the University of Illinois, the county has a
variety of sports venues for practically any
type of event.
Hotel rooms: 3,500
Major facilities: Memorial Stadium is a
newly renovated football stadium that can
seat 70,000. State Farm Center is a 16,000-
seat multi-sport arena. The Activities and
Recreation Center is a 340,000-square-foot
facility with 12 courts for basketball, vol-
leyball, badminton and other sports.
Contact: Visit Champaign
County, www.visitchampaign
county.org.
Chicago Southland
Just minutes from downtown Chicago is
Chicago Southland, consisting of the 62
south and southwest suburbs of Chicago.
The area offers easily accessible venues
for more than 45 sports.
Hotel rooms: 6,000
Major facilities: Located on 65 acres,
Chicago Gaelic
Park offers six
fields and a
2,000-seat cham-
pionship stadium
that can host
rugby, Gaelic
sports, soccer,
lacrosse and
other field events.
Ho-Chunk Sports
Complex offers
up to 100,000
square feet of
indoor space,
including three
indoor soccer
fields, plus out-
door baseball
fields. Matteson Community Center is a
new 73,000-square-foot facility with two
indoor basketball courts, two baseball dia-
monds, a soccer field and a football field.
Opened in 2013, Midlothian Softball
Fields feature five softball diamonds.
Toyota Park is a 469,000-square-foot
venue with 20,000 seats, a regulation-
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Chicago Gaelic Park offers
six fields that can host
rugby, Gaelic sports,
soccer, lacrosse and
other field events.
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