Chicago Stadium - wikipedia Chicago Stadium This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2012 ) Chicago Stadium The Madhouse on Madison Chicago Stadium in 1984 Address 1800 West Madison Street Location Chicago, Illinois Coordinates 41 ° 52 ′ 54 '' N 87 ° 40 ′ 23 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.88167 ° N 87.67306 ° W ﻿ / 41.88167 ; - 87.67306 Coordinates : 41 ° 52 ′ 54 '' N 87 ° 40 ′ 23 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.88167 ° N 87.67306 ° W ﻿ / 41.88167 ; - 87.67306 Owner Chicago Stadium Corp. Operator Chicago Stadium Corp. Capacity 18,676 ( basketball ) 17,317 ( ice hockey ) 18,472 ( ice hockey with standing room ) Construction Broke ground July 2, 1928 Opened March 28, 1929 Closed September 9, 1994 Demolished February -- May 1995 Construction cost $9.5 million ( $135 million in 2017 dollars ) Architect Hall, Lawrence & Ratcliffe, Inc. Tenants Chicago Blackhawks ( NHL ) ( 1929 -- 1994 ) Chicago Stags ( BAA / NBA ) ( 1946 -- 1950 ) Chicago Majors ( ABL ) ( 1961 -- 1963 ) Chicago Bulls ( NBA ) ( 1967 -- 1994 ) Chicago Sting ( NASL / MISL ) ( 1980 -- 1988 ) Chicago Stadium was an indoor arena located in Chicago, Illinois that opened in 1929 and closed in 1994. It was the home of the National Hockey League 's Chicago Blackhawks and the National Basketball Association 's Chicago Bulls. Contents 1 History 1.1 Seating capacity 2 `` The Madhouse on Madison '' 2.1 Last analog game clock in any NHL arena 3 Demolition 4 Notable events 4.1 Basketball 4.2 Hockey 4.3 Football 4.4 Soccer 4.5 Boxing 4.6 Concerts 4.7 In Film 4.8 Other events 5 See also 6 References 7 External links History The Stadium hosted the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL from 1929 to 1994 and the Chicago Bulls of the NBA from 1967 to 1994. The arena was the site of the first NFL playoff game in 1932 ; the 1932, 1940, and 1944 Democratic National Conventions ; and the 1932 and 1944 Republican National Conventions, as well as numerous concerts, rodeo competitions, boxing matches, political rallies, and plays. The interior of Chicago Stadium in February 1930, prior to a Blackhawks / Canadiens game. The stadium was first proposed by Chicago sports promoter Paddy Harmon. Harmon wanted to bring an NHL team to Chicago, but he lost out to Col. Frederic McLaughlin. This team would soon be known as the Chicago Black Hawks ( later ' Blackhawks ' ). Harmon then went on to at least try to get some control over the team by building a stadium for the Blackhawks to play in. He spent $2.5 million and borrowed more funds from friends, including James E. Norris in order to build the stadium. Opened on March 28, 1929 at a cost of $9.5 million, Chicago Stadium was the largest indoor arena in the world at the time. Detroit 's Olympia stadium, built two years earlier, was a model for the Chicago stadium and had a capacity of over 15,000 people. It was also the first arena with an air conditioning system ( though the system was fairly rudimentary by modern standards, and was memorably given to filling the arena with fog during late - season games ). The Stadium sat 17,317 for hockey at the time of closure. Standees were allowed for many years, and often the official attendance figures in the published game summaries were given in round numbers, such as 18,500 or 20,000. The largest recorded crowd for an NHL game at the stadium was 20,069 for a playoff game between the Blackhawks and Minnesota North Stars on April 10, 1982. Seating capacity Chicago Stadium at Night, 1950 Curteich Linen Postcard Basketball Years Capacity 1929 -- 1958 17,000 1958 -- 1986 17,374 1986 -- 1989 17,458 1989 -- 1994 17,339 With standing room 18,676 Hockey Years Capacity 1929 -- 1952 16,000 1952 -- 1984 16,666 1984 -- 1994 17,317 With standing room 18,472 `` The Madhouse on Madison '' Detail of console of the huge Barton pipe organ originally installed in the Chicago Stadium. The massive console boasted six manuals ( keyboards ) and over 800 stops, with thousands of pipes and percussions installed in the center ceiling high above center court. In addition to the close - quartered, triple - tiered, boxy layout of the building, much of the loud, ringing noise of the fans could be attributed to the fabled 3,663 - pipe Barton organ, boasting the world 's largest theater organ console with 6 manuals ( keyboards ) and over 800 stops, and played by Al Melgard. Melgard played for decades during hockey games there, earning the Stadium the moniker `` The Madhouse on Madison ''. For years, it was also known as `` The Loudest Arena in the NBA '', due to its barn - shaped features. In the Stanley Cup semifinals of 1971, when the Blackhawks scored a series - clinching empty - net goal in Game 7 against the New York Rangers, CBS announcer Dan Kelly