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The United Center also hosted UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson [51] in 2013 and UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Thomson in 2014. [52] The UFC announced in mid-January 2015 that the United Center would be host of UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barao 2. [53] On June 9, 2018, the United Center hosted UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 which was its first PPV event.
The Stadium hosted the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL from 1929 to 1994 and the Chicago Bulls of the NBA from 1967 to 1994.The arena was the site of the first NFL playoff game in 1932; the 1932, 1940, and 1944 Democratic National Conventions; and the 1932 and 1944 Republican National Conventions, as well as numerous concerts, rodeo competitions, boxing matches, political rallies, and plays.
Address: 4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States: Coordinates: 1]: Owner: Union Stock Yard and Transit Company (until 1983): Capacity: 9,000: Construction; Opened: December 1, 1934 () [2]: Closed: 1999: Demolished: August 3, 1999 (began): Construction cost: $1.5 million ($35.3 million in 2024 dollars [3]): Architect: Abraham Epstein [2] [4]: Tenants; Chicago American ...
Credit Union 1 Arena is home to the UIC Flames basketball team and the former home of the Chicago Sky WNBA team. It is the home of the Windy City Rollers of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association. [3] From 2004 to 2006 it also housed the Chicago Storm Major Indoor Soccer League team before they moved into the newly constructed Sears Centre.
The third largest Illinois arena after the United Center in Chicago and the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, State Farm Center has 15,544 permanent seats but, when portable chairs are placed on the floor for an in-the-round performance, there is a potential for an additional 1,000 depending on the stage configuration.
The Gentile Center was the site of the 1999 Midwestern Collegiate Conference NCAA women's volleyball tournament. The Gentile Center was also the site of the 2014 NCAA Men's Collegiate Volleyball Championships on May 1 and May 3, 2014. Joe Gentile was a Chicago area car dealer who donated money to the university for the arena. [4] [5]
On May 19 and 20, 2011, it played host to the Chicago audition stages in the first season of the Fox singer search program The X Factor. In 2009 and 2011, it played host to Strikeforce events. September 12–14, 2014: Played host to the Davis Cup, hosting matches between the United States and Slovakia. 2014 Skate America
Memorial Stadium is a stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States.The stadium, used primarily for football, is a memorial to the university's students who died in World War I; their names are engraved on the nearly 200 pillars surrounding the stadium's façade. [5]