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42-727: The arena is home to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL) and has served as the home arena for a number of other professional and collegiate teams, most notably the DePaul Blue Demons from 1980 through 2017. The Village of Rosemont issued $ 19 million in bonds to finance the cost of the arena with exclusive contracts with Araserv, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , and MFG International. On August 13, 1979,

84-694: A 2018 Holiday Tour Live Event, all held at the United Center . When the arena was known as Rosemont Horizon, the venue hosted American Wrestling Association (AWA) events in the Chicago area during the 1980s, replacing the International Amphitheatre . It was also the standard venue for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) events in the Chicago area during the mid-1990s, replacing the UIC Pavilion . WCW held Spring Stampede at

126-800: A professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) and are affiliated with the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois , and are owned by Chicago business owners Don Levin and Buddy Meyers. Originally a member of the International Hockey League , the Wolves joined

168-527: A renovated Alumni Gym on their campus. During the 2012–13 NHL lockout , Allstate Arena was the site of the Champs for Charity Hockey Game where current and former Chicago Blackhawks hosted fellow NHL players in front of 10,000+ fans. DePaul left the arena after the 2016–17 season for the new Wintrust Arena in Chicago , leaving the arena without a permanent college basketball tenant, although Northwestern University moved its men's home basketball games to

210-644: A wild-card matchup, with the American Conference's #6 seed, the Colorado Crush . Unfortunately for the Brigade, they were plagued by injuries and the Crush won 49–42, despite Colorado coming into the game with a four-game losing streak. The 2008 season saw the longest field goal in franchise history (58 yards by Peter Martinez). Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter was named

252-517: Is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Wolves. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Chicago Wolves seasons Updated November 27, 2024. The following players have played both 100 games for the Wolves and 100 games in the National Hockey League : Kansas City Brigade The Kansas City Command (formerly the Kansas City Brigade ) were a professional arena football team that played in

294-420: Is the school's all-time winningest coach. Allstate Arena has been the home of the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League since they were inaugurated in 1994. Allstate Arena was the home of DePaul University men's basketball team until the end of the 2016–17 season . The Blue Demons previously played on campus at Alumni Hall . That gym has since been replaced with McGrath-Phillips Arena , home to

336-585: Is where the monster truck racing track style known as "Chicago-style" was created. The Chicago Sky of the WNBA announced on August 17, 2009, that the team reached a multi-year lease with the arena. In 1989, Loyola Ramblers men's basketball became tenants of the arena, moving from the International Amphitheatre . The team played its home games at the Rosemont Horizon during their 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, and 1993–94 seasons before moving to

378-746: The 2007–08 season , winning 13 of the first 14 games, with an overtime loss. The Wolves finished the season with 111 points, and first in the Western Conference. The Wolves were the AHL affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers from 2001 to 2011. The Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in June 2011 and added the St. John's IceCaps (formerly the Manitoba Moose ) as their new AHL affiliate, leaving

420-494: The 2008–09 season after Bill Wirtz died and his son Rocky took over the team, reversing many of his father's policies, one of which allowed the Blackhawks' games to be aired locally on TV. Since 2008, Jason Shaver has handled the play-by-play duties for the Wolves, along with Gardner. Today, select regular-season home games are broadcast on WPWR-TV (My50), and WMEU-CD (The U), and all games are streamed on AHLTV. This

462-677: The Arena Football League (AFL). The team was founded before the 2006 season. Former Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Kevin Porter served as head coach. The team's new head coach in 2011 was Danton Barto . The team played at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri and later moved to the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City for the 2008 AFL season. The team was owned by a Kansas City local, Chris Likens. One of

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504-549: The COVID-19 pandemic (WrestleMania 36 was initially set to be held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida ; the stadium hosted WrestleMania 37 instead). Due to the event's rapid growth in popularity, since WrestleMania 23 at Detroit 's Ford Field , the annual event, recognized by WWE as "The Grandest Stage of Them All", has been held in larger venues; primarily football stadiums. Since 2006, WrestleMania has not returned to

