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| Address | 1901 West Madison Street |
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°52′50″N 87°40′27″W / 41.88056°N 87.67417°W |
| Public transit | Green at Damen GreenPink at Ashland Blue at Illinois Medical District |
| Owner | United Center Joint Venture (UCJV) (Chicago Bulls 50%/Chicago Blackhawks 50%)[1] |
| Operator | United Center Joint Venture |
| Capacity | Concerts: 23,500 Basketball: 20,917 (standing room to at least 23,129[2] Hockey: 19,717 (standing room to at least 22,428)[3] |
| Field size | 960,000 sq ft (89,000 m2) |
| Scoreboard | Mitsubishi Electric[4] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 6, 1992[5] |
| Built | 1992–1994 |
| Opened | August 18, 1994 |
| Renovated | 2009–10 (300 Level) 2014 (exterior) |
| Expanded | 2016–17 (atrium) |
| Construction cost | $175 million ($360 million in 2023 dollars[6]) |
| Architect | Populous (then HOK Sport) W. E. Simpson Company, Inc. Marmon Mok |
| Project manager | International Facilities Group, LLC[7] |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | Flack + Kurtz[8] |
| General contractor | Morse Diesel/Huber Hunt & Nichols[9] |
| Tenants | |
| Chicago Bulls (NBA) (1994–present) Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) (1994–present) | |
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The United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). It is named for its corporate sponsor United Airlines. With a capacity of nearly 21,000, the United Center is the largest arena by capacity in the NBA, and second largest arena by capacity in the NHL. It also has a seating capacity of 23,500 for concerts.
Opened in 1994, the United Center replaced the West Side's Chicago Stadium, which was opened in 1929 and located across the street from the Center. It is owned by the Reinsdorf and Wirtz families, owners of the teams that use the arena, and which also own much of the surrounding land. The first event held at the arena was WWF SummerSlam, and it hosts hundreds of sporting events, and concerts a year. The center has also hosted the 1996, and the 2024 Democratic National Convention.[10][11] The arena served as the municipal emergency hub in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
The arena is home to a statue of basketball great Michael Jordan, posed mid-air in his iconic 'flying' jump, erected in 1994. Originally outside, it now stands inside an atrium extension and event space which was added to the Center in 2017.[13] The Jordan statue has since been joined by statues of Blackhawks ice hockey players Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, while a statue of various Blackhawks players is located across the street on the site of Chicago Stadium.
- ^ Maidenberg, Micah (October 1, 2014). "Blackhawks, Bulls Owners Mull Office Project Next to United Center". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Chicago Bulls". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 2010. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ "Red Wings 3, Blackhawks 2, OT". National Hockey League. Associated Press. April 11, 2010. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
- ^ Thompson, Phil (March 20, 2019). "A new scoreboard is coming to the United Center. It will have the largest high-def screens among NBA and NHL arenas". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ Sullivan, Paul; Reardon, Patrick (April 7, 1992). "Dignitaries Dig in at New Stadium Fete". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "International Facilities Group – United Center". Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Weiss, Lois (January 4, 1995). "Engineers Mark 25th Anniversary". Real Estate Weekly. Archived from the original on March 22, 2008. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
- ^ United Center – Emporis.com[usurped]
- ^ "Speakers send a strong message". Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan). August 27, 1996. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "See inside the United Center's transformation for the DNC". Archived from the original on August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- ^ "COVID-19 Updates | United Center". www.unitedcenter.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "The Michael Jordan statue has new home inside the United Center atrium". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved April 20, 2020.