Allstate Arena

Allstate Arena (originally Rosemont Horizon) is a multi-purpose arena, in Rosemont, Illinois.

It is home to the Chicago Rush, of the Arena Football League, DePaul University's men's basketball team, the Chicago Wolves, of the AHL, and the Chicago Sky, of the WNBA.

It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and Interstate 90, adjacent to the city limits of Chicago and O'Hare International Airport.

History

The facility, originally named Rosemont Horizon, was intended to be the home of the WHA Chicago Cougars, but the franchise folded in 1975. The Village of Rosemont issued $19 million in bonds to finance the cost of the arena with exclusive contracts with Araserv, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and MFG International.

On August 13, 1979, the uncompleted roof of the Rosemont Horizon collapsed, killing five construction workers and injuring 16 others.^[5]

The Rosemont Horizon was featured in the 1985 music video "Big City Nights" by Scorpions.

Allstate Corporation signed a ten-year contract worth more than $10 million on June 9, 1999 to acquire naming rights to the arena and renovate it.^[6]

On December 14, 2003, the floor at the Allstate Arena was named Ray and Marge Meyer Court in honor of Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Meyer and his wife. Meyer coached DePaul's men's team for forty-three seasons and is the school's all-time winningest coach.

Events

Sports

Allstate Arena is primarily known as being the home to the DePaul Blue Demons basketball program since its opening in 1980. Prior to that, the Blue Demons played at Alumni Hall, an on-campus arena constructed in 1956. That gym has since been replaced with McGrath Gymnasium, the home to the women's basketball program. The building hosted the NCAA basketball tournament three times: the 1987 and 1993 Midwest Regional first and second round games, and the 2005 Chicago Regional Finals.

The Arena Football League also has a long history with Allstate Arena. The Horizon hosted an arena football test game in 1987 and the Chicago Bruisers were an original Arena Football League team when the league began in 1987. The Bruisers played from 1987 to 1989, and hosted ArenaBowl II in Rosemont, losing to the Detroit Drive, 24-13. In 2001, Arena Football returned to the arena with the Chicago Rush. The Rush increased its home attendance each year from 2001 to 2008, and from 2004 to 2008 averaged between 14,000 and 16,000 fans per game. The Rush's highest home attendance is 16,391 on June 23, 2007 against the Kansas City Brigade. After the AFL restructured in 2009, the Rush returned to the Arena Football League and the Allstate Arena in 2010 and 2011 is the franchise's 10th season.^[7]

The Allstate Arena is also the standard venue when WWE visits Chicago. It is one of two venues (the other being Madison Square Garden) to host WrestleMania three times: namely part of WrestleMania 2 in 1986, WrestleMania 13 in 1997, and WrestleMania 22 in 2006. The venue also hosted Survivor Series 1989, Backlash (2001), No Mercy 2007, Judgment Day 2009, Night of Champions 2010 and Money in the Bank 2011. It was recently announced that the arena is set to host Extreme Rules on April 29, 2012.

When it was called Rosemont Horizon, the arena hosted Spring Stampede 1994. During the mid-1990s, Rosemont Horizon was the standard venue for WCW visits in Chicago; having replaced the UIC Pavilion, but was eventually dropped in favor of the United Center.

On October 25, 2008, the Allstate Arena hosted UFC 90, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event in the state of Illinois.

The Professional Bull Riders brought their Built Ford Tough Series tour for events in 2006 and 2008.

The Chicago Sky announced on August 17, 2009 that the team will play the 2010 WNBA season at the Allstate Arena after reaching a multi-year contract agreement with the arena. Loyola University Chicago also played its home games at the Rosemont Horizon in the 1990s, until the on campus Gentile Center was built.

On April 29th, 2012 the venue will be hosting WWE Extreme Rules.

