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  Chicago Stadium - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Chicago Stadium was known as "The Madhouse On Madison".
The Chicago Stadium was a famed and historic indoor arena in Chicago, Illinois.
Completed on March 28, 1929 at a cost of $9.5 million, Chicago Stadium was the largest indoor arena in the world at the time.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Chicago_Stadium   (230 words)

  
 Chicago Stadium
The Chicago Stadium was the city's premier all-purpose indoor arena for 65 years.
With the acoustics of a shower stall, it was renowned for its crowd noise and booming pipe organ.
Owner William Wirtz leveled the aging Stadium in 1995 in favor of the United Center, a sleek, modern arena built next door.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/268.html   (248 words)

  
 Chicago Bears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The stadium is located next to Lake Michigan and was recently remodeled in a controversial modernization that has attempted to bring stadium amenities expected by today's fans to a historic Chicago building.
Halas liked the bright orange-and-blue colors of his alma mater, the University of Illinois, and the Bears adopted those colors as their own, albeit in a darker shade of each (the blue is a Navy Blue, and the orange is Pantone 1665, similar to burnt orange).
The stadium's endzones and midfield were not painted until the 1982 season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Bears   (3731 words)

  
 U.S. Cellular Field - Chicago White Sox
As such, U.S. Cellular Field was the last baseball stadium to be built without the throwback frills and unique amenities that Baltimore first wowed the public with in 1992.
New stadiums in Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and on and on, are clearly better than their predecessors.
Chicago is such a great city to be in during the summer that it is no wonder the team struggles to draw fans to the city's outskirts to see the perennially hapless White Sox.
www.baseballpilgrimages.com /american/chicago.html   (972 words)

  
 Jazz Age Chicago--Chicago Stadium
The Stadium stood on a large plot of land at 1800 West Madison Street, with entrances fronting both Madison Street, on the south side, and Warren Boulevard, on the north side.
The Stadium's seating capacity was approximately 19,500, a total that could be increased by as much as 6,800 during boxing matches and other events when large portions of the arena floor were used for temporary seating.
During the Stadium's early years, it was the annual ice show and the circus, not basketball or ice hockey, that drew the biggest crowds and earned the largest profits.
chicago.urban-history.org /ven/sas/chi_stad.shtml   (2274 words)

  
 Chicago's Two-stadium Plan Is Still Ok - GamesBids.com Forums
Chicago officials are re-examining their unusual proposal of hosting opening and closing ceremonies for the 2016 Olympic Games in two adjacent stadiums following a meeting Wednesday with experts from the U.S. Olympic Committee.
A critical issue for Chicago is the lack of a stadium that holds at least 75,000 people for the ceremonies as well as for track and field events.
County Stadium was used as a holding/staging area for the athletes, and they basically walked next door when their time came.
www.gamesbids.com /forums/index.php?act=findpost&pid=82094   (1990 words)

  
 USOC's 2016 bid: Chicago or L.A. - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Chicago and Los Angeles must submit detailed plans of their bids to the USOC by Jan. 22.
The Olympic stadium plan is a central issue for any U.S. candidate after financing for New York's stadium fell apart a month before the IOC's vote for the 2012 host.
Chicago is seeking private financing for a stadium that will seat at least 80,000 during the Games and 10,000-15,000 afterward.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/2007-01-09-usoc-2016-bid_x.htm   (727 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Nation / Chicago stadium fumbling with public
CHICAGO -- Not since 1967, when Picasso's sculpture was unveiled in the Loop, has there been so much controversy about design in this city.
The old stadium held fast to a building rule that no tall structure should block the city's lakefront.
The new, sleek stadium of stainless steel and glass rises the equivalent of 15 stories and spills slightly over what little remains of the old structure.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2003/09/28/chicago_stadium_fumbling_with_public   (745 words)

  
 The Chicago Stadium
During his years at the stadium my dad was involved with the opening of the Sonia Henie storage locker, the piano bar, and the refurbishment of the old fan rooms where a 2000 ton Carrier water chiller was added for air conditioning.
Few people that worked at the stadium ever got up to the fanrooms, and fewer yet ever got over to the "speaker house." Entering the "speaker house" was like being in a time warp.
I still have a brick from the ruins, and a brass presser guage from one of the old DC sets in the boilder room that were used for the old spot lights.
users.california.com /~csuppes/NBA/ChicagoBulls/oldindex.htm   (1441 words)