546-816: The Kansas City Brigade . After the AFL restructured in 2009, the Rush returned to the Arena Football League. On October 25, 2008, the Allstate Arena hosted UFC 90 , the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event in the state of Illinois . The Professional Bull Riders brought their Built Ford Tough Series tour for events in 2006 and 2008. As of 2018, the tour has held the Chicago Invitational event here every year since 2010. PBR plans to continue this event in Chicago in 2019. The arena

588-747: The Nashville Predators for the 2020–21 season as the Predators' affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals , opted out of the COVID-19 pandemic -shortened season. For the 2020–21 season, the teams' home games were at their training facility at the Triphahn Center in Hoffman Estates due to arena restrictions for fans during the pandemic. During the 2023–24 season , the Wolves played as independent AHL team, becoming

630-524: The starter on June 3, 2008. Carter lost all three of his starts. Quarterback D. Bryant was named to the AFL's 2008 All-Rookie Team. The Brigade suspended football operations following the 2008 season. Kansas City returned for the 2011 AFL season and was renamed the Kansas City Command. The logo and color scheme remained the same and home games were still played at the Sprint Center in the heart of Kansas City. The Command went 0–3 to start

672-585: The AHL after the IHL folded in 2001. The Wolves won the Turner Cup twice (1998, 2000) in the IHL and the Calder Cup thrice (2002, 2008, and 2022). The Wolves qualified for all but five postseasons (2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13, and 2015–16 seasons), appearing in eight league championship finals (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2019 and 2022) in their 22-year history. The team's most notable player

714-455: The Bank ( 2011 and 2018 ), three editions of Payback ( 2013 , 2014 and 2016 ), the two editions of NXT TakeOver: Chicago ( 2017 , 2018 ), NXT TakeOver: WarGames (2019) and Hell in a Cell 2022 . As of 2024, there have only been three instances where WWE has hosted an event in Chicago outside the Allstate Arena; that being SummerSlam 1994 , a WWE Road To WrestleMania (34) Live Event, and

756-703: The Blues creating the Utica Comets . In November 2016, it was first reported the Blues would not renew their affiliation with the Wolves and were planning to move their affiliation to Kansas City for 2017. However, this was unconfirmed and then denied by the announced potential owner in Kansas City, Lamar Hunt Jr. , in a press release from his ECHL team in the area, the Missouri Mavericks , and further denied by AHL commissioner, David Andrews, after

798-521: The Chicago area, as the city has presumably failed to provide a large enough venue for the event; the largest currently being Soldier Field , the smallest NFL stadium. The venue has also hosted The Wrestling Classic in 1985, three editions of Survivor Series ( 1989 , 2019 , and 2023 ), No Mercy 2007 , Night of Champions 2010 , two editions of Judgment Day ( 1998 and 2009 ), two editions of Extreme Rules ( 2012 and 2015 ), two editions of Backlash ( 2001 and 2017 ), two editions of Money in

840-578: The January 2017 Board of Governors meeting. After the 2016–17 season, the Wolves became the first affiliate of the NHL's expansion team, the Vegas Golden Knights . The Blues did not re-sign with the Wolves to be their primary NHL affiliate for the 2017–18 season . However, Blues' general manager Doug Armstrong confirmed they would still send prospects to the Wolves for that season. During

882-531: The Wolves and the NHL's Vancouver Canucks to find new affiliates. On June 27, 2011, the Wolves and Canucks agreed to a two–year affiliation agreement. On April 23, 2013, the Wolves and St. Louis Blues reached a three-year affiliation agreement. The deal was struck after the Canucks and Wolves decided not to renew their existing affiliation agreement and purchased the Peoria Rivermen franchise from

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924-411: The Wolves took advantage of this, going so far as to promote themselves with the slogan "We Play Hockey The Old-Fashioned Way: We Actually Win ". After Judd Sirott served as the team's play-by-play announcer for its first 12 seasons, starting in the 2006–07 season broadcast announcers were long-time Blackhawks commentators Pat Foley and Bill Gardner ; Foley ultimately returned to the Blackhawks for

