Details Of DePaul Arena Plan To Be Unveiled At Meeting Tonight

By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 14, 2014 9:30PM

An artists rendering of the proposed DePaul University arena near McCormick Place. (Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects)

People who question the proposed McCormick Place expansion that includes an indoor arena to be used for DePaul University’s men’s basketball team may want to make plans to attend tonight’s meeting of the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance at Second Presbyterian Church, where the details of said plan will be revealed and discussed.

If you didn’t know about the meeting that may partially be by design. The PDNA didn’t alert media to the meeting until 8:45 a.m. Monday. The agenda includes discussion on the arena and the 1,200 room hotel that’s also a major part of the expansion plan, as well as the proposed moving of the historic Harriet F. Rees House. So there’s a lot to discuss tonight.

Second Presbyterian Church is located at 1936 S. Michigan Ave.