Arlington Heights, Illinois

Arlington Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. A northwestern suburb of Chicago, it lies about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the city's downtown.^[2] As of the 2020 census, the village's population was 77,676, making it the 15th-most populous municipality in Illinois.^[3]

Arlington Heights, Illinois

United States

Illinois

Cook, Lake

Wheeling, Elk Grove, Palatine, Vernon

1887

Council–manager

Thomas Hayes

16.64 sq mi (43.09 km²)

16.61 sq mi (43.01 km²)

0.03 sq mi (0.08 km²)

702 ft (214 m)

77,676

4,677.87/sq mi (1,806.10/km²)

Central

60004, 60005, and 60006 (PO boxes)

847 and 224

02154

17-02154

www.vah.com

Arlington Heights is known for the former Arlington Park Race Track, home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying event; it also hosted the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in 2002. The village is also home to the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, which has one of the largest collections of books in the state.

Arts and culture[edit]

Entertainment venues[edit]

From 1964 to 1970, Arlington Heights served as the home to The Cellar. The club was located in an unused warehouse on Davis Street, along the Chicago and Northwestern railroad tracks. Founded by local record store owner Paul Sampson, The Cellar offered live rock and blues bands for its mostly teenage audience to listen and to dance. It hosted a wealth of regional bands and repeat performers, such as The Shadows of Knight, The Mauds, H. P. Lovecraft, and Ted Nugent. It also hosted a significant array of national and international rock bands as well, including The Who, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Cream, and The Spencer Davis Group.^[23]

Entertainment venues include the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in downtown Arlington Heights, which opened in 1999. The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre includes live entertainment as well as arts education. The facility includes a 350-seat theatre, ballroom and classrooms for music and theatre. Music venue Hey Nonny opened in 2018.

The Daily Herald, the major locally owned and operated newspaper for Arlington Heights and many other Chicago suburbs

Journal & Topics, covering Arlington Heights, , Palatine, Rolling Meadows, and Wheeling.

Buffalo Grove

The Correspondent, student newspaper of .^[30]

John Hersey High School

Police Department[edit]

The Arlington Heights Police Department has employed exactly 139 people since 2012. In 2021, 86 of those employees are officers. The 2021 budget of the Arlington Heights Police Department is $28,013,100. This a slight decrease from the biggest of $28,220,179 in 2020.^[34]

(1986) (many scenes filmed at the former Arlington High School including the former Grace Gym and Foyer)^[35]

Lucas

(high school scenes filmed at John Hersey High School)^[36]

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)

(2008)^[37]

The Lucky Ones

(1996)^[38]

Normal Life

(2003)^[39]

Uncle Nino

Bernadette (2018)

[40]

The Founder

The following movies were partially filmed in Arlington Heights:

(1977 Housing discrimination Supreme Court case)

Arlington Heights, Illinois