United Center
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 and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. It is named for its corporate sponsor Un...
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Address:
1901 West Madison Street
Location:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Public transit:
at Damen, at Ashland, at Illinois Medical District
Owner:
United Center Joint Venture (UCJV), (Chicago Bulls 50%/Chicago Blackhawks 50%)
Operator:
United Center Joint Venture
Capacity:
Basketball: 20,917, Concerts: 23,500, Ice hockey: 19,717
Field size:
960,000 sq ft (89,186.92 m²)
Scoreboard:
Mitsubishi Electric
Broke ground:
April 6, 1992
Built:
1992–1994
Opened:
August 18, 1994
Renovated:
2009–10 (300 Level), 2014 (exterior)
Expanded:
2016–17 (atrium)
Construction cost:
$175 million, ($ in 2015 dollars)
Architect:
Populous (then HOK Sport), W. E. Simpson Company, Inc, Marmon Mok
Project manager:
International Facilities Group, LLC
Structural engineer:
Thornton Tomasetti
Services engineer:
Flack + Kurtz
General contractor:
Morse Diesel/Huber Hunt & Nichols
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