United Center
United Center is a stadium in Illinois, United States that opened in 1994. Its recorded capacity is 20,917.
Key facts
United Center is a stadium in Illinois, United States that opened in 1994. Its recorded capacity is 20,917. It is owned by United Center Joint Venture and Chicago Blackhawks. It is operated by United Center Joint Venture. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls.
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 20,917
- Opened
- 1994
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- United Center Joint Venture, Chicago Blackhawks
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
United Center is at latitude 41.880556, longitude -87.674167, in Illinois, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 41.880556 |
| Longitude | -87.674167 |
| City | Illinois |
| Region | Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video board supplier | Mitsubishi Electric (Diamond Vision) | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Chicago Blackhawks | 1994 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | United Center Joint Venture | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | United Center Joint Venture | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bulls | National Basketball Association | Present | Current | Source |
| Chicago Blackhawks | National Hockey League | Present | Current | Source |
| Chicago Blackhawks | National Hockey League | 1994 to present | Current | Source |
| Chicago Bulls | National Basketball Association | 1994 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
14 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2815 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 254 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 175 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31816 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31815 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31814 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31813 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28867 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28866 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 28865 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375751561 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 23500 | 20917 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375751561 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | United_Center | United Center | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: