@MWTCC You are right. The real fans are up in the 300's. I've sat on every level. People give me crazy looks down in the 100's when I'm going nuts during the anthem. I prefer the 300's. 99% of us real fans can't afford to go to as many games if we sat down in the 100's, so we stay up top. I've never paid for anything but 300's. I only go 200 or 100 when the tickets are free.
I love the UC, but I still miss The Stadium. I know that if it were still around I would be complaining about the poor condition it would be in. It did serve us well for 65 years though.
I always wondered what was more heartbreaking for Chicago sports fans to see go, the Chicago Stadium or Old Comiskey Park. At least in the case of Comiskey, the White Sox won their last game there (unlike when the Dodgers lost their last game at Ebbetts Field before they moved from Brooklyn to LA, or when the Senators lost their last game in D.C. before moving to Texas to become the Rangers) and was looking at a bright future with the new ballpark. The Hawks lost their last game at the Stadium against the Maple Leafs in the first round of the 1994 playoffs. I forgot what the Bulls did in their last Stadium game but I do remember they lost in the playoffs to the Knicks. The Hawks for many years fell into obscurity and it was only after the death of their owner "Dollar Bill Wirtz" did they come back into the spotlight and back to their winning ways. Comiskey needed to be replaced whereas the Stadium probably could have lasted a few more years before it to met its demise. One can only imagine what will happen the day that Wrigley Field meets it demise. Yes, even I, a Cub fan, or should I say "all-around baseball fan who favors the Cubs" knows that someday Wrigley Field to must be replaced. Even if they go through with all the renovations they are planning on giving the ballpark, it'll probably last no more than a good 20 years, and with the way the economy goes, it wouldn't in the least surprise me is many of the businesses around the ballpark start closing up due to the rise of taxes and the fact that even an attraction like Wrigley Field can not save many of the businesses from closing. Trust me, it's going to happen.
@ipodspartan The Organ did not make the stadium , stadium made the organ , on;ly reason that place rocked was because of marvelous Engeneering. I even doubt they can make a such an acoustical place like the stadium today .
yet now they put in a big sign that says that in the 300 level..if the rest of the place was as rowdy as the 300 level then it could be the madhouse...go hawks!
its funny u mention that because i have seen it referred to it as the madhouse on madison during these playoffs and i immedietly said hell no its not theres only one madhouse on madison
@MWTCC You are right. The real fans are up in the 300's. I've sat on every level. People give me crazy looks down in the 100's when I'm going nuts during the anthem. I prefer the 300's. 99% of us real fans can't afford to go to as many games if we sat down in the 100's, so we stay up top. I've never paid for anything but 300's. I only go 200 or 100 when the tickets are free.
I love the UC, but I still miss The Stadium. I know that if it were still around I would be complaining about the poor condition it would be in. It did serve us well for 65 years though.
Hey if only they bring the Barton organ back to chicago in the UC. Then it will be the new Madhouse on Madison.
I always wondered what was more heartbreaking for Chicago sports fans to see go, the Chicago Stadium or Old Comiskey Park. At least in the case of Comiskey, the White Sox won their last game there (unlike when the Dodgers lost their last game at Ebbetts Field before they moved from Brooklyn to LA, or when the Senators lost their last game in D.C. before moving to Texas to become the Rangers) and was looking at a bright future with the new ballpark. The Hawks lost their last game at the Stadium against the Maple Leafs in the first round of the 1994 playoffs. I forgot what the Bulls did in their last Stadium game but I do remember they lost in the playoffs to the Knicks. The Hawks for many years fell into obscurity and it was only after the death of their owner "Dollar Bill Wirtz" did they come back into the spotlight and back to their winning ways. Comiskey needed to be replaced whereas the Stadium probably could have lasted a few more years before it to met its demise. One can only imagine what will happen the day that Wrigley Field meets it demise. Yes, even I, a Cub fan, or should I say "all-around baseball fan who favors the Cubs" knows that someday Wrigley Field to must be replaced. Even if they go through with all the renovations they are planning on giving the ballpark, it'll probably last no more than a good 20 years, and with the way the economy goes, it wouldn't in the least surprise me is many of the businesses around the ballpark start closing up due to the rise of taxes and the fact that even an attraction like Wrigley Field can not save many of the businesses from closing. Trust me, it's going to happen.
You'll never hear the United Center referred to as the Madhouse on Madison, that's for sure!
it shouldn't be, but i have heard it referred to as the Madhouse. actually i think they have that inside the United Center somewhere
@sportsmedia25
After the 2010 Cup and the fan the last two seasons has brought back it can be called the Madhouse on Madison again.
@ipodspartan The Organ did not make the stadium , stadium made the organ , on;ly reason that place rocked was because of marvelous Engeneering. I even doubt they can make a such an acoustical place like the stadium today .
yet now they put in a big sign that says that in the 300 level..if the rest of the place was as rowdy as the 300 level then it could be the madhouse...go hawks!
Chicago Stadium was ten times louder than the United Center
the UC to me is "The Duece"
its funny u mention that because i have seen it referred to it as the madhouse on madison during these playoffs and i immedietly said hell no its not theres only one madhouse on madison
@sportsmedia25 haha ya sure about that?