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Credit Union 1 Arena

An arena in Chicago, Illinois. It seats a stated 9,500. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.

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Stated capacity
9,500
people, as published
Opened
1982
44 years old
From ORD
24 km (15 mi)
O'Hare International Airport
From the centre
2.8 km (1.7 mi)
of Chicago

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

The building

It stands at 525 South Racine Avenue, 60607, 2.8 km (1.7 mi) from the centre of Chicago.

Credit Union 1 Arena was opened in 1982 and operated by University of Illinois Chicago, which puts it at 44 years old.

9,500 is hall scale — a full general session, or an exhibition floor with the seating cleared.

Address
525 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
Operator
University of Illinois Chicago
Owner
University of Illinois Chicago
Coordinates
41.8747, -87.6561
Classified as
arena

Access and arrival

Allow half an hour each way to O'Hare International Airport (ORD), 24 km (15 mi) away, and rather more if your first session starts during the morning peak.

The centre of Chicago is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) away, which is a taxi rather than a walk and a reason to publish an arrival map.

The published number for the venue is +1 312 413 5700.

Chicago has 231 venues mapped in total and a population of 2,721,308. The Chicago guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

The kind of event it takes

A room this size is a plenary and nothing else. Keynotes, awards and general sessions work; the breakouts, the exhibition and the catering all have to happen somewhere else, so the venue is really the anchor of a campus rather than the whole event.

  • award ceremonies

    A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.

  • festivals

    An audience of 9,500 is festival scale, not conference scale.

  • company all-hands

    One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.

The app bill, at this size

Take 950 people through the door in Credit Union 1 Arena — sized to the stated capacity of Credit Union 1 Arena. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.

activated attendees
950activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
900billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at $5 each
$4,500for the whole event, at $5 each

You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.

1,000
activated attendees at Credit Union 1 Arena, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Other rooms in Chicago

4 other venues in Chicago have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

Where these numbers come from

event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

  • Wikidata, CC0
  • OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 12 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, official website and more.

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What it costs

Free up to 50
activated attendees, on one live event
$5
per activated attendee beyond 50
$4,750
the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000

Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

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Questions people actually ask

How many people does Credit Union 1 Arena hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 9,500 for Credit Union 1 Arena. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.

Where is Credit Union 1 Arena?

525 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States. It is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) from the centre of Chicago. The nearest major airport is O'Hare International Airport (ORD), about 24 km (15 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at Credit Union 1 Arena?

950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Credit Union 1 Arena. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

Is event67 affiliated with Credit Union 1 Arena?

No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

What else is nearby if Credit Union 1 Arena is booked?

Lincoln Yards Stadium (20,000), Wintrust Arena (10,387) and Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (7,000) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 231 venues in total are mapped in Chicago.

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