Late Wednesday evening, news broke that the Chicago Blackhawks are in line for a new practice facility, located right next door to the United Center. Thursday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz and Blackhawks president John McDonough were among those to officially announce the planned complex, and they provided some additional details.
First of all, the specs. According to tweets by CSN Chicago’s Tracey Myers, Chicago Sun Times’ Mark Lazerus and Chicago Tribune’s Chris Kuc, Emanuel indicated the facility will cost $50 million to construct and will be privately funded.