Allstate Arena
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The Allstate Arena is a sports stadium in Rosemont, Illinois, which is home to the Chicago Wolves hockey club, DePaul University men's basketball, and the Chicago Rush arena football team. The stadium was originally named the Rosemont Horizon and was built in 1979. The Allstate Insurance company paid $20 million to renovate the arena in 1999. In addition to the sports events, many concerts are also held at the arena each year. Capacity for basketball is 17,500 and for hockey and football is 16,000. The building was supposed to be the home of the World Hockey Association Chicago Cougars, however, the franchise folded in 1975, four years before the arena was completed.
The arena hosted World Wrestling Entertainment's WrestleMania 2 and 13 and is slated to host WrestleMania 22 in 2006.
Disaster
On August 13, 1979, the uncompleted roof of the Rosemont Horizon collapsed, killing five construction workers and injuring at least a dozen more. The roof, a wooden structure to insulate against noise from nearby O'Hare International Airport, was not properly constructed, and as the final beams were being put into place, a strong breeze blew the entire structure down. The roof was later rebuilt, to specifications and by a different contractor, and the stadium was completed. An urban legend within the village holds that the arena is haunted by ghosts from this tragedy.
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