United Center - Venue Tickets, Schedules, Seating Charts, and Information

The United Center is an indoor sport arena situated in the Near West Side, Chicago, Illinois. The arena is named after United Airlines, its corporate sponsor. The center is home to both the Chicago Bulls of the NBA and the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. A statue of popular basketball star Michael Jordan is located on the east side of the arena. HOK Sport designed the arena and the construction cost a large amount of 175 million dollars. It was opened on 18th August in the year 1994. Owned by Rocky Wirtz and Reinsdorf, the center covers 960,000 square feet (89,187 m²) and is situated on a 46-acre (19 ha) parcel, which is west of the Chicago Loop. The United Center is the largest arena in the United States in physical size but not in capacity. The arena holds 23,500 seats for concerts, 20,500 seats for hockey and 21,711 seats for basketball. Each and every year the arena conducts more than 200 events. More than 20 million spectators have visited the venue since it opened.

Several events have taken place since it’s opening. Over 80 Bulls/Blackhawks games have been held every year. The center has also played host to several other events like the Roundball Classic, University of Illinois basketball tournament, the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament, the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament and the Great Eight Classic. Various famous artistes like Shania Twain, Pearl Jam, Britney Spears, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Bon Jovi, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Beyonce, Celine Dion, Rush and many others have performed in the United Center. Popular star Miley Cyrus of Hannah Montana fame performed for a full house on 14th January in the year 2008. It was an instant hit. Later on 15th February of the same year the Spice Girls showcased their performance that was again a huge hit. Upcoming events to be held in the center include Tina Turner's show on October 3rd and October 4th, of the year 2008. Rocking Madonna’s performance on October 26th & 27th of the year 2008, which will be a part of Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour, will follow it.