966-1046: The arena in April 1994, as well as an episode of WCW Monday Nitro in October 1995. However, it would later switch to using the United Center for its shows in the region. The arena has been the site of many concerts, including by The Rolling Stones , The Who , Bon Jovi , Van Halen , Prince , Whitney Houston , Michael Jackson , The Cure , Mariah Carey , U2 , Bruce Springsteen , Madonna , Elton John , Janet Jackson , BTS , Ateez , Blackpink , Taylor Swift , Ariana Grande , Scorpions , AC/DC , Tina Turner , Metallica , Andrea Bocelli , Green Day , Grateful Dead , Phish , My Chemical Romance , Marilyn Manson , Nine Inch Nails , Ricky Martin , Lorde , Foo Fighters , R.E.M. , Justin Bieber , Queen , Rauw Alejandro , IU , Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Kylie Minogue . Styx recorded their reunion live album Return To Paradise at

1008-563: The arena on September 21, 1996. Gabriel Iglesias ' Netflix special, I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry , was filmed at the arena in 2016. On December 29, 2002, rock band Creed were set to perform on tour promoting their album Weathered . Lead singer Scott Stapp (who had endured a widely publicized addiction to alcohol) arrived to the performance too intoxicated to enunciate any lyrics. The band performed three songs before Stapp's incoherent behavior began to noticeably affect their ability to perform. Four concertgoers sued Stapp and

1050-635: The arena temporarily for the 2017–18 season before returning to its on-campus home at Welsh–Ryan Arena in Evanston , after a full-academic-year renovation of that facility. The Allstate Arena is the standard venue for WWE events in Chicago. For decades, WWE's most prominent figures have appeared at this venue. These include Hulk Hogan , Bret Hart , Ric Flair , The Rock , Steve Austin , John Cena , Triple H , Roman Reigns , and Chicago native CM Punk . Since 1986, WWE has held numerous pay-per-view , non-televised , NXT , Raw , and SmackDown shows in

1092-583: The arena. Allstate Arena is also one of two venues (the other being Madison Square Garden ) to host WrestleMania three times: namely the second segment of WrestleMania 2 in 1986, WrestleMania 13 in 1997, and WrestleMania 22 in 2006. WrestleMania 22 is also notable for being the last WrestleMania to date to be held in a smaller arena, until WrestleMania 36 , which was held at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida , in response to

1134-472: The band for failing to complete their performance, though this lawsuit was ultimately dismissed, and many criticized Stapp for his behavior throughout the incident. Creed later issued an apology on Stapp's behalf. On November 4, 1984, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush held a campaign rally in the Horizon, two days before the 1984 presidential election . Chicago Wolves The Chicago Wolves are

1176-706: The end of the 2006 season, the Brigade finished with a record of 3–13, placing them fifth in the National Conference Southern Division. With the New Orleans VooDoo returning to the league's National Conference Southern in 2007, the Brigade switched conferences and divisions, as they moved to the American Conference Central . On March 4, 2007, in their home opener, the Brigade defeated the defending Arena Bowl champion Chicago Rush 54–41. The game

1218-514: The first independent AHL team since the 1994–95 season . On May 2, 2024, the team renewed its affiliation with the Carolina Hurricanes for a three-year term beginning with the 2024–25 season. The Wolves once were the only AHL team with a full television package. As the Chicago Blackhawks ' late owner Bill Wirtz had refused to allow Blackhawks home games to be televised locally, the Wolves were viewed and embraced as an alternative;

1260-608: The first season of their affiliation with Vegas, the Wolves set a pair of franchise records in earning points in 14 straight games from December 9 to January 6 and 13 consecutive home wins from December 6 to February 15. In the 2018–19 season , the Wolves made the Calder Cup Finals, in which they lost to the Charlotte Checkers in five games. During the 2019–20 season , the Golden Knights stated it

1302-412: The first songs, he fell asleep onstage for a few minutes and the show ended early. This performance led four concertgoers to sue the band for over $ 2 million, and contributed to Creed's breakup. On December 14, 2003, the floor at the Allstate Arena was named "Ray and Marge Meyer Court" in honor of Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Meyer and his wife. Meyer coached DePaul's men's team for 42 seasons and

