United Center will soon open as a vaccination center with 6,000 doses per day

The United Center will soon serve as a Community Vaccination Center. This builds on 15 other state-supported mass vaccination sites already open across Illinois.

The Biden Administration is opening Community Vaccination Centers across the United States. The United Center site is one such location. It opens on March 10 with the capacity to administer 6,000 doses per day. All of it is provided directly from the federal government and not taken out of the state or city’s allotment.

Who qualifies?

Seniors have first access to appointments before the site opens. If appointments remain available after seniors have had their exclusive registration period, any remaining available slots will open to any Illinoisans eligible under the state’s guidelines. After the launch on March 10, registration will continue to be open for all Illinoisans eligible in the state’s Phase 1B+.

How do you set an appointment?

Preparations and buildout of the United Center Community Vaccination Center are currently underway. According to the governor’s office, information about where and how to make appointments will be made available in the coming days. Demand is anticipated to be high.

The United Center will be open to all Illinois residents currently eligible to be vaccinated under the state guidelines. FEMA will manage the vaccination center along with support from the Department of Defense, the state of Illinois, Cook County, and the city of Chicago.

Exciting announcement: In collaboration with our federal partners, we will be launching a new mass vaccination site at the @UnitedCenter on March 10th, which will be open to anyone in our state — beginning with seniors and shortly expanding to the full Phase 1B+ population. pic.twitter.com/oFu1TISmby

— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) February 26, 2021

“The United Center is one of the best locations for vaccinating large numbers of people in America. It’s easy to get to, is in the midst of a medically underserved community, can handle large crowds and is well known to everyone in Illinois,” said Governor JB Pritzker.

“The new United Center mass vaccination site is a game-changer for Chicago and the entire region,” said Mayor Lightfoot. “This is what Presidential leadership looks like — bold, collaborative, and science-based. With this new site, we’ll now be able to take our vaccination success to a whole new level and bring to bear the historic and inclusive recovery that is soon to come.”

This is the latest use of the facility for a unique purpose other than as a sports and concert venue. The United Center served as a polling place for the first time ever on Election Day 2020.

Vaccination Locations

The current and upcoming state-supported locations include the following:

Opens	Location	Address	Appointment	Max Daily Doses@ Full Capacity
Now Open	North Riverside Health Center	1800 S. Harlem Avenue, North Riverside IL	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	270
Now Open	Morton East School Base Clinic	2423 S. Austin Blvd, Cicero IL	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	270
Now Open	Robbins Health Center	13450 S. Kedzie Ave., Robbins IL	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	135
Now Open	Cottage Grove Health Center	1645 Cottage Grove Ave., Ford Heights IL	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	135
Now Open	Blue Island Health Center	12757 S. Western Ave., Blue Island IL	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	270
Now Open	Arlington Heights Health Center	3250 N. Arlington Heights Rd. Arlington Heights IL	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	270
Now Open	Triton College	2000 5th Ave., River Grove IL	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	540
Now Open	South Suburban College	15800 State St., South Holland IL	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	540
Now Open	Orr Building	Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield IL	http://www.SCDPH.org (217) 210-8801	1620
Now Open	Belle-Clair Fairgrounds	200 S. Belt E #2650, Belleville IL	https://www.co.st-clair.il.us/departments/health-department	1080
Now Open	Banterra Center	Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL	http://www.jchdonline.org/.	540
Now Open	Carbondale Civic Center	Carbondale IL	http://www.jchdonline.org/.	540
Now Open	Winnebago County	1321 Sandy Hollow Rd., Rockford IL	https://www.wchd.org/	1350
Now Open	Gateway Convention Center	1 Gateway Drive., Collinsville IL	https://www.co.madison.il.us/departments/health/index.php	1350
Now Open	Tinley Park	18451 Convention Center Dr.	https://vaccine.cookcountyil.gov	2,160
Mar 10	United Center	1901 W. Madison, Chicago	https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/covid19-vaccine/home.html	6000