Concerts

• Fleetwood Mac - March 14–15, 1980 (Arena's inaugural event), November 19, 1987, November 20, 1997, June 26–27, 2003 and March 5–6, 2009
• Journey - May 27, 1980, with The Babys, September 29, 1981, with The Greg Kihn Band, May 21–24, 1982, June 10–12, 1983, with Bryan Adams and October 4, 1986
• Genesis - June 6, 1980, November 13–14, 1981, November 11–13, 1983 and October 5–8 and 10, 1986
• Def Leppard - June 15, 1980, April 1, 1983, October 22–23, 1987, October 13–14, 1988, August 28–29, 1992 and December 31, 1999
• Jackson Browne - June 28, 1980
• Elton John - September 5, 1980, September 11, 1984, May 7, 9 and 11, 2001, with Billy Joel and April 23, 2005
• Queen - September 19, 1980, with Dakota
• AC/DC - September 20, 1980, with Blackfoot, November 19–21, 1981, with Midnight Flyer, November 9, 1983, with The Fastway, September 21, 1985, with Yngwie Malmsteen, September 9, 1988, January 25, 1991, with King's X and October 30 and November 1, 2008, with The Answer
• Jethro Tull - October 19, 1980
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - November 20, 1980, July 23–24 and September 8 and 10-11, 1981, July 15 and 17-18, 1984 and March 16–17, 1988
• Styx - March 19–21, 1981, September 10, 1983 and June 6, 1997, with Pat Benatar
• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - June 17, 1981, with Thin Lizzy, March 15, 1983, with Nick Lowe & His Noise To Go and February 15, 1990, with Lenny Kravitz
• The Rolling Stones - November 23–25, 1981
• The Grateful Dead - December 6, 1981, April 13–15, 1988, April 11–13, 1989, March 9–11, 1993 and March 16–18, 1994
• The Allman Brothers Band - December 27, 1981, with Molly Hatchet
• Ozzy Osbourne - January 24, 1982, March 3, 1984, with Mötley Crüe, December 6, 2001, with Rob Zombie and December 15, 2007, with Rob Zombie and In This Moment
• The Police - February 1, with The Go-Go's and March 28, with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, 1982, February 19, 1984 and May 10, 2008, with Fiction Plane and Elvis Costello & The Imposters
• The Who - October 5–6, with Mick Ronson and T-Bone Burnett and December 8, 1982
• Billy Joel - November 4, 1982, March 30–31, 1984, November 1, 1986, November 16 and 19, 1993 and April 12 and 30 and May 8, 2003, with Elton John
• Rush - November 19–21, 1982, with Rory Gallagher, June 29–30, 1984, with Gary Moore, March 21–22, 1986, with Marillion, February 25–26, 1988, with Tommy Shaw, November 1, 1991, with Paula Abdul and Eric Johnson and March 29–30, 1994
• Aerosmith - November 24–25, 1982, July 12, 1984, December 2, 1987, October 23, 2001, with The Cult and Fuel and September 24, 2007, with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
• Foghat - March 18, 1983
• ZZ Top - July 15, 1983, with Sammy Hagar, February 26–27, 1986 and February 15–17, 1991
• Stevie Nicks - July 17–18, 1983, with Joe Walsh and July 10, 2001, with Sheryl Crow and Jeffrey Gaines
• David Bowie - August 1–3, 1983 and August 21–22, 1987
• Robert Plant - August 29, 1983, July 10, 1985, December 15, 1988, with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and September 20, 1990
• Kansas - November 29, 1983 and September 21, 1996, with Styx
• Duran Duran - February 23-24, 1984 and March 18, 2005
• Yes - March 8–9, 1984, November 25, 1987, May 6, 1991, November 14, 1997 and May 4, 2004
• Van Halen - March 13, 1984, April 22–23, 1986, October 25, 1988, April 14, 1995, May 16, 1998, October 16, 2007, with Ky-Mani Marley and May 30, 2008, with Ryan Shaw
