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[[Image:Fleming gym2.jpg|thumb|right|Michael B. Fleming Gymnasium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]
The '''Michael B. Fleming Gymnasium''' is a 2,320-seat multi-purpose arena in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]].  It is located in the [https://encyclopedia.uncg.edu/coleman-building/ Mary Channing Coleman Building], a $16.2 million facility that opened on the [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]'s (UNCG) campus in June 1989. The Coleman Building street address is 1000 Spring Garden Street, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Fleming Gym is home to the UNCG Volleyball and Women's Basketball teams.<ref name=FLEM>[http://www.uncgspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5300&KEY=&ATCLID=234937&SPID=2210&SPSID=34688 Fleming Gymnasium - UNCGSpartans.com]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Accessed March 21, 2008.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uncgspartans.com/sports/wbkb/index |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201160712/http://uncgspartans.com/sports/wbkb/index |archive-date=2010-12-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  It was formerly the full-time home of the UNCG Men's Basketball team, but beginning in the 2009–10 basketball season the Spartans moved to larger [[Greensboro Coliseum]] for most of their games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uncgspartans.com/information/coliseum |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202092432/http://uncgspartans.com/information/coliseum |archive-date=2010-12-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Spartan Men's Basketball team plays a few games every season at Fleming Gymnasium. 

Prior to the 2006–2007 season, Fleming Gym underwent a facelift to improve seating amenities. The renovated seating includes chairback seating on the lower half with bleacher bench seating in the upper half. The renovation also included updated team locker rooms and meeting areas for film breakdown and other activities in the Coleman Building.<ref name=GYM>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uncgspartans.com/information/Fleming_Gym |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129050023/http://www.uncgspartans.com/information/Fleming_Gym |archive-date=2010-11-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
The gymnasium, which has seating for more than 1,800 for basketball and 1,200 for volleyball and once wrestling was first occupied during the 1989-90 academic year and was informally called Spectator Gymnasium<ref>{{cite news |last1=Atkinson |first1=Charlie |title=UNCG's prayer for last-second miracle gets answered |publisher=Greensboro (NC) News & Record |date=January 14, 1993}}</ref> The gymnasium was named after Michael. B Fleming on December 1, 1994. Fleming was a Greensboro civic leader and one of the most ardent supporters of UNCG athletics.<ref name=GYM/>

The largest crowd to see an athletic contest in the gym was 2,302 for a men's basketball game against Charleston Southern on February 25, 1995. The Spartans won, 98–70.<ref name=GYM/>

Fleming Gymnasium has played host to various conference championship tournaments, including Big South volleyball in 1994 and 1995, Big South women's basketball in 1994, [[Southern Conference]] (SoCon) women's basketball in 1998 and 1999, SoCon wrestling in 1999 and SoCon volleyball in 2001 and 2008. In 2005, it played host to the SoCon / ACC Wrestling Championships, also known as MatJam.<ref name=GYM/>

Prior to the 1996–97 season, the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Boston Celtics held their preseason training camp in the gym.<ref name=GYM/>

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