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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...

A spectator takes a photo of the jumbotron during night one of the DNC, on Aug. 19, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago.

Live Updates: The DNC, protests continue on Chicago’s West side

The DePaulia Staff • August 18, 2024

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is taking shape in Chicago. The convention will be held from Monday, Aug. 19 to Thursday, Aug. 22. President Joe Biden will open the convention Monday night, followed...

United Center will be home to a new COVID-19 vaccination site, with the ability to vaccinate 6,000 people a day.

United Center to become mass vaccination site

Josephine Stratman, Focus Editor • March 7, 2021

Beginning March 10, a new COVID-19 vaccination site at the United Center will vaccinate 6,000 people a day.   More than 100,000 appointments opened this week, with more coming soon, as the site is...

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