• Scorpions - May 20–21 and 23, 1984, with Bon Jovi, July 19, 1996, with Alice Cooper, February 28, 2003 and October 29, 2004, with Tesla
• Roger Waters - July 26, 1984
• Tina Turner - September 11-12, 1984, September 11–12, 1985, March 25, with Lionel Richie and May 27, with Joe Cocker, 2000 and October 6, 2008
• Prince - December 9–14, 1984, with The Revolution, Apollonia 6 and Sheila E., September 17–19, 1988 and June 25, July 22–24 and August 3, 2004, with The New Power Generation
• Iron Maiden - December 21, 1984, March 11, 1987, June 23, 1988, with Megadeth, March 4, 1991, with Guns N' Roses and Anthrax, October 18, 2006 and June 11, 2008, with Lauren Harris
• Dio - January 25, 1985, with Dokken
• Ray Charles - March 22, 1985
• Phil Collins - June 17, 1985, June 14–17, 1990, July 20–21, 1994 and April 6, 1997
• Foreigner - September 6, 1985
• Ratt - September 27, 1985, December 30, 1986, with Cheap Trick and February 8, 1989, with Britny Fox and Kix
• Mötley Crüe - November 1, 1985, with Autograph, July 16–17, 1987, with Whitesnake, November 28, 1989, with Warrant, October 15, 1997, with Cheap Trick and March 10, 2005
• Amy Grant - April 18, 1986, with Rich Mullins, and October 29, 1988
• Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope Benefit Concert - June 13, 1986
• Triumph - November 26, 1986
• Peter Gabriel - December 4–5, 1986 and July 10, 1993
• Eric Clapton - April 19, 1987 and May 13–14, 1992
• U2 - April 29 and October 28–30, 1987 and March 31, 1992, with The Pixies
• Deep Purple - May 1, 1987
• Bon Jovi - May 31, 1987, with Cinderella, March 24, 1989, March 5, 1993 and November 20, 2000, with Less Than Jake
• Bryan Adams - July 18, 1987, April 28, 1992 and May 25, 1994
• The Cure - July 28, 1987, August 31-September 1, 1989, with Shelleyan Orphan, July 20, 1996 and May 17, 2008, with 65daysofstatic
• Pink Floyd - September 25–28, 1987 and May 21–22, 1988
• Michael Jackson - April 19–21, 1988
• George Michael - September 6–7, 1988 and October 20, 1991
• R.E.M. - March 6, 1989, with Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians and June 2–4, 1995, with Luscious Jackson
• The Beach Boys - October 28, 1989, with Chicago
• Paul McCartney - December 3–5, 1989
• Johnny Cash - March 6, 1990 and April 20, 1993
• Janet Jackson - April 8–9, 1990, December 1, 1993, July 24–25, with Usher and October 16, with 'N Sync, 1998 and September 25, 2008, with LL Cool J
• Madonna - May 23–24, 1990, with Technotronic
• Megadeth - November 28, 1990
• Poison - December 7, 1990
• INXS - March 15–16, 1991
• Paul Simon - March 22, 1991
• Queensrÿche - May 17, 1991 and April 26, 1995
• Paula Abdul - November 1–3, 1991
• Metallica - December 5–7, 1991, with Metal Church, February 7–9, 1997, January 4–5, 2000, with Kid Rock and Sevendust, August 27–28, 2004, with Godsmack and January 26–27, 2009, with Machine Head and The Sword
• Dire Straits - February 18, 1992
• Guns N' Roses - April 9, 1992, with The Smashing Pumpkins, November 18, 2002, with Weezer, November 27, 2006 and November 15, 2011
• Sade - August 13, 1993 and August 5 and 7, 2001
• Depeche Mode - October 28–29, 1993, November 24–25, 1998, with Stabbing Westward and November 29, 2005, with The Raveonettes
• Mariah Carey - November 17, 1993
• Nazareth - December 3, 1993, with Blue Öyster Cult, Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash
