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The privately-owned arena is 960,000 square feet big and is located on a 46 acre parcel west of the Chicago Loop . The arena claims to be the largest in the United States (in physical size, not in capacity; the arena seats 20,500 for hockey, 21,711 for basketball and up to 23,500 for Concerts ), and hosts over 200 events per year, drawing over 20 million visitors since its grand opening. In addition to approximately 100 Bulls/Blackhawks games each year, the United Center has hosted other sporting events such as University Of Illinois Basketball , the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament (hosted six times with a seventh scheduled for 2007), and the Great Eight Classic. Musical acts appearing at the United Center have included The Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Smashing Pumpkins , The Rolling Stones , Eric Clapton , Bruce Springsteen , Paul McCartney , U2 , The Who , Madonna , Van Halen , Aerosmith , Bon Jovi , and The Three Tenors . The United Center has also provided a Chicago home for the Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus and Disney On Ice . The United Center was also the site of WWE Summerslam 1994 , and the 1996 Democratic National Convention . It also hosted the last WCW Spring Stampede in 2000. EXTERNAL LINK |
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