reported, `` I can feel our broadcast booth shaking ! That 's the kind of place Chicago Stadium is right now ! '' The dressing rooms at the Stadium were placed underneath the seats, and the cramped corridor that led to the ice, with its twenty - two steps, became the stuff of legend. Legend has it a German Shepherd wandered the bowels at night as `` the security team. '' In the 1973 Stanley Cup Final against Montreal, Chicago owner Bill Wirtz had the NHL 's first goal horn installed in the building, reportedly because he liked the sound of the horn on his yacht. This practice would, in the ensuing years, become almost commonplace in professional hockey. Nancy Faust, organist for 40 years at Chicago White Sox games, also played indoors at the Stadium, at courtside for Chicago Bulls home games from 1976 -- 84, and on the pipe organ for Chicago Blackhawks hockey there from 1985 - 89. It also became traditional for Blackhawk fans to cheer loudly throughout the singing of the national anthems, especially when sung by Chicago favorite Wayne Messmer. Denizens of the second balcony often added sparklers and flags to the occasion. Arguably, the most memorable of these was the singing before the 1991 NHL All - Star Game, which took place during the Gulf War. This tradition has continued at the United Center. Longtime PA announcer Harvey Wittenberg had a unique monotone style : `` Blackhawk goal scored by # 9, Bobby Hull, unassisted, at 6 : 13. '' In 1992, both the Blackhawks and the Bulls reached the finals in their respective leagues. The Blackhawks were swept in their finals by the Pittsburgh Penguins, losing at Chicago Stadium, while the Bulls won the second of their first of three straight NBA titles on their home floor against the Portland Trail Blazers. The next time the Bulls clinched the championship at home, was in the newly built United Center in 1996 ( when they did so against the Seattle SuperSonics ), their second season at the new arena, and the Blackhawks would not reach the Stanley Cup Finals again until 2010 ( in which they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games ), their 16th season in the new building, although they won their first championship since 1961 in Philadelphia. The Blackhawks last won the Stanley Cup at the Stadium in 1938 ; they did not win the Cup again at home until 2015 at the United Center. Last analog game clock in any NHL arena It was also the last NHL arena to retain the use of an analog dial - type large four - sided clock for timekeeping in professional hockey games. Boston Garden and the Detroit Olympia ( as well as the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in its pre-NHL days ) had identical scoreboards but replaced them with digital timers in the mid-1960s, with Boston having their digital four - sided clock in use for the 1969 -- 70 NHL season. Built by Bulova as their `` Sports Timer '', and installed in Chicago in 1943, each side of the clock had a large diameter 20 - minute face in the center that kept the main game time for one period of ice hockey, with a set of shorter black - colored minute and longer red - colored sweep - second hands, and a pair of smaller, 5 - minute capacity dual - concentric faces for penalty timekeeping, to the left and right of the primary 20 - minute face -- with each of the 5 - minute penalty timers having its own single hand and each clock face, both the central main timer 's dial and flanking penalty timer dials ( when a penalty was counting down ) illuminated from behind during gameplay. The `` outer '' face of each penalty timer had a single hand that avoided obscuration of the `` inner '' face and its own, `` solid '' single hand, through the use of metal rods forming the outer hand 's `` shaft '', holding its hand 's `` pointer '' head -- the set of two concentric faces for each penalty timer dial could handle two penalties for each set, with an illuminated `` 2 '' on each penalty timer dial lighting up to display a minor penalty infraction. It was difficult to read how much time was left in a period of play on the main game timer 's large face, as each minute of play was marked by a longer line on every third `` seconds '' increment on the central main dial, due to the minute hand 's twenty - minute `` full rotation '' timing capacity for one period of ice hockey. The difficulty was compounded on the main central dial from the aforementioned minute and sweep - second hands being in constant motion during gameplay. The `` Sports Timer 's '' only digital displays were for scoring and for penalized players ' numbers, each digit comprising a six - high, four - wide incandescent light dot matrix display. That clock eventually was replaced by a four - sided scoreboard with a digital clock, first used on September 