Wintrust Arena at McCormick Place

Chicago, IL

Wintrust Arena at McCormick Place

This 10,000-seat events center serves DePaul University’s basketball program and features a swooping, iconic roof as its architectural centerpiece. To match the roof’s curved and complex surfaces, MKA incorporated sway frames and 60-ft-long girders to create an efficient design that reduced the number of roof-supporting trusses by two-thirds.  In addition, raker-beam framing combined with structural steel and precast concrete provided an open and inviting seating bowl and arena interior.