  
 PCI :: Public Communications Inc. :: Grand Opening of the United Center
That's why when the owners of the Chicago Stadium — home to the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks — announced plans in 1992 to tear down the old and build a new privately financed, multi-purpose stadium, the city did not take the news lightly.
There were two primary concerns: Part of the romance of the 65-year-old Chicago Stadium, also known as the "Madhouse on Madison," was the roar of crowds in the old but intimate building.
The United Center Joint Venture, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Chicago Bulls, and Public Communications Inc. worked closely together throughout the new arena's construction to gain positive media coverage and assure Chicago fans, and the United Center's surrounding community, that the new arena would be well worth the wait.
www.pcipr.com /clients/casehistories/ecs_0003.htm   (835 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs - Stadium
So much is the park a part of the surrounding neighborhood that the area in Chicago near the stadium is called Wrigleyville.
The park was originally built by Charlie Weeghman to house his baseball team, the Chicago Federals (later, the Chicago Whales) of the brand-new Federal League, which was challenging the established major leagues.
Now that Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium is gone and Fenway Park is playing neutral, Wrigley has developed a reputation as being perhaps the best hitter's park in the majors (aside from Coors Field).
www.baseball-statistics.com /Ballparks/ChiC/index.htm   (2014 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet - MLS - New Fire house: Chicago gets stadium
Chicago will become the fourth of the 10 MLS franchises with its own home.
The Dallas Burn are in the process of building a stadium in Frisco, Texas, which should be ready for the 2005 season.
Chicago has been one of the top teams in MLS since it began play in 1998, reaching the playoffs each season and winning the league title its first year.
soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=289495&cc=5901   (463 words)

  
 Chicago cubs : Stadium
But when the authority threatened to move the club at the Busch Stadium in and declaration of MLB that they won�t hold any playoff at the Wrigley Stadium in 1988, the lights were finally installed.
The Cubs are scheduled to play as many as 30 of their 81 home games in 2005 during night since at that time the winds do not blow as hard after the dawn.
One of attractions of the stadium is that the scoreboard operators raise to the top of the scoreboard either a white flag with a blue "W" to indicate a Cubs victory, or a blue flag with a white "L" to connote a loss.
www.geocities.com /mlbchicago_cubs/stadium.html   (454 words)

  
 Chicago Stadium Barton remembered
In the eighties in became apparent that the stadium building could no longer compete with the mega-arenas built in other cities and plans for a new arena were drawn up.
The Stadium console which had not been moved into the warehouse survived and was sold to Phil Maloof who has it installed in his music room at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
When it was in the stadium photos were taken of the console from a tall ladder set up from the stadium floor.
www.catoe.org /barton.html   (1073 words)

  
 Chicago Park District
The stadium’s underpinnings consist of 10,000 giant wood piling foundations driven an average depth of six stories through landfill to bedrock.
A new stadium would be a state-of-the-art multiple-use venue that would attract new civic, cultural, religious and education gatherings.
Chicago’s stature as a world-class city is inextricably tied to the beauty, quality and best use of its lakefront.
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/custom.soldierField   (2570 words)

  
 Chicago Stadium - Chicago Blackhawks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
The Chicago Stadium opened to the public on March 28, 1929 with a boxing match between world light heavyweight Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia and world middleweight champion Mickey Walker of New Jersey.
Friends paid for his funeral, and the Stadium was draped in fl and purple as hundreds of people paid their respects.
The Stadium was, of course, a multi-purpose venue.
www.chicagoblackhawks.com /facility/ChicagoStadium.asp   (842 words)

  
 Chicago White Sox - Stadium
In 1988, he told the city of Chicago to build the team a new ballpark or the franchise would move to St. Petersburg, Florida.
Initially, reaction was quite positive, and attendance doubled from an AL low 1,045,651 in 1989 to a franchise record 2,002,357 in 1990 in anticipation of the move.
The symmetrical dimensions of New Comiskey; the clean, sterile, look; and the fact that fans in the upper deck are 60 feet higher than they were in the original ballpark, and must always look down on the action, are constant sources of complaint now.
www.baseball-statistics.com /Ballparks/ChiWS   (1013 words)

  
 United Center Main Page - Chicago Blackhawks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
After 65 years in the historic Chicago Stadium, the Blackhawks moved across Madison Street for the 1994-95 season and into their new home — the United Center.
The Blackhawks continued to set attendance records during their third season at the United Center as a team record 22,819 packed the UC for a matinee against Wayne Gretzky and the New York Rangers on February 15, 1997.
And while no building can recreate the atmosphere of the historic Chicago Stadium or the events that took place there, the United Center has already provided many special moments that are sure to grow in the hearts of Blackhawk fans.
www.chicagoblackhawks.com /facility   (458 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times :: Stage ::
The Chicago production of "The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee" was supposed to close this Sunday, but now it seems the students are just going on spring break.
It is the tale of the death of a young child, and of how the adults who brought that child into the world find themselves plodding on in a haze of grief, guilt, rage and inconsolable loss.
This weekend alone there were concerts by Thodos Dance Chicago (with a world premiere by Ann Reinking), an initial Chicago visit by the dancer-acrobats of the Los Angeles-based Diavalo troupe, and Vincent Mantsoe's South African-based company.
www.suntimes.com /entertainment/stage/index.html   (2626 words)

