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United Center
1901 West Madison St
Chicago, IL 60612
Opened: August 18, 1994
United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). It is named after its corporate sponsor United Airlines, which has been based in Chicago since 2007. With a capacity of nearly 21,000, the United Center is the largest arena by capacity in the NBA, and second largest arena by capacity in the NHL. It also has a seating capacity of 23,500 for concerts.

Opening in 1994, the United Center replaced the Chicago Stadium, which was located across the street. The first event held at the arena was WWF SummerSlam. Due to the lockout, the Blackhawks did not move in until January 1995. In 1996, the United Center hosted the Democratic National Convention, where it first introduced a new style four-screen speech prompting system for speakers consisting of two glass teleprompters, accompanied by an inset lectern monitor, and for the first time, a large under-camera confidence monitor.

In addition to 41 Bulls and Blackhawks games each year, United Center has hosted other sporting events such as University of Illinois basketball, the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament (from the first tournament in 1998 to 2001, then in odd-numbered years from 2003 to 2007 and again in 2013 and 2015), the Men's NCAA basketball tournament (hosted six times, including 2022), the Roundball Classic, and the Great Eight Classic.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Nov 27, 2025Duke @ Arkansas 0 - 0
Nov 27, 2025Oklahoma State @ Northwestern 0 - 0
Nov 19, 2025Alabama @ Illinois 90 - 86
Nov 9, 2025Marquette @ Indiana 77 - 100
Nov 14, 2023Duke @ Michigan State 74 - 65
Nov 14, 2023Kansas @ Kentucky 89 - 84
Mar 12, 2023Penn State @ Purdue #65 - 67
Mar 11, 2023Ohio State @ Purdue #66 - 80
Mar 11, 2023Penn State @ Indiana #77 - 73
Mar 10, 2023Rutgers @ Purdue #65 - 70

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