UIC Pavilion

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UIC Pavilion is a 6,958-seat multi-purpose arena, located at 525 South Racine Street on the West Side in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which opened in 1982. It is home to the University of Illinois at Chicago Flames basketball team and the Chicago Sky WNBA team. From 2004-2006 it also housed the Chicago Storm Major Indoor Soccer League team before they moved into the newly constructed Sears Centre. The UIC Pavilion was renovated in 2001 and is rented for many functions and concerts. It is accessible from the CTA Blue Line Racine stop, located one block north of the Pavilion. It is also accessible from the #7 Harrison Bus and the #60 Blue Island/26th Bus. It also hosted UIC's ice hockey team when they competed in the CCHA as well as the 1984, 1999, and 2000 Horizon League men's basketball conference tournament. Wrestling events including Starrcade 1987, Chi-Town Rumble 1989, and Halloween Havoc 1990 were also held there. Currently, there is a petition started by wrestling fans of Chicago for TNA Wrestling to host their Lockdown PPV event in April 2007 at the Pavilion.

When used as a concert venue the arena seats up to 10,075 for end-stage shows, 7,924 for a 3/4-house shows, and 5,878 for 1/2-house shows.

[edit] External links

• UIC PAVILION
• TNA Lockdown 2007 @ UIC Pavilion Petition

Current basketball arenas in the Horizon League
Beeghly Center (Youngstown State) • Callihan Hall (Detroit) • Joseph J. Gentile Center (Loyola) • Hinkle Fieldhouse (Butler) • J. Martin Klotsche Center (Milwaukee women) • Nutter Center (Wright State) • Resch Center (Wisconsin-Green Bay) • UIC Pavilion (UIC) • U.S. Cellular Arena (Milwaukee men) • Wolstein Center (Cleveland State)

Current arenas in the Women's National Basketball Association
Eastern Conference		Western Conference
Charlotte Bobcats Arena | Conseco Fieldhouse | Madison Square Garden | Mohegan Sun Arena | Palace of Auburn Hills | UIC Pavilion | Verizon Center		ARCO Arena | AT&T Center | KeyArena | Staples Center | Target Center | Toyota Center | US Airways Center