  
 Wrigley Field : Cubs Wrigley Field   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
The stadium was built on the grounds once occupied by a seminary.
The stadium has the seating capacity of fewer than 40,000, which makes it the third-smallest ballpark being in active use.
Wrigley Field is the only stadium where it's more difficult to hit a homer down the foul line than to hit one 50 or so feet out in fair territory, because of the protrusion of the bleachers into the outfield.
www.mlb-teams.com /stadiums/cubsStadium.php   (938 words)

  
 AD Profile | Chicago Fire Stadium
Toyota Park, home of the MLS Chicago Fire was designed to be both stadium and outdoor concert venue.
Other unique features of the stadium include the center field entrance for the players, benches dug out into the first few rows of seats and the first row seats are less than 2½ feet above ground.
The Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame is housed in the stadium, as well as a soccer pub that is open to the public on off days.
www.acousticdimensions.com /projects/sport_ent/chicagofire.htm   (180 words)

  
 East Chicago Block Stadium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
E.J. Block Stadium, located in Washington Park, was funded by the Block Family, founders of Inland Steel and beneficiaries to many of East Chicago's institutions.
Intended for the use of Inland Steel employees and their children, the stadium, constructed in 1941, hosted professional minor league baseball in 1995.
The summer season is a busy year for Block Stadium as it not only host baseball and softball games, but local organizations have held annual festivities there.
www.eastchicago.com /parksblockstadium.html   (179 words)

  
 Stadium Advisory - Chicago Bears
Chicago Police Officers will be strictly enforcing the policy prohibiting alcohol consumption on Chicago Park District property.
Fans with seats in the West Grandstand are encouraged to enter the stadium using the west gates.
The Transportation Center, located northeast of the stadium (at the corner of McFetridge and Museum Campus Drive) is where the CTA, Metra shuttle, and PACE bus services will be available for fans drop-off and pick-up.
www.chicagobears.com /tickets/stadiumadvisory.asp   (1237 words)

  
 Highlights from the 1930s - Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears won their NFL Championship with a 9-0 victory over the Portsmouth Spartans before 11,198 fans inside Chicago Stadium on an 80-yard field.
A classic is born as 79,432 watch the NFL champion Bears held to a scoreless tie by the first College All-Star team in a game sponsored by Chicago Tribune Charities at Soldier Field.
With Chicago leading 10-3 at the half, NY dons basketball sneakers and scores 27 points.
www.chicagobears.com /tradition/history_30s.asp?print=yes   (506 words)

  
 Chicago Coliseum
In 1908, future President William Taft was nominated there.Ê Although it was succeeded later by the Chicago Stadium and the Amphitheater, up until the 1920's, thisÊwas the place in Chicago.Ê It continued in operation until the early 1970's.
The reason the hawks vacated the coliseum and moved to the chicago stadium in 1929 was because the coliseum only sat 6,000 and the coliseum couldnt make artificial ice and was dependent upon cold weather for ice to be made.
The Chicago Coliseum was mentioned during an episode of Chicago Tonight with Bob Sirott.
hockey.ballparks.com /NHL/ChicagoBlackhawks/veryoldindex.htm   (657 words)

  
 Real Chicago: Chicago-Sun Times Photo Essay
“Chicago was a big city for me. I had two young children at the time, and I had a wife from the prairies.
Then we moved into the stadium, which was bigger than anything I had ever seen in my life.
The Chicago Stadium was an old building, but an exciting place.
www.suntimes.com /realchicago_sports/1960s/index.html   (437 words)

  
 ASLA.org - The Dirt: Landscape Architects: Don't Dismiss Chicago Stadium Plan
Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin has an interesting article on Chicago's proposed plan to build a sunken 10,000-seat amphitheater in the Olmsted-designed Washington Park as part of the city's bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
The stadium would be part of a 95,000-seat temporary stadium built by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
For his part, Kamin notes that the stakes in the argument "transcend landscape architecture," as the plan could have wide-ranging implications for the surrounding area, including a much-needed economic boost.
www.asla.org /land/dirt/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=F581AB66-1422-1874-81E487B7BE6D4C93&s=935a6ca057bad08bad72fd9d41781cf2&   (511 words)

  
 A Stadium in the Park -- Soldier Field in Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Chicago's (in)famous old stadiums have been replaced one by one.
Chicago Stadium was razed to build the United Center.
For the most part, the new stadium's first season was a smooth one—a good thing, considering it cost $606 million.
www.recmanagement.com /facility_profiles.php?fid=200403FP01   (411 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - Daley Reportedly Pushing For New Stadium, NFL Team
In an effort to attract the 2016 Olympics to Chicago, they mayor would like to build a domed stadium and possibly bring a second NFL team to the city.
Soldier Field is the stadium with the second-smallest capacity in the NFL.
In part, the NFL would be reluctant to put a second team in Chicago before it puts a first team in Los Angeles, for example,” said Sanderson.
cbs2chicago.com /sports/local_story_357173759.html   (436 words)

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