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Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, [6] is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the Near South Side community area of Chicago that opened in 2017.
The Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center, also known as the Jones Convocation Center or simply the JCC, is a 7,000-seat [1] multi-purpose arena in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Completed in 2007, the arena is home court for the Chicago State University Cougars men's and women's basketball teams. [ 2 ]
Ticketmaster was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 1976 [5] by college staffers Peter Gadwa and Albert Leffler, Gordon Gunn III, as well as businessman Jerry Nelson. [6] [7] The company originally licensed computer programs and sold hardware for ticketing systems.
Feb 16, 2018: The Glory 50: Chicago kickboxing event was held at the arena. [23] Feb 28, 2018: Rock band A Day to Remember performed to a sold-out crowd on their 15 Years in the Making tour, the largest crowd the band had played for to date. April 20–22, 2018: The arena hosted the 2018 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships. [24]
AXS (pronounced access) is an American ticket outlet for sports and entertainment events, founded in 2011 and owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), the world's second largest entertainment promoter behind Live Nation Entertainment. AEG operate venues globally, as well as promote events under their AEG Presents banner, meaning these ...
Live Nation is an American events promoter and venue operator based in Beverly Hills, California.Founded in 1996 by Robert F. X. Sillerman as SFX Entertainment, the company's business was built around consolidating concert promoters into a national entity to counter the oversized influence of ticket behemoth Ticketmaster.
CEFCU Arena, formerly known as Redbird Arena, is a 10,200-seat multi-purpose arena located in Normal, Illinois, on the campus of Illinois State University. Built in 1989, the building is notable for its use of a Teflon -coated roof that gives off a "glow" during night events.
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]