Sporting Venues
Arlington Park Race Track in Arlington Illinois
In the Chicago area you will find both historically significant and newly constructed venues hosting a variety of events. Soldier Field, built in the 1920’s and renovated in 2003, is home to the Chicago Bears football team and the Chicago Fire soccer team, but also hosts concerts and other special events. The United Center, built in 1994 to replace the historic Chicago Stadium, is home to the Chicago Bulls basketball team and the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team. The United Center also hosts big name concerts, ice shows, circus and other special events. Wrigley Field is the north-siders home baseball park where the Cubs baseball team hits homers out onto Waveland Avenue. U.S. Cellular Field is the Chicago White Sox baseball team’s home stadium on the south side.
Monster Jam at Allstate Arena 2011 in Chicago IL
Both horse racing and car racing are popular pastimes in Chicago. In Chicago’s northwest suburb of Arlington Heights, the beautiful Arlington Park Race Track features thoroughbred racing in a comfortable and distinctive environment. Harness racing is held at Maywood Park, located in suburban Melrose Park, and Hawthorne Race Course, located in Stickney. The Route 66 Raceway is located in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. It is a multimillion-dollar complex including a 1/4 mile 30,000 seat stadium style drag strip and 1/2 mile dirt oval track.
Chicago Bears Playing Super Bowl XLI against the Indianapolis Colts
Concert Venues
Allstate Arena
6920 N. Mannheim Road Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: 847.635.6601
Chicago is full of great event, concert, and sporting venues. One of the most popular is Allstate Arena at which more than 150 events are hosted each year for various sporting, musical, and family fun entertainment. Ringling Brothers Barnum & Baily Circus often visits this incredible area featuring forty-eight sky boxes and around 18,500 seats available for reservations by patrons. You'll be able to see the stage or rink no matter where you sit in this enormous arena. Furthermore, there is a large amount of varying public transportation that will get you to and from your event at the Allstate Area, known as one of Chicago's premier entertainment venues.
First Midwest bank Amphitheatre (Formerly Tweeter Center)
19100 S. Ridgeland Avenue Tinley Park, IL 60477
Phone: 708.614.1616
Situated roughly 30 miles southwest of Chicago's downtown metropolitan area within Tinley Park, is the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre. This concert venue provides its patron with VIP Sky Suites which hold anywhere from 12, to 18 to even 22 guests! Each of these incredible boxes comes complete with television monitors, catering options, special preferred parking. VIP Box Seat have seating for 4, 6, and 8 people along with special parking and waitstaff. Be sure to check this theatre's official website for specific details on upcoming events.
Theatre Venues
Gavin Floyd pitches for the Chicago White Sox against the Seattle Mariners at US Cellular Field
The Auditorium Theatre
50 E. Congress Parkway Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312.902.1500
Originally opened in 1889 by Sullivan and Adler, two prominent architects of the time, The Auditorium Theatre set the bar high paving the way as the first multi-purpose building. The Auditorium Theatre building was constructed with a hotel, retail space, and offices all in one single location. The building's overall architectural genius provides fabulous acoustics, internationally revered sight-lines, along with unparalleled technological utility.
The Auditorium Theatre is home to many Broadway shows and is located at Roosevelt University. This particular theatre has also been named a Historic National Landmark and is run by a non-profit organization that remains committed to the theatre's overall preservation and continued restoration as well as offering some of the greatest in cultural, international, and community presentations. The building was among the first to use electric lighting and air conditioning, two modern technologies of the time and is draped in intricate gilding, bas-reliefs, and floor and wall mosaics. Spectacular murals as well as gold- leaf ceiling arches adorn the main house of this incredible theatre.
Arie Crown Theatre
2301 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: 312.791.6000
Originally opened in 1960 as part of the McCormick complex, Arie Crown Theatre is named for Arie Crown, a Lithuanian immigrant who managed to become one of Chicago's most successful businessmen and a genuine American success story. The Arie Crown Theatre remains extremely committed to patron and guest satisfaction and ensures that your experience of this theatre will surely be a positive one. The theatre itself is located about 2 to 2.5 miles South of downtown Chicago and has recently undergone extensive renovations including a correcting of the building's acoustics and improvement of its aesthetics. This great venue often hosts a variety of ballets, rock concerts, operas, and Broadway musicals. Enjoy an evening or two at this Chicago theatre next time you're touring the Windy City!
