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Cicero Stadium (Illinois)

Coordinates: 41°51′15.2″N 87°45′12.9″W / 41.854222°N 87.753583°W / 41.854222; -87.753583
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Cicero Stadium
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Location1909 S Laramie Ave
Cicero, Illinois, US
Coordinates41°51′15.2″N 87°45′12.9″W / 41.854222°N 87.753583°W / 41.854222; -87.753583
OwnerTown of Cicero
Capacity1,800
Tenants
Windy City Rollers (WFTDRA) (2004–2008)
Chicago Outfit Roller Derby (USARS) (2007–2020)
Chicago Red Hots (USARS) (2012–2018)

Cicero Stadium is a multipurpose arena located in Cicero, Illinois. It serves as a recreation and community center for the town. It has mainly been known for being the home of the Chicago Red Hots of USA Roller Sports from 2012 to 2018[1] and the Chicago Outfit Roller Derby from 2007 to 2020[2] and the Windy City Rollers of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association from 2004 to 2008, and the National Hellenic Invitational Basketball Tournament from the late 1940s to 1998.[3]

Notable events

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The arena has hosted many professional wrestling shows from WWNLive's PROGRESS Wrestling and Evolve Wrestling promotions as part of their coast to coast tour in 2018, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (formerly Impact Wrestling) with Emergence 2022,[4] Bound for Glory 2023,[5] and Against All Odds 2024,[6] and Major League Wrestling with Fightland 2018,[7] Saturday Night SuperFight in 2019,[8] Intimidation Games 2019,[9] Kings of Colosseum 2019, Fury Road 2024,[10] Slaughterhouse 2024,[11] and the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre co-produced shows Azteca Lucha 2024[12] and Lucha Apocalypto[13] along with shows from Chicago-based lucha libre wrestling promotion Gladiadores Azteca de Lucha Libre Internacional.

References

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  1. ^ Sandalow, Brian (May 23, 2014). "International Roller Derby Coming to Cicero" Archived July 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "Chicago Outfit Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ^ "National Hellenic Invitational Basketball Tournament history". nhibt.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ Defelice, Robert (June 24, 2022). "IMPACT Wrestling Announces August 2022 Events Emanating From Chicago". Fightful. Archived from the original on July 8, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  5. ^ Tessier, Colin (January 25, 2023). "IMPACT Bound For Glory 2023 Confirmed For Chicago, More Dates Announced". Fightful. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  6. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (April 11, 2024). "TNA Against All Odds Announced For June". 411Mania. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  7. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (November 13, 2018). "MLW FIghtland Breaks Promotional Records for Attendance and Gate". Fightful. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  8. ^ Scherer, Dave (July 8, 2019). "Full Details About MLW's Debut on PPV in November". Pro Wrestling Insider. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  9. ^ Pollock, John (March 3, 2019). "Pollock's MLW Review: Intimidation Games from Chicago". POSTWrestling. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  10. ^ Vetter, Chris (May 20, 2024). "MLW "Fury Road" results (5/18): Vetter's review of Satoshi Kojima vs. 1 Called Manders for the MLW Title, Janai Kai vs. Delmi Exo vs. Miyu Yamashita vs. Zayda for the MLW Featherweight Title, Matt Riddle vs. Sami Callihan". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  11. ^ Tessier, Colin (November 10, 2024). "MLW Slaughterhouse Announced For November 23". Fightful. Archived from the original on November 12, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  12. ^ Vetter, Chris (May 13, 2024). "MLW "Azteca Lucha" results (5/11): Vetter's review of Mistico vs. Barbaro Cavernario, Star Jr. and Fuego vs. Averno and Magnus, Matt Riddle vs. Joshua Bishop". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  13. ^ DeFelice, Robert (May 9, 2024). "MLW and CMLL Partnering to Bring 'Lucha Apocalypto' to Chicago, Illinois on 11/9/24". Fightful. Archived from the original on May 22, 2024. Retrieved April 26, 2025.