Old Chicago Stadium Locker Room

Capitals dressing room at chicago stadium oct.

Old chicago stadium locker room.

The old chicago stadium stood on the near west side for nearly 60 years until the united center replaced it. This is a sign of what is meant when analysts refer to locker room culture. In the locker room there were no cubicles just folding chairs and nails for your clothes the wirtz family which has owned the stadium since 1934 and the blackhawks since 1954 has always been accused of being cheap. The ease everyone has in sharing camaraderie and how eager they are to cut loose are leaving it all out on the field.

The first professional football game held in the stadium was witnessed by 11 198 people on december 18 1932 when the chicago bears beat the portland spartans 9 0 for the league championship. Hockey night in canada intermission feature from the 1985 playoffs. Opened on march 28 1929 at a cost of 9 5 million chicago stadium was the largest indoor arena in the world at the time. It was the dressing room for many a visiting team during the lifetime of chicago stadium.

Detroit s olympia stadium built two years earlier was a model for the chicago stadium and had a capacity of over 15 000 people. Known as the madhouse on madison it hosted the blackhawks bulls national political conventions and even an nfl playoff game our historic chicago walking bar tour guests know that the billy goat tavern was originally right across the street.