CHICAGO - A Short Drive Around the United Center on Winter Day

The United Center in Chicago was opened in 1994. The building is 140 feet (43 m) tall and cost $175 million to build, from concrete and 3,500 tons of steel.

The United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). With a capacity of nearly 21,000, the United Center is the largest arena by capacity in the National Basketball Association, and largest arena by capacity in the United States in the National Hockey League.

The arena is home to an iconic statue of Michael Jordan built in 1994. Originally located outside the arena, it now stands inside an atrium which was added in 2017. The statue has since been joined by statues of Blackhawks legends Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, while a statue of various Blackhawks players is located across the street.

Both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Bulls play their home games at the arena with some of them on back to back nights. The hardwood floor for the Bulls games is laid over the ice that the Blackhawks play on. The flooring is assembled like a puzzle and taken apart when the Blackhawks have a game.