21, 1975 in Blackhawks preseason play, crafted by the Day Sign Company of Toronto, much like the one used at the end of the 1960s ( and constructed by Day Sign Company ) to replace the nearly identical Bulova Sports Timer game - timekeeping device in the Boston Garden, and then in 1985 by another, this one with a color electronic message board. That latter scoreboard was built by White Way Sign, which would build scoreboards for the United Center. The Stadium was also one of the last three NHL arenas ( the others being Boston Garden and the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ) to have a shorter - than - regulation ice surface, as their construction predated the regulation. The distance was taken out of the neutral zone. Demolition Commemorative plaque in the pavement on the north side of Madison Street Chicago Stadium in mid-demolition, March 1995 After the Blackhawks and Bulls moved to the United Center, the Chicago Stadium was demolished in 1995. Its site is now a parking lot for the United Center across the street. CNN televised the demolition, showing devoted Blackhawks and Bulls fans crying as the wrecking ball hit the old building. The console of the Barton organ now resides in the Phil Maloof residence in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also, the center of the Chicago Bulls ' floor resides in Michael Jordan 's trophy room at his mansion in North Carolina. A plaque with the words `` Chicago Stadium -- 1929 -- 1994 -- Remember The Roar '' is located behind a statue of the Blackhawks greatest players on the north side of the United Center. Two friezes from Chicago Stadium were incorporated into a building at St. Ignatius College Prep School, 1060 W. Roosevelt Road. Two of the Stadium 's main parking lots, which are still used for United Center parking, retain signs that read `` People 's Stadium Parking '' Notable events Bulldogging photo of Cowboy Morgan Evans at the late 1920s Tex Austin Rodeo in Chicago Stadium. Basketball 1973, 1988 : Chicago was the host city for the NBA All - Star Game. 1987 : Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls scored 61 points on April 17, 1987 to become the only NBA player other than Wilt Chamberlain to top 3,000 points in a single season. 1992 : Great Midwest Conference men 's basketball tournament. 1992 : Chicago Bulls won the second of three straight NBA titles in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. This would be the only time the Bulls clinched the championship while playing on the Stadium 's floor, though they did it twice at the new United Center ( in 1996 and again in 1997 ). 1994 : The final Bulls home game at Chicago Stadium was played on May 20, a 93 - 79 Bulls win over the New York Knicks in game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals ( the team would lose game 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York City ). 1994 : The final event at Chicago Stadium was Scottie Pippen 's Ameritech Classic charity basketball game, which was organized through Reverend Jesse Jackson 's Push - Excel program and was held on September 9, 1994. Michael Jordan, despite being in retirement at the time, participated and scored 52 points, leading the White team to a 187 -- 150 victory over Pippen 's Red team. At the end of the game, Jordan kneeled and kissed the Bulls logo at center court. Hockey 1961 : Bobby Hull scored twice in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, won 3 - 2 by the Chicago Black Hawks over the Detroit Red Wings. 1961, 1974 and 1991 : Stadium was host for the NHL All - Star Game. 1994 : The final ice hockey game at Chicago Stadium was played on April 28. The Blackhawks lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs 1 -- 0, eliminating them from the 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs. The only goal in the game, and last goal ever scored, came from Mike Gartner in the first period. Football 1932 : Due to a snowstorm followed by frigid temperatures, the Chicago Bears played the 1932 NFL championship game inside the Chicago Stadium against the Portsmouth Spartans ( later the Detroit Lions ). The Bears won 9 -- 0. Soccer 1984 : The NASL held the only All - Star game ever played in its 17 outdoor and 4 indoor seasons. The All Stars defeat the host Chicago Sting 9 - 8 before 14,328 fans. ( 1 ) Boxing 1947 : Often cited as one of the great bouts of the 20th Century, Rocky Graziano scored a sixth - round technical knockout of Tony Zale before 18,547 on July 16, 1947. 1951 : In their sixth and final fight, Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Jake LaMotta on Valentine 's Day with a 13th - round TKO. 1953 : Undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott on May 15 in the first round. Concerts 1975 : The Rolling Stones ' Tour of the Americas ' 75 stopped here July 22 -- 24. 