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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The parking lot of the United Center sits damp after a spring rain on Thursday, April 3, 2025. The Chicago Plan Commission approved the $7 billion expansion plan of the United Center in January.

Chicago Plan Commission approves $7 billion United Center expansion

Khadija Mujahid, Contributing Writer April 7, 2025

For years, the United Center has been surrounded by a vast stretch of asphalt. Now the Reinsdorf and Wirtz families, who respectively own the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks, hope to turn it into a mixed-use...

Commentary: Stanley Cup win brings dynasty, hope

Commentary: Stanley Cup win brings dynasty, hope

Brenden Moore June 18, 2015

As I celebrate the Stanley Cup-champion Chicago Blackhawks along with the rest of the city, I am harping on one of my favorite songs from the Beatles’ legendary album Rubber Soul, John Lennon’s...

Lucky DePaul grad and Blackhawks fan gets surprise of his life for Game 6

Lucky DePaul grad and Blackhawks fan gets surprise of his life for Game 6

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief June 18, 2015

As Jaeger Robertson celebrated his 26th birthday in the upper rows of the United Center for a February Chicago Blackhawks game against the Detroit Red Wings, the then DePaul senior and his girlfriend...

Fans cheer during the national anthem as the Chicago Blackhawks play host to the Boston Bruins in Game 2 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals at the United Center in Chicago on June 15, 2013. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Bulls and Blackhawks have fans optimistic for playoffs

Kyle Tyrrell April 26, 2015

As the mercurial weather of April arrives, the Bulls and Blackhawks both breached the playoffs again – appearances that seem to mark the arrival of spring far more reliably than the weather these past...

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