Venue Detail
Chicago Blackhawks
RSV Pro Facilities Report
March, 2015
Chicago Blackhawks
1901 W Madison Chicago, IL 60612 Phone: 312-455-7000 Fax: 312-455-7041 URL: www.chicagoblackhawks.com Owner: The Wirtz family League: National Hockey League, Western Conference, Central
Venue
United Center, 1901 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612 Owner: United Center Joint Ventures Managed by: Owner Built: 1994 Capacity: 20,500 Permanent concession stands: 46 Concessionaire: The Levy Restaurants Suite caterer: The Levy Restaurants Soft drink: Coca Cola Beer: MillerCoors
Naming rights
Sold to: United Airlines Price: $25,000,000 Term: 20 years Expires: 2024
Ticket prices
Season tickets range from $817 to $8,428 Single tickets range from $37.00 to $500.00
Attendance
2012 average attendance: 21,533 2013 average attendance: 21,775
Suites
Quantity: 203 Term: 1 to 5 years Price: $35,000 to $360,000 Seats: 12 to 14 Includes: Tickets for Bulls and Blackhawk regular season games, 4 parking passes and tickets for up to 8 other events. Party suites range in size from 40 to 80 persons and cost $5,000 to $11,800 per game depending upon the menu.
Club seats
Quantity: 3,000 Term: 1 to 1 years Price: $3,700 to $3,700 Includes: In-seat wait service, parking, private restaurant.
Financing
The $175 million United Center was primarily privately funded, but the project did receive $15 million in city and state grants. The city also provided real estate tax abatements.
The NHL Chicago Blackhawks and the NBA Bulls play at United Center. The facility, built with private funds at a cost of $175 million, opened in 1994 and replaced Chicago Stadium. The United Center was the site of Sony's first indoor Jumbotron. The United Center is owned by the owners of the Bulls and the Blackhawks.
For the 2009 season, the venue added Theater Boxes to the facility. At $90,000 for a one year rental, fans get Bulls and Blackhawks tickets, the rights to buy playoff tickets and the right to buy tickets for other arena events. Two parking passes are included. The suites are designed for four guests.
The venue has suites leasing for various prices depending upon the food options requested. The suites seat 20 to 80 fans.
Static electronic signage for the Bulls begins at $50,000 for a 2 foot by 15 foot space. The price provides one minute of game clock exposure on the 200 level. Animated messaging goes for $175,000 per minute.
Rotational signs providing three minutes per game on the sidelines are $225,000 and tunnel banners are $100,000 per pair.
The building sells signage on the 300 level and charges $200,000 for a one minute message for each Bulls and Blackhawks game.
The building sells scoreboard signage at $250,000 for four 3-foot X 16-foot signs. Concourse signage of various sizes ranges from $12,250 to $40,000. (Facilities, Ice Hockey, NHL, Professional Sports, Venue)