1975 -- 76 : December 31 - January 1 : Frank Sinatra met the new year in Chicago Stadium, performing a concert with 23 songs. 1976 : Paul McCartney 's first three concerts in Chicago in 10 years ; he performed May 31 through June 2 in his Wings Over America Tour. 1977 : In the spring of 1977, Led Zeppelin played four shows here during their North American tour ( they had previously played three concerts at this venue on their 1975 North American Tour and two concerts on their 1973 North American Tour ). Two more were scheduled for later in the tour but were cancelled due to the death of Robert Plant 's son. Tickets from the cancelled partial show on April 9 were to be honored at the re-scheduled shows, which never materialized. ( The band was booked to perform four concerts at the stadium as part of another North American tour in November 1980, but the tour was officially cancelled on September 27, two days after John Bonham 's death. ) 1977 : Elvis Presley 's last gig in Chicago was in the Stadium on May 1 -- 2, 1977. 1979 : The Bee Gees performed two sold - out shows here on July 30 -- 31, 1979. 1981 : Michael Jackson and his brothers brought their Triumph Tour to the Stadium on August 28. 1994 : The final concert was held on March 10, 1994, featuring Pearl Jam, Urge Overkill and The Frogs. In film 1961 : Scenes from the 1962 version of The Manchurian Candidate depicting the Republican nomination convention, were filmed in the stadium. The scenes are set in New York 's Madison Square Garden. Other events 1932, 1940 and 1944 : Democratic National Conventions, at which Franklin D. Roosevelt won his first, third and fourth nominations from the Democratic Party for President of the United States. 1932 and 1944 : Republican National Conventions, at which Herbert C. Hoover and Thomas E. Dewey, respectively, would win the Republican Party 's nomination for President of the United States. Both lost to Roosevelt. 1933 : Funeral of Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, the sole fatality in an assassination attempt on President - elect Franklin Roosevelt. 1936 : Presidential election rallies for both Republican Alfred Landon and Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt 's rally drew a crowd of over 1,000,000, with more than 200,000 attendees overwhelming the stadium 's capacity of 25,000. 1946 : While waiting in a backstage area to go onto the arena floor during a rodeo, Roy Rogers proposed to Dale Evans. 1968 : Months after winning a 1968 Winter Olympics gold medal, Peggy Fleming drew large crowds to the Stadium with the Ice Capades. See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chicago Stadium. Harvey Wittenberg -- Chicago Stadium 's public address announcer for the Blackhawks. He now fills in for Gene Honda at the United Center when absent. Ray Clay -- Former Bulls public address announcer Wayne Messmer -- Former Blackhawks national anthem singer References Jump up ^ `` Work on Chicago 's New Sports Arena ''. Milwaukee Journal. July 3, 1928. Retrieved March 28, 2012. Jump up ^ Chicago Stadium Goes Down -- SFGate Jump up ^ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. `` Consumer Price Index ( estimate ) 1800 -- ''. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018. Jump up ^ Kamin, Blair ( September 19, 1993 ). `` Is Comiskey Upper Deck A Problem ? ''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 28, 2012. Jump up ^ 2012 -- 2013 Chicago Bulls Media Guide Jump up ^ 2012 -- 2013 Chicago Blackhawks Media Guide Jump up ^ Grossman, Evan ( April 25, 2016 ). `` The history behind the NHL 's ubiquitous sound for scoring : the goal horn ''. New York Daily News. Retrieved January 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Rhode Island Reds Heritage Society -- The Arena Clock ''. www.rireds.org. Rhode Island Reds Heritage Society. Retrieved April 1, 2014. Jump up ^ Closeup of Chicago Stadium 's Bulova Sports Timer showing close - up details Jump up ^ Langford, George ( August 14, 1975 ). `` Hakws ' Johnston could report to camp on time / Tick, clock, tick ( photo caption ) ''. The Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL USA. Retrieved February 23, 2017. Jump up ^ Soderstrom, Carl ; Soderstrom, Robert ; Stevens, Chris ; Burt, Andrew ( 2018 ). Forty Gavels : The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL - CIO. 2. Peoria, IL : CWS Publishing. pp. 104, 107 - 108. ISBN 978 - 0998257532. 