Chicago Stadium
The Chicago Stadium was an indoor arena in Chicago that opened in 1929, closed in 1994 and was demolished in 1995. It was the home of the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks and the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. It was used for numerous other sporting events, opening with a championship boxing match in March 1929. The Stadium was built by Paddy Harmon, a promoter, who sank his entire fortune into the project, only to lose control to the Stadium shareholders, and leave his family nearly penniless a year later when he died. After exiting receivership in 1935, the Stadium was owned by the Norris and Wirtz families until its closure in 1994.
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Chicago Stadium in 1984, ten years before closure, and eleven years before demolition | |
| Address | 1800 West Madison Street Chicago, Illinois United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°52′54″N 87°40′22″W |
| Owner | Chicago Stadium Corp. |
| Operator | Chicago Stadium Corp. |
| Capacity | 18,676 (basketball) 17,317 (ice hockey) 18,472 (ice hockey with standing room) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | July 2, 1928 |
| Opened | March 28, 1929 |
| Closed | September 9, 1994 |
| Demolished | February–May 1995 |
| Construction cost | $5 million - $9.5 million (est.) ($169 million in 2023 dollars) |
| Architect | Hall, Lawrence & Ratcliffe, Inc. |
| Builder | Paddy Harmon |
| Tenants | |
| Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) (1929–1994) Chicago Stags (BAA/NBA) (1946–1950) Chicago Majors (ABL) (1961–1963) Chicago Bulls (NBA) (1967–1994) Chicago Sting (NASL/MISL) (1980–1988) | |
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