Green at Damen (beginning in 2024) 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)
Website
unitedcenter.com
United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. 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 after its corporate sponsor United Airlines, which has been based in Chicago since 2007 and has a hub at O'Hare International Airport. 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.
Opening in 1994, the United Center replaced the Chicago Stadium, which was located across the street. The first event held at the arena was WWF SummerSlam. Due to the lockout, the Blackhawks did not move in until January 1995. In 1996, the United Center hosted the Democratic National Convention.[10]
The arena is home to a statue of Michael Jordan erected in 1994. Originally located outside the arena, it now stands inside an atrium which was added in 2017.[11] 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.
On March 25, 2021, the United Center became Chicago's logistical hub to support the city's efforts against COVID-19.[12]
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^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. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
^Sullivan, Paul; Reardon, Patrick (April 7, 1992). "Dignitaries Dig in at New Stadium Fete". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
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^"International Facilities Group - United Center". Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^Weiss, Lois (January 4, 1995). "Engineers Mark 25th Anniversary". Real Estate Weekly. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
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^"Speakers send a strong message". Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan). August 27, 1996. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
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