• Whitney Houston - July 2, 1994
• The Pretenders - November 3, 1994
• Page & Plant - April 28–29, 1995
• Phish - October 31, 1995, October 3, 1999, September 22–23, 2000 and February 20, 2003 (The 1995 show was released as Live Phish Volume 14)
• KISS - July 14 and 16, with The Melvins and October 21, 1996, December 29, 1998 and May 11–12, 2000
• The Deftones - July 21, 1996
• Pantera - August 9, 1996, with White Zombie and The Deftones
• Oasis - August 27, 1996, with The Manic Street Preachers, January 17, 1998 and December 12, 2008
• The Smashing Pumpkins - October 5-6, 1996
• The Stone Temple Pilots - December 12, 1996
• Bush - April 24, 1997, with Veruca Salt
• Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band - May 9, 1997
• 311 - August 16, 1997, with Spearhead
• Sheryl Crow - August 24, 1997, with Wilco
• Luis Miguel - February 17, 1998, February 11, 2002, October 18, 2005, October 23, 2008 and May 27, 2011
• Roger Daltrey - July 7, 1998
• Tori Amos - July 19, 1998
• Culture Club - August 15, 1998, with The Human League and Howard Jones
• Black Sabbath - January 19, 1999, with Pantera
• Alanis Morissette - March 9, 1999, with Garbage
• 'N Sync - March 26-27, with Divine and Tatyana Ali and August 6-7, 1999 and April 4–5, 2002, with Smash Mouth and Tony Lucca
• Marilyn Manson - April 20, 1999 and August 13, 2007, with Slayer and Bleeding Through
• Cher - September 18, 1999, February 11, 2000 and October 12–13, 2003
• The Family Values Tour - October 9, 1999 and October 12, 2001
• Rage Against the Machine - November 26, 1999, with Gang Starr
• WKQX Q101 Twisted 6 - December 4, 1999
• Korn - March 16–17, 2000, July 5, 2002, with Puddle of Mudd and Deadsy and March 30, 2006, with Mudvayne and 10 Years
• Britney Spears - March 22–23, 2000, November 28, 2001, April 13, 2004 and April 28–29, with The Pussycat Dolls and September 9, with Jordin Sparks and Kristinia DeBarge, 2009
• Diana Ross - July 1, 2000
• Pearl Jam - October 9, 2000, with Supergrass
• The Anger Management Tour - October 30, 2000 and August 1, 2002
• The Dave Matthews Band - December 4–5, 2000, with Angélique Kidjo and April 26–27, 2002, with Ben Kweller
• The Backstreet Boys - February 12–13, 2001, with Krystal Harris and May 25, 2011, with New Kids on the Block, Jordin Sparks and Ashlyne Huff
• Matchbox 20 - March 2, 2001, with Everclear and Lifehouse
• 98 Degrees - March 28, 2001
• Sting - May 18, 2001, with Jill Scott
• Slayer - July 3, 2001, with Pantera and Morbid Angel (Pantera's last show in Illinois)
• Brooks & Dunn - July 13, 2001, with Toby Keith, April 13, 2002, with Alabama, Trick Pony, Dwight Yoakam and Chris Cagle and May 16, 2003, with Brad Paisley and The Rascal Flatts
• Roxy Music - July 30, 2001, with Rufus Wainwright
• Tool - September 9, 2001 and September 18, 2006, with Isis
• Rammstein - September 14, 2001 and May 10, 2011, with Combichrist
• Slipknot - October 9, 2001, with System of a Down, No One and American Head Charge, March 11, 2005, with Lamb of God and Shadows Fall and January 30, 2009, with Coheed and Cambria and Trivium
• Jane's Addiction - October 21, 2001
• Vince Gill - December 15, 2001 and December 17, 2003, with Amy Grant
• Creed - February 13 and December 29, 2002
• Kenny Chesney - March 9, 2002, with Phil Vassar, Sara Evans and Carolyn Dawn Johnson and August 23, 2005, with Gretchen Wilson and Pat Green
• The Chemical Brothers - April 20, 2002, with Paul Oakenfold and Sasha & John Digweed
