes such as Babe Ruth and Red Grange. Browning Field is situated 470 feet southwest of Wharton Field House.
Vibrant Arena at The MARK
Stadium
Photo: Iowahwyman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Vibrant Arena at The MARK, formerly known as The MARK of the Quad Cities, the iWireless Center, and the TaxSlayer Center, is a 12,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Moline, Illinois. Vibrant Arena at The MARK is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Wharton Field House.
Garfield Elementary School
School building
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Garfield Elementary School is a historic school building located at 1518 25th Avenue in Moline, Illinois. The school was built in 1902 to replace the original Garfield Elementary, which had burned down the previous year. Garfield Elementary School is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Wharton Field House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moline and Quad Cities.
Moline
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moline is one of the Quad Cities in Western Illinois. Moline's downtown serves as one of the civic and recreational hubs of the Quad Cities; many events take place at the 12,000-seat TaxSlayer Center and at John Deere Commons.
Quad Cities
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The Quad Cities is a metropolitan area of five, not four, closely-entangled cities and their suburbs on either side of the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois. It is part of both the Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa regions.
Bettendorf
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Bettendorf is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 39,102 at the 2020 census. Bettendorf is one of the five cities that comprise the Quad Cities region along the Mississippi River.
Wharton Field House
- Categories: arena, building, recreation area, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Moline Township, Rock Island, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.49184° or 41° 29′ 31″ northLongitude
-90.51043° or 90° 30′ 38″ westElevation
686 feet (209 metres)Inception
1928Open location code
86HFFFRQ+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 319538556OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadium
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Wharton Field House” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Wharton Field House”
- Korean: “와튼 필드하우스”
- Spanish: “Wharton Field House”
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