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time roster Draft history Seasons Records Broadcasters Head coaches Current season Arenas International Amphitheatre Chicago Stadium United Center Personnel Owner : Jerry Reinsdorf Vice president of basketball operations : John Paxson General manager : Gar Forman Head coach : Fred Hoiberg Culture Air Jordan Jumpman Tommy Edwards Benny the Bull `` Sirius '' Ray Clay Jordan Rules Triangle offense Ashland Green / Pink Line Station Tex Winter The Spirit ( Michael Jordan statue ) Lore Phantom Buzzer Game The Shot Championship riots Trent Tucker Rule Disputed foul against Scottie Pippen 72 -- 10 Michael Jordan 's last shot Rivals Cleveland Cavaliers Detroit Pistons Miami Heat New York Knicks Retired numbers 10 23 33 Coach General Manager G League affiliate Windy City Bulls NBA Championships ( 6 ) 1991 1992 1993 1997 1998 Eastern Conference Championships ( 6 ) 1991 1992 1993 1997 1998 Division titles ( 9 ) 1991 1992 1993 1997 1998 2011 2012 Hall of Famers George Gervin Artis Gilmore Phil Jackson Michael Jordan Robert Parish Scottie Pippen Jerry Reinsdorf Guy Rodgers Dennis Rodman Jerry Sloan Rod Thorn Nate Thurmond Chet Walker Tex Winter Media TV WGN ( through WGN Sports ) NBC Sports Chicago CN100 Radio WSCR Announcers Neil Funk Stacey King Chuck Swirsky Bill Wennington Chicago Blackhawks Founded in 1926 Based in Chicago, Illinois Franchise Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Records Award winners Seasons Current season History Original Six Records Award winners Retired numbers Personnel Owner Wirtz Corporation ( Rocky Wirtz, chairman ) General manager Stan Bowman Head coach Joel Quenneville Team captain Jonathan Toews Current roster Arenas Chicago Coliseum Chicago Stadium United Center Rivalries Detroit Red Wings St. Louis Blues Affiliates AHL Rockford IceHogs ECHL Indy Fuel Media Broadcasters NBC Sports Chicago WGN Sports WGN Radio Hawkvision FSN Chicago Culture and lore Name and logo controversy Ashland Green / Pink Line Station `` Chelsea Dagger '' Curse of Muldoon Eddie Olczyk Gene Honda `` Here Come the Hawks '' `` Holiday Road '' Jim Cornelison The `` Madhouse on Madison '' Nancy Faust Pat Foley Sudden Death Wayne Messmer 86th Infantry Division The Dilemma 17 seconds 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series 2017 NHL Winter Classic 2019 NHL Winter Classic Chicago Sting Founded 1974 Based in Chicago Club history Chicago Sting ( 1974 -- 1984 ) Chicago Sting ( 1976 -- 1982 ) ( indoor ) Chicago Sting ( 1982 -- 1988 ) ( indoor ) Sports facilities Chicago Stadium Comiskey Park Rosemont Horizon Soldier Field Wrigley Field Culture Stanley Sting Rivalries New York Cosmos Important figures Tony Chursky Rudy Getzinger Gerry Gray Karl - Heinz Granitza Victor Kodelja John McGrane Victor Nogueira Willy Roy Lee Stern Clive Toye Bruce Wilson Other topics Related articles Honors NASL Championship ( 2 ) 1981 ( Champions ) 1984 ( Champions ) NASL Regular season ( 1 ) 1984 ( Champions ) NASL Division titles ( 4 ) 1976 ( Northern Division ) 1980 ( Central Division ) 1981 ( Central Division ) 1984 ( Eastern Division ) NASL Indoor League Championship ( 1 ) 1980 -- 81 ( Finalist ) NASL Indoor League Regular Season ( 1 ) 1980 -- 81 ( Champions ) NASL Indoor League Division ( 2 ) 1980 -- 81 ( Central Division ) 1981 -- 82 ( Central Division ) Seasons North American Soccer League ( 1966 -- 85 ) 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 North American Soccer League Indoor ( 1975 -- 84 ) 1976 1980 -- 81 1981 -- 82 1983 -- 84 Major Indoor Soccer League ( 1978 -- 92 ) 1982 -- 83 1984 -- 85 1985 -- 86 1986 -- 87 1987 -- 88 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Stadium&oldid=847796143 '' Categories : Sports venues completed in 1929 1929 establishments in Illinois Sports venues demolished in 1995 1995 disestablishments in Illinois Chicago Blackhawks arenas Chicago Bulls venues Chicago Sting sports facilities Basketball venues in Chicago Boxing venues in Chicago Indoor arenas in Chicago Wrestling venues in Chicago Professional wrestling venues in Illinois Former music venues in the United States Demolished sports venues in Illinois Former buildings and structures in Chicago Sports venues in Chicago Defunct boxing venues in the United States Defunct National Football League venues Defunct National Hockey League venues Indoor ice hockey venues in Chicago Former ice hockey venues in the United States Defunct indoor soccer venues in the United States Defunct multi-purpose stadiums in the United States Former National Basketball Association venues Basketball Association of America venues Demolished theatres in Illinois North American Soccer League ( 1968 -- 84 ) indoor venues Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2012 All articles needing additional references Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Cebuano Español Français 한국어 Italiano 日本 語 Português Simple English Suomi Svenska 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 June 2018, at 20 : 46 ( UTC ). 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