Address: 1901 West Madison Street, Chicago IL 60612

Home of: Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) - Chicago Bulls (NBA)

Date opened: 1994

Cost: $175 million

Naming Rights: United Airlines paid almost $2 million annually for 20-year naming rights in 1994.

Capacity: (Basketball 22,879) - (Hockey - 20,500) - (Concerts - 25,000)

Club Seats: 3,100

Luxury Suites: 216

The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League have played their home games in the United Center since its completion in 1994. The United Center cost $175 million to build and was financed privately thru bank loans and from the owners themselves. The old Chicago Stadium hosted the Bulls from 1967 to 1994 and the Blackhawks all the way back to 1929 and saw the first three of the Bulls championships from 1991-1993 while the United Center was the home of the Bulls for the second three-peat from 1996-1998. The United Center can hold nearly 5,000 more people than the previous stadium and features all of the modern day amenities that the old Chicago Stadium never had. The United Center has parking access for 4,500 cars and the transition from the basketball playing surface to the hockey surface is a smooth and painless one that takes mere hours allowing the teams to play on the same day if absolutely necessary.

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