In a major development, the Vegas Golden Knights have reached an agreement to purchase the San Antonio Rampage AHL franchise membership and will apply to move the team to the Las Vegas area. The purchase and move is pending approval of the AHL Board of Governors. (more…)
After much anticipation, DePaul University and Chicago officials unveiled the brand new Wintrust Arena over the weekend. (more…)
To say that the arena situation in Chicago is in flux is an understatement: Wintrust Arena opens this fall as the home of the DePaul Blue Demons, moving from Allstate Arena. The move requires a whole new approach to ticket and event sales for DePaul and its partner, SMG. (more…)
As DePaul University gets closer to the opening of its new arena, the university says that it wants to have a naming rights agreement in place sooner rather than later. (more…)
When the 2017-2018 NCAA Division I basketball season arrives, the DePaul Blue Demons will find themselves in a brand new arena in Near South Side Chicago. (more…)
After settling on the design of a proposed new DePaul University arena at McCormick Place, a developer is working on additional investments that could yield housing, hotel and retail spaces. (more…)
DePaul athletic-department officials have a big decision to make: whether to build a $150-million arena for the Blue Demons or to take up residence at the United Center. (more…)
A potential Louisiana-based ownership group for the New Orleans Hornets is emerging, as locals work to keep the NBA franchise in New Orleans Arena despite interest from other cities. The group could include local attoney Morris Bart and current minority owner Gary Chouest, who now says he could up his stake in the team from […]
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says there’s no way state services will be cut in order to increase state subsidies for the New Orleans Hornets (NBA) and argues the best way to keep the team is for fans to show up so the team can’t leave its lease for three years. Jindal, a Republican politician with […]
NBA Commissioner David Stern made it official today: the NBA will indeed move ahead with a purchase of the New Orleans Hornets from George Shinn and Gary Chouest, giving the league power over where the team ends up. No word on what the NBA is paying (though Stern did say the franchise is worth $300 […]
Pro hockey returns to Hoffman Estates’ Sears Centre in 2011, as a new ECHL franchise will set up shop in a place where hockey can work. The ECHL announced on Thursday that the Board of Governors has approved the Expansion Membership application of Chicago for admission to the ECHL. Chicago is scheduled to begin play […]
