Wesley Brown Field House

The Wesley Brown Field House is a sports arena at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

[5] The synthetic playing surface (with football-field yard-lines) is stored on a spool at the field house's south end.

[5] The surface is put in place by nine winches and an 18-port air-blower that makes the turf float across the field-house floor while being deployed and retracted.

[7] The facility is named for the first African American to graduate from the Academy, retired Lt. Cmdr.

[2] Brown participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Jeffrey L. Fowler, and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.

Captain Bruce E. Grooms (left) and Wesley Brown (right) at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Wesley Brown Field House, March 25, 2006