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1344-624: The first three games of their inaugural season, the Brigade finally had their first victory 45–24 at home against the Columbus Destroyers . On April 9, 2006, after losing six-straight games, the Brigade finally managed their second win, defeating the Los Angeles Avengers 62–45 at home. On April 22, 2006, the Brigade recorded their first road win in franchise history against the Nashville Kats , winning 58–52. By

1386-600: The league began in 1987. The Bruisers played from 1987 to 1989, and hosted ArenaBowl II in Rosemont, losing to the Detroit Drive, 24–13. In 2001, Arena Football returned to the arena with the Chicago Rush . The Rush increased its home attendance each year from 2001 to 2008, and from 2004 to 2008 averaged between 14,000 and 16,000 fans per game. The Rush's highest home attendance is 16,391 on June 23, 2007, against

1428-531: The most notable co-owners is former Kansas City Chiefs star Neil Smith . Captain Max Runway was named the mascot of the team in June 2007. After the announcement that the New Orleans VooDoo would suspend operations for the 2006 AFL season due to Hurricane Katrina , the AFL awarded an expansion franchise to Kansas City, containing most of the VooDoo's players. On November 21, 2005, the AFL announced that

1470-507: The stage during the opening of the show. The Rosemont Horizon was featured in many music videos, including the 1985 music video " Big City Nights " by Scorpions . Insurance company Allstate signed a 10-year contract worth more than $ 10 million on June 9, 1999, to acquire naming rights to the arena and renovate it. On December 29, 2002, Creed gave a concert at the arena with lead singer Scott Stapp obnoxiously high and drunk. After barely performing and mumbling incoherently through

1512-625: The team would be called the Kansas City Brigade. A stealth bomber, modeled after the B-2 Spirits stationed at nearby Whiteman Air Force Base , would represent the team for its logo. Kevin Porter was named the team's first head coach. They would be placed in the National Conference Southern Division , where they would take New Orleans' spot for the year. On February 19, 2006, after losing

1554-510: The uncompleted roof of the Rosemont Horizon collapsed, killing five construction workers and injuring 16 others. The collapse was featured in the "Engineering Disasters" episode of Modern Marvels , first broadcast by The History Channel on April 20, 2006. One distinctive feature of the Allstate Arena is its timber roof, designed to muffle the sounds of any passing aircraft descending into and taking off from nearby O'Hare International Airport . The facility, originally named Rosemont Horizon,

1596-590: The women's basketball program through that team's 2016–17 season . The building hosted the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament three times: the 1987 and 1993 Midwest Regional first and second-round games, and the 2005 Chicago Regional Finals. The Arena Football League also has a long history with Allstate Arena. The Horizon hosted an arena football test game in 1987 and the Chicago Bruisers were an original Arena Football League team when

1638-420: Was broadcast nationally on ABC . The win marked the first time in franchise history that the Brigade were above .500 for the season. On June 8, the Brigade clinched their first-ever playoff berth with a 47–34 victory over the Columbus Destroyers . The Brigade finished the regular season with a 10–6 record. While earning the American Conference's #3 seed, the Brigade hosted their first playoff game on June 30,

1680-413: Was forward Steve Maltais , who until his retirement after the 2004–05 season had played every season of the franchise and holds most of its scoring records. Other notable players include goaltender Wendell Young , ex- Pittsburgh star Rob Brown and long time Chicago Blackhawks stars Troy Murray , Chris Chelios and Al Secord . The Wolves had their best season start in their 14-year history, during

1722-604: Was intended to be the home of the Chicago Horizons of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) and was home of the 1980–1981 season but the franchise folded in 1982. It was also intended to be the home of the WHA 's Chicago Cougars , but the team folded in 1975, three years before the arena broke ground. The first concert held at the Horizon was Fleetwood Mac on May 15, 1980, as they cut a red ribbon on

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1764-634: Was looking to own and operate its own AHL team in the Las Vegas region in 2020–21, but it would not be the Wolves. The Golden Knights agreed to purchase the San Antonio Rampage franchise and move it to the Las Vegas area as the Henderson Silver Knights . On September 10, 2020, the Wolves announced an affiliation agreement with the Carolina Hurricanes . In addition, the Wolves added a temporary secondary NHL affiliate in

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