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International Amphitheatre

The International Amphitheatre was an indoor arena located in Chicago, Illinois, that opened in 1934 and was demolished in 1999. It was located on the west side of Halsted Street, at 42nd Street, on the city's south side, in the Canaryville neighborhood, adjacent to the Union Stock Yards.

Address

4220 South Halsted Street
Chicago, Illinois 60609
United States

41°48′58″N 87°38′46″W / 41.81611°N 87.64611°W / 41.81611; -87.64611[1]

Union Stock Yard and Transit Company (until 1983)

9,000

December 1, 1934 (1934-12-01)[2]

1999

August 3, 1999 (began)

$1.5 million
($34.2 million in 2023 dollars[3])

Abraham Epstein[2][4]

(nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for President and Richard M. Nixon for Vice President; ticket won)

1952 Republican National Convention

(nominated Adlai E. Stevenson for President and John J. Sparkman for Vice President; ticket lost)

1952 Democratic National Convention

(nominated Adlai E. Stevenson for President and Estes Kefauver for Vice President; ticket lost)

1956 Democratic National Convention

(nominated Richard M. Nixon for President and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. for Vice President; ticket lost)

1960 Republican National Convention

(nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for President and Edmund S. Muskie for Vice President; ticket lost)

1968 Democratic National Convention

International Amphitheatre article in the Encyclopedia of Chicago

at WTTW

International Amphitheatre