Living - Places - Venues - Chicago, Illinois, USA
Places for performances, concerts, athletics, conventions, tradeshows, gatherings
- Allstate Arena: Multi-use arena; seats 18,500; music, sports; Rosemont, Illinois (just east of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport)
- Auditorium Theatre: Performing center; built in 1889; music, dance, education programs; seats up to 3,929
- Chicago Theatre: historic theater; opened in 1921; National Register of Historic Places
- Civic Opera: Civic Opera House; Art Nouveau / Art Deco building from 1929; seating for up to 3,600
- Guaranteed Rate Field: baseball stadium; home of Chicago White Sox; formerly site of New Comiskey Park, Comiskey Park, US Cellular Field, now called Guaranteed Rate Field for the time being
- Hawthorne: Horse and auto racing; Cicero, IL; formerly Sportsman's Park
- McCormick Pl: Convention facility; 20 hectares of exhibit halls; managed by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority; three buildings--South and North buildings and the Lakeside Center; 14 hectares on one level, largest US convention center; complex includes Lakeside Ctr and Arie Crown Theater; CTA bus #3 and the Metra Electric Line stop at McCormick Place
- Now Arena: Multipurpose arena; 11,800 seats; Hoffman Estates; originally known as the Sears Centre, Sears Centre Arena, now NOW Arena
- Soldier Field: Sports stadium; home of the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Fire
- Tinley Park Amp: (Name Varies) Performance center; located near the intersection of I-80 and Harlem Avenue in South Suburban Tinley Park, Illinois; formerly the Tweeter Center, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, World Music Theatre, New World Music Theatre, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre; check Web site for current name
- United Ctr: Sports and entertainment arena; home of the Chicago Bulls, Blackhawks; seats 20,500 (hockey) and up to 25,000 (boxing)
- Wrigley Field: Baseball stadium; home of the Chicago Cubs; built in 1914
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