• Scott Alderman's Tattoo the Earth Tour - August 2–4, 2002
• No Doubt - October 11, 2002, with Good Charlotte and The Distillers
• American Idol Live! - October 15, 2002, August 19, 2006, August 7, 2007, July 19, 2008, September 2, 2009 and August 6, 2011
• Maná - October 31, 2002, October 9–10, 2003, March 22–23 and October 4, 2007 and July 21–22, 2011
• Bob Dylan - November 1, 2002
• The Other Ones - December 2, 2002, with Robert Hunter
• George Strait & The Ace in the Hole - January 31, 2003, with Tammy Cochran, March 3, 2005, with Dierks Bentley and Uncle John's Band and March 5, 2011, with Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack
• Christina Aguilera - July 22, 2003 and April 21, 2007, with The Pussycat Dolls and Danity Kane
• Justin Timberlake - July 22, 2003 and March 12–13, 2007
• James Taylor - August 14, 2003, September 2, 2005 and May 24, 2010, with Carole King
• The Eagles - October 21, 2003
• Alabama - November 22, 2003
• The Trans-Siberian Orchestra - December 18, 2003, December 10, 2004, December 10, 2005, December 9, 2006 (2 shows), December 2, 2007 (2 shows), January 3 (2 shows) and December 26 (2 shows), 2009, November 26, 2010 (2 shows) and December 3, 2011 (2 shows)
• Dave Matthews & Friends - December 22, 2003, with Emmylou Harris
• Linkin Park - January 29, 2004
• Alan Jackson - January 30, 2004 and May 1, 2010, with Josh Turner and Chris Young
• Sarah Brightman - February 18, 2004 and December 4, 2008
• Rod Stewart - February 20, 2004
• Beyoncé Knowles, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott - April 2, 2004, with Tamia
• Hilary Duff - July 30, 2004 and July 19, 2005
• Jay-Z - September 29–30, 2004, with R. Kelly
• Barry Manilow - October 21, 2004 and October 21, 2006
• The Rascal Flatts - November 19, 2004, with Chris Cagle, Julie Roberts and Uncle John's Band
• Velvet Revolver - November 21, 2004
• Green Day - August 10, 2005, with Jimmy Eat World and Uncle John's Band
• Scooter - September 9, 2005
• System of a Down - September 30, 2005, with The Mars Volta
• Weezer - October 3, 2005, with The Foo Fighters and Kaiser Chiefs and October 2, 2008, with Angels & Airwaves and Tokyo Police Club
• Nine Inch Nails - October 7, 2005, with Queens of the Stone Age and Autolux
• Gwen Stefani - October 28, 2005, with The Black Eyed Peas
• Keith Urban - February 10, 2006, with Pat Green, November 16, 2007, May 15, 2009, with The Zac Brown Band and October 14, 2011, with Jake Owen
• Queen + Paul Rodgers - March 23, 2006
• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill - April 28–30, 2006
• The Cheetah Girls - September 29, 2006, with Miley Cyrus and Jordan Pruitt
• Brand New - October 27, 2006, with Dashboard Confessional
• Martina McBride - November 24, 2006
• High School Musical - January 19, 2007, with Jordan Pruitt
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers - February 27, 2007, with Gnarls Barkley
• My Chemical Romance - March 1, 2007, with Rise Against
• Nickelback - March 2, 2007, with Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin, March 12, 2009, with Seether and Saving Abel and May 18, 2010, with Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown and Sick Puppies
• Ricky Martin - April 25, 2007 and April 19, 2011
• Heaven & Hell - May 5, 2007, with Megadeth and Machine Head
• T.I. and Ciara - August 10, 2007
• Daddy Yankee - August 31, 2007
