NCAA Basketball


Year:		Conferences:		Teams:

Seasons	Conferences	Arenas	All Tournaments	NCAA Tournament	Admin

Rosemont Horizon

6920 North Mannheim Rd

Rosemont, IL 60018

Opened: May 11, 1980

Originally known as Rosemont Horizon, then Allstate Arena, is a multi-purpose arena in Rosemont, Illinois. It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and Interstate 90, adjacent to the city limits of Chicago and O'Hare International Airport. The facility opened in 1980 as the Rosemont Horizon and seats 17,500 for basketball and 16,692 for ice hockey.

Allstate Arena was the home of DePaul University men's basketball team until the end of the 2016-17 season. The Blue Demons previously played on campus at Alumni Hall. The gym has since been replaced with Wintrust Arena, home to the women's basketball program through that team's 2016-17 season. The building hosted the NCAA basketball tournament three times: the 1987 and 1993 Midwest Regional first and second-round games, and the 2005 Chicago Regional Finals.

The Village of Rosemont issued $19 million in bonds to finance the cost of the arena with exclusive contracts with Araserv, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and MFG International. One distinctive feature of the Allstate Arena is its timber roof, designed to muffle the sounds of any passing aircraft descending into and taking off from O'Hare International Airport.

Insurance company Allstate signed a 10-year contract worth more than $10 million on June 9, 1999, to acquire naming rights to the arena and renovate it. On December 14, 2003, the floor at the Allstate Arena was named "Ray and Marge Meyer Court" in honor of Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Meyer and his wife. Meyer coached DePaul's men's team for 42 seasons and is the school's all-time winningest coach.

The facility, originally named Rosemont Horizon, was intended to be the home of the Chicago Horizons of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and was home of the 1980-1981 season but the franchise folded in 1982. It was also intended to be the home of the WHA's Chicago Cougars, but the team folded in 1975, three years before the arena broke ground. The first concert held at the Horizon was Fleetwood Mac on May 15, 1980, as they cut a red ribbon on the stage during the opening of the show.

The arena is home to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL) and has served as the home arena for a number of other professional and collegiate teams, most notably the DePaul Blue Demons from 1980 through 2017.

Last 10 Games
Date	Opponents	Result

Mar 16, 1999	Cal @ DePaul	58 - 57
Mar 10, 1999	Northwestern @ DePaul	64 - 69
Feb 13, 1999	Memphis @ DePaul	75 - 81
Feb 11, 1999	Saint Louis @ DePaul	67 - 76
Feb 6, 1999	Cincinnati @ DePaul	60 - 61
Feb 3, 1999	Charlotte @ DePaul	66 - 61
Jan 17, 1999	Louisville @ DePaul	71 - 68
Jan 14, 1999	UAB @ DePaul	80 - 87
Jan 9, 1999	Marquette @ DePaul	60 - 75
Jan 2, 1999	Houston @ DePaul	82 - 93