On 4/10/2011 1:09 PM, Alan Mintz wrote:
PPS--In the US, "gymnasium" is definitely not limited to places where
people do gymnastics, as mike said it's a large indoor room for a
variety of sports--like basketball and volleyball--and also sometimes
events like assemblies or dances.
... at a school. The long form of the word would normally cause one to
think about such a multi-purpose building at a high school or elementary
school. Colleges and universities generally have separate facilities for
some of those things and name them more specifically. I never hear
someone refer to one of the commercial fitness centers as a gymnasium.
Here the county parks department operates recreation centers/gyms:
http://www.orlandomagicocflgyms.net/ (the Magic paid for these gyms as
part of the deal to get a new arena)
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