• Marco Antonio Solís - September 1-2, 2007, with Juan Gabriel, August 8, 2009, with Pepe Aguilar and September 10 and 23, 2011, with Ana Gabriel
• RBD - September 28, 2007 and March 16, 2008
• Joan Sebastian - September 30, 2007, September 28, 2008, with Marco Antonio Solís, April 19, 2009, with Jenni Rivera, April 24, 2010 and November 20, 2011, with Paquita la del Barrio
• Maroon 5 - October 2, 2007, with The Hives
• The Young Wild Things Tour - October 20, 2007
• Vicente Fernández - October 21, 2007, October 19, 2008, October 18, 2009, October 17, 2010 and October 23, 2011, with Edith Márquez
• Chris Brown - December 7, 2007, with Bow Wow
• Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus - December 8, 2007, with The Jonas Brothers
• The Jonas Brothers - February 22, 2008, with Rooney and July 10–11, 2009, with Honor Society, Jordin Sparks and Wonder Girls
• The Foo Fighters - February 25, 2008, with Against Me! and Serj Tankian
• Avril Lavigne - March 21, 2008, with Boys Like Girls
• Juanes - April 2, 2008
• New Kids on the Block - April 10 and October 4 and 24, 2008, with Natasha Bedingfield
• Santana - April 19, 2008, with The Derek Trucks Band
• Alicia Keys - June 7, 2008, with Jordin Sparks and March 3, 2010, with Melanie Fiona and Robin Thicke
• B5 - June 13, 2008
• Aventura - August 2, 2008, November 20, 2009 and June 16, 2010
• Enrique Iglesias - September 27, 2008, with Aventura and October 1, 2011, with Pitbull and Prince Royce
• Rock Band Live - October 22, 2008
• Avenged Sevenfold - February 27, 2009, with Buckcherry, Papa Roach and Saving Abel
• Los Temerarios - May 2, 2009
• The Dead - May 4–5, 2009
• Fall Out Boy - May 9, 2009, with Cobra Starship, All Time Low, Metro Station and Hey Monday
• Andrea Bocelli - June 12, 2009
• Earth, Wind & Fire - June 26, 2009
• Demi Lovato - July 24, 2009, with David Archuleta
• Ricardo Arjona - September 5, 2009
• Wisin y Yandel - September 24, 2009
• P!nk - September 26, 2009, with The Ting Tings
• Taylor Swift - October 9–10, 2009, with Kellie Pickler and Gloriana and August 9–10, 2011, with Needtobreathe and Hunter Hayes
• B96 Sobe Lifewater Jingle Bash - December 12, 2009, December 11, 2010 and December 17, 2011
• Michael Bublé - March 27 and December 4, 2010, with Naturally 7
• Alejandro Fernández - April 24-25, 2010, with Marco Antonio Solís and Joan Sebastian
• The Black Eyed Peas - August 13, 2010, with T-Pain
• The David Crowder Band - September 24, 2010
• Skillet - September 25, 2010
• Steven Curtis Chapman - September 26, 2010
• Marc Anthony - October 2, 2010, with Ana Gabriel and Alejandro Fernández
• Shakira - October 29, 2010
• Chayanne - November 24, 2010
• Usher - December 3, 2010, with Miguel and Trey Songz and May 20, 2011, with Akon, Dev and The Cataracs
• Sugarland - May 6, 2011, with Little Big Town, Sara Bareilles, Matt Nathanson and Casey James
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - May 14–15, 2011
• 103.5 KISS-FM Fantabuloso Dos - May 18, 2011
• Jenni Rivera - May 23, 2010
• Glee Live! In Concert! - June 3–4, 2011, with The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers
• R. Kelly - June 16, 2011, with Keyshia Cole and Marsha Ambrosius
• Jesus Culture - August 3–5, 2011, with Hillsong United
• Katy Perry - August 21, 2011
• Furthur - November 18, 2011
• WGCI-FM Big Jam - December 23, 2011

References

• "Engineering Disasters." Modern Marvels. The History Channel, 13 Apr 2004. Broadcast. 20 Apr 2006

External links

• Official Website