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 Chicago Stadium in 1984, ten years before closure, and eleven years before demolition | |
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| Address | 1800 West Madison Street Chicago, Illinois United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′54″N 87°40′22″W / 41.88167°N 87.67278°W[2] |
| Owner | Chicago Stadium Corp. |
| Operator | Chicago Stadium Corp. |
| Capacity | 18,676 (basketball) 17,317 (ice hockey) 18,472 (ice hockey with standing room) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | July 2, 1928[3] |
| Opened | March 28, 1929 |
| Closed | September 9, 1994 |
| Demolished | February–May 1995[4] |
| Construction cost | $5 million - $9.5 million (est.) ($169 million in 2023 dollars[5]) |
| Architect | Hall, Lawrence & Ratcliffe, Inc.[6] |
| Builder | Paddy Harmon |
| Tenants | |
| Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) (1929–1994) Chicago Stags (BAA/NBA) (1946–1950) Chicago Majors (ABL) (1961–1963) Chicago Bulls (NBA) (1967–1994) Chicago Sting (NASL/MISL) (1980–1988) | |
The Chicago Stadium was an indoor arena in Chicago that opened in 1929, closed in 1994 and was demolished in 1995. When it was built, it was the largest indoor arena in the world with a maximum seating capacity of 26,000.[7] It was the home of the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks and the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. It was used for numerous other sporting events, opening with a championship boxing match in March 1929. The Stadium was built by Paddy Harmon, a promoter, who sank his entire fortune into the project, only to lose control to the Stadium shareholders. After exiting receivership in 1935, the Stadium was owned by the Norris and Wirtz families until its closure in 1994. It was replaced by the United Center built across the street, also owned in part by the Wirtz family.
- ^ Johnston, J. J.; Curtin, Sean (2004). Chicago Boxing. Arcadia. p. 2. ISBN 9780738532103.
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- ^ "Work on Chicago's New Sports Arena". Milwaukee Journal. July 3, 1928. Retrieved March 28, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Chicago Stadium Goes Down – SFGate
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Kamin, Blair (September 19, 1993). "Is Comiskey Upper Deck A Problem?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- ^ Lowe, Mike (2024-10-06). "Long-lost blueprints show Chicago Stadium's enduring significance". WGN. Retrieved 2024-10-06.