Chicago Stadium

Chicago Stadium
'"The Madhouse on Madison"; "The House That Paddy Built";
	Chicago Stadium in 1984, ten years before closure, and eleven years before demolition
Address	1800 West Madison Street; Chicago, Illinois; United States
Coordinates	41°52′54″N 87°40′22″W / 41.88167°N 87.67278°W
Owner	Chicago Stadium Corp.
Operator	Chicago Stadium Corp.
Capacity	18,676 (basketball); 17,317 (ice hockey); 18,472 (ice hockey with standing room)
Construction
Broke ground	July 2, 1928
Opened	March 28, 1929
Closed	September 9, 1994
Demolished	February–May 1995
Construction cost	$5 million - $9.5 million (est.); ($169 million in 2023 dollars)
Architect	Hall, Lawrence & Ratcliffe, Inc.
Builder	Paddy Harmon
Tenants
	Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) (1929–1994); Chicago Stags (BAA/NBA) (1946–1950); Chicago Majors (ABL) (1961–1963); Chicago Bulls (NBA) (1967–1994); Chicago Sting (NASL/MISL) (1980–1988)

The Chicago Stadium was an indoor arena in Chicago that opened in 1929, closed in 1994 and was demolished in 1995. It was the home of the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks and the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. It was used for numerous other sporting events, opening with a championship boxing match in March 1929. The Stadium was built by Paddy Harmon, a promoter, who sank his entire fortune into the project, only to lose control to the Stadium shareholders, and leave his family nearly penniless a year later when he died. After exiting receivership in 1935, the Stadium was owned by the Norris and Wirtz families until its closure in 1994.

^ Johnston, J. J.; Curtin, Sean (2004). Chicago Boxing. Arcadia. p. 2. ISBN 9780738532103.
^ "Chicago Stadium (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 15 January 1980.
^ "Work on Chicago's New Sports Arena". Milwaukee Journal. July 3, 1928. Retrieved March 28, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Chicago Stadium Goes Down – SFGate
^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ Kamin, Blair (September 19, 1993). "Is Comiskey Upper Deck A Problem?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 28, 2012.

[chiboxing-1] Johnston, J. J.; Curtin, Sean (2004). Chicago Boxing. Arcadia. p. 2. ISBN 9780738532103.

[2] "Chicago Stadium (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 15 January 1980.

[3] "Work on Chicago's New Sports Arena". Milwaukee Journal. July 3, 1928. Retrieved March 28, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] Chicago Stadium Goes Down – SFGate

[inflation-US-5] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[6] Kamin, Blair (September 19, 1993). "Is Comiskey Upper Deck A Problem?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 28, 2012.

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Construction
'"The Madhouse on Madison" "The House That Paddy Built"^[1]
Chicago Stadium in 1984, ten years before closure, and eleven years before demolition

Address	1800 West Madison Street Chicago, Illinois United States
Coordinates	41°52′54″N 87°40′22″W / 41.88167°N 87.67278°W / 41.88167; -87.67278^[2]
Owner	Chicago Stadium Corp.
Operator	Chicago Stadium Corp.
Capacity	18,676 (basketball) 17,317 (ice hockey) 18,472 (ice hockey with standing room)
Broke ground	July 2, 1928^[3]
Opened	March 28, 1929
Closed	September 9, 1994
Demolished	February–May 1995^[4]
Construction cost	$5 million - $9.5 million (est.) ($169 million in 2023 dollars^[5])
Architect	Hall, Lawrence & Ratcliffe, Inc.^[6]
Builder	Paddy Harmon
Tenants
Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) (1929–1994) Chicago Stags (BAA/NBA) (1946–1950) Chicago Majors (ABL) (1961–1963) Chicago Bulls (NBA) (1967–1994) Chicago Sting (NASL/MISL) (1980–1988)