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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

Every UIC student's campus life is bookended inside this arena - convocation at the start, one of fourteen commencement ceremonies at the end. Credit Union 1 Arena at 525 South Racine Avenue on Chicago's Near West Side opened on 31 May 1982 as the UIC Pavilion, a 10-million-dollar multi-purpose arena by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill on the University of Illinois Chicago campus. Renovated in 2001 and again in 2005 with a new main lobby and concourse improvements, it seats 8,000 for basketball, 9,5...