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Named for a region of Spain, the Aragon was an immediate success and has remained a popular Chicago music attraction for many decades. The Aragon's proximity to the Chicago 'L' train provided patrons with easy access, and often crowds in excess of 18,000 would attend during each six-day business week.
The theater opened in the 1910s, with a capacity of 1,000 people. In 1965, the theater became the "Town Theatre", eventually showing adult films and featuring live burlesque by 1967. In the 1970s, it was purchased by Dale Niedermaier and John May, refurbished and reopened as "Park West", the music venue and special events space May 11, 1977.
The Salt Shed is an indoor and outdoor music venue/entertainment hub located in West Town, Chicago. The area was previously owned by Morton Salt before they relocated their facility. The outdoor section adjacent to the Chicago River and Goose Island, named "The Fairgrounds", holds a capacity of 5,000 people. The indoor section, named "The Shed ...
McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago.It is the largest convention center in North America. [2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 1.0 mi (1.6 km) south of the Chicago Loop.
Evanston S.P.A.C.E. (or Evanston SPACE) is a small concert hall and venue for music performance and live recording, and a podcast production facility, as well as serves similarly for the visual arts and literary events located at 1245 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, Illinois, adjacent to Chicago, in close proximity to the CTA Purple Line mass transit elevated train station Dempster, just south of ...
The event was held simultaneous to the meeting of NATO leaders in the 2012 Chicago summit. [15] [16] May 26, 2012: The arena hosted the Secret U.S. Classic event for USA Gymnastics. [17] November 4, 2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform as part of The Heist World Tour, Talib Kweli, and Big K.R.I.T. opened the show. [18]
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.
The Chicago Park District originally sought expansion in 2010, wanting to increase capacity to 14,000 and attract mainstream acts to the venue. The city voted against the expansion in 2011. [ 7 ] In March 2013, the Chicago Plan Commission approved a $3 million plan [ 8 ] to grow the venue's capacity from 8,000 to 30,000 seats. [ 9 ]