Sunday, September 4, 2011

Travelogue-Chicago Day 1 United Center

Chicago is one of the greatest cities for professional sports ever.  The first location of mention is the United Center.  This was the home of Micheal Jordan and the Bulls.  The epic games that were played during this era and the championships that were won are the stuff of legend.  To which, a statue was dedicated to the grestest player ever

The ststue depicts Jordan soaring over the competition with arms outstretched to serve up a dunk.  This just typifies how much better Jordan was compared to all those around him.  Basketball is a team game but no mention of Pippen or Paxson is alluded nto

Engraved at the base are some of the records that he achieved during his double forays with the team. 

We can only imagine that this is what it must have looked like to have Jordan take flight over your head

United Center is west of the Willis Tower/downtown/Loop area

By the way, another sports team makes this home as well.  For those hockey fans, the Blackhawks have also won a few titles themselves.  They also have a statue dedicated to them but no one was around taking pictures of this excpet me.  They all came for Jordan and left