YOU SAID:
We slept in what used to be the gymnasium.
INTO JAPANESE
体育館だった場所で寝ました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I slept in the place that was the gymnasium.
INTO JAPANESE
体育館だったところで寝ました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I slept in the gymnasium.
INTO JAPANESE
体育館で寝ました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I slept in the gymnasium.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.