What is Chicago Stadium?
[[File:Chicago Stadium-March95.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The demolition of Chicago Stadium]] The '''Chicago Stadium''' (nicknamed the ''''Madhouse on Madison'''') was an indoor [[sports arena]] and [[theater]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. It opened in 1929,<ref>{{cite news|title=Work on Chicago's New Sports Arena|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TaVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ISIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041,3802928&dq=chicago+arena&hl=en|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|Milwaukee Journal]]|date=July 3, 1928|access-date=March 28, 2012|archive-date=April 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412133517/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TaVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ISIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041,3802928&dq=chicago+arena&hl=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> and closed in 1994. It was demolished in 1995 because the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] and [[Chicago Bulls]] moved to the [[United Center]]. [[Michael Jordan]] played his prime years and the Bulls won their first three championships while using Chicago Stadium. The Stadium hosted the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] from [[1929–30 NHL season|1929]]&ndash;[[1993-94 NHL season|1994]] and the [[Chicago Bulls]] of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] from [[1967–68 NBA season|1967]]–[[1993-94 NBA season|1994]]. The [[arena]] was the site of the first [[National Football League|NFL]] [[1932 NFL Playoff Game|playoff game]] in [[1932 NFL season|1932]]; the 1932, 1940, and 1944 [[Democratic National Convention]]s; and the 1932 and 1944 [[Republican National Convention]]s. The Chicago Blackhawks, also previously known as the Chicago Stadium Corporation, and not the Bulls, are the actual owners of both Chicago Stadium and the United Center. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://basketball.ballparks.com/NBA/ChicagoBulls/oldindex.htm Chicago Stadium's Basketball History] *[http://hockey.ballparks.com/NHL/ChicagoBlackhawks/oldindex.htm Chicago Stadium's Ice Hockey History] *[http://theatreorgans.com/BARTON A web page devoted to the