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Chicago Sports Chicago is the home of many professional sports teams and one of four U. S. cities to have teams from the five major American professional team sports (baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer). l The city was the official United States nominee for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Its rivals were Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro, with the International Olympic Committee selecting Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympics site in October, 2009. [1] Chicago also hosted the 1959 Pan American Games. l Chicago has been named as the Best Sports City by Sporting News three times in 1993, 2006, and 2010. l

Chicago Basketball Team l The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association is a professional basketball team. One of the team's most well-known players, Michael Jordan, led the Bulls to six NBA championships in eight seasons in the 1990 s. Other well known Bulls that helped them win the championships were Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen. The new generation of Bulls, "The Baby Bulls", have made it to the playoffs in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010. In 2007, they swept the defending champs, the Miami Heat. In 2010 they made it to the Eastern Finals losing to the Miami Heat. The players on the team include Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer, Ronnie Brewer, Kyle Korver, Brian Scalabrine, Keith Bogans, Taj Gibson, Kurt Thomas, CJ Watson, Ömer Aşık, and Joakim Noah.

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Chicago Bulls Stadium l The United Center is an indoor sports arena located in Chicago. It is named after its corporate sponsor, United Airlines. The United Center is home to both the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. The plan to build the arena was created by the late Bill Wirtz and Jerry Reinsdorf, the owners of the two sports teams. The United Center's predecessor was the indoor Chicago Stadium, the original "Madhouse on Madison", which was demolished after the newer arena opened for business on August 18, 1994. The east side of the stadium features statues of Michael Jordan (known as "The Spirit"), Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, while a statue of various Blackhawks sits to the north on Madison Street, where the Chicago Stadium was located. United Airlines pays about $1. 8 million per year until 2014 for its naming rights. [5] United merged with Continental Airlines in October 2010, retaining the latter's logo and corporate look. The stadium continued to use United's previous logo for the duration of the 201011 season. The new logo began being phased in at the start of the 2011 -12 season, including 2 new lit signs on the east and west ends of the arena below the upper level suites complimenting the "Madhouse" signs on the north and south sides.

Chicago Baseball Team l l l Chicago is one of four metro areas in the United States that has two Major League Baseball teams, the other three being Los Angeles, New York, and the San Francisco Bay Area, and is one of only two, along with New York, which has both teams in the central city. The Chicago Cubs of the National League play at Wrigley Field, which is located in the north side neighborhood of Lakeview, the western part of which is commonly referred to as "Wrigleyville. " The Cubs are the oldest team to play continuously in the same city since the formation of the National League in 1876. The Chicago White Sox of the American League play at US Cellular Field, which is located in the South Side neighborhood of Armour Square. They have played in Chicago since the formation of the American League in 1900.

Chicago Cubs Stadium l l l Wrigley Field (pronounced /ˈrɪɡli/) is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales. It was called Cubs Park between 1920 and 1926 before being renamed for then Cubs team owner and chewing gum magnate, William Wrigley, Jr. . Between 1921 and 1970, it was also the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. In addition, it hosted the second annual National Hockey League Winter Classic on January 1, 2009. Located in the community area of Lakeview, Wrigley Field sits on an irregular block bounded by Clark (west)) and Addison (south) Streets and Waveland (north)) and Sheffield (east)) Avenues. The area surrounding the ballpark contains residential streets, in addition to bars, restaurants and other establishments and is called Wrigleyville. The ballpark's mailing address is 1060 W. Addison Street. Wrigley Field is nicknamed The Friendly Confines, a phrase popularized by "Mr. . Cub", Hall of Famer Ernie Banks. The current capacity is 41, 160, making Wrigley Field the 10 thsmallest actively used ballpark. It is the oldest National League ballpark and the second oldest active major league ballpark (after Fenway Park on April 20, 1912), and the only remaining Federal League park. Wrigley is known for its ivy covered brick outfield wall, the unusual wind patterns off Lake Michigan, the iconic red marquee over the main entrance, the hand turned scoreboard, and for being the last major league park to get lights.