Houston Field House
The arena in 2025 | |
Interactive map of Houston Field House | |
| Former names | RPI Field House (1949–1978) |
|---|---|
| Location | 1900 Peoples Avenue Troy, New York |
| Owner | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Operator | RPI Engineers |
| Capacity | 4,780 (hockey) |
| Surface | 200x85 ft (hockey) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1948 |
| Opened | October 13, 1949 |
| Renovated | 1983, 2007 |
| General contractor | Duncan & Cahill (interior) |
| Tenants | |
| RPI Engineers men's hockey (NCAA) (1949–present) New York Rovers (EAHL) (1950–1952) Troy Uncle Sam's Trojans (EAHL) (1952–1953) RPI Engineers women's hockey (NCAA) (1976–present) Troy Slapshots (ACHL) (1986) Capital District Islanders (AHL) (1990–1993) Capital District Selects (EJHL) (1999–2012) | |
| Website | |
| rpiathletics.com/houstonfieldhouse | |
Houston Field House is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. Opened in 1949 as the RPI Field House, it is the nation's second-oldest college hockey rink still in use, behind Princeton University's Hobey Baker Memorial Rink. The arena was renamed in honor of former RPI president Livingston W. Houston in 1978. Until the opening of Knickerbocker Arena in Albany in 1990, it was the largest arena in the Capital Region.