Welsh–Ryan Arena
Welsh–Ryan Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Evanston, Illinois, United States, near the campus of Northwestern University. It is home to four Northwestern Wildcats athletic teams: men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball, and wrestling.- Type: Stadium
- Description: basketball venue on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
- Also known as: “McGaw Memorial Hall” and “Welsh-Ryan Arena”
- Address: 2705 Ashland Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ryan Field and Catherine Waugh McCulloch Park.
Ryan Field
Photo: Greenstrat, Public domain.
Ryan Field was a football stadium in the central United States, located in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago near the campus of Northwestern University. Ryan Field is situated 570 feet south of Welsh–Ryan Arena.
Central Street/Evanston station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Central Street/Evanston is the northernmost of the three commuter railroad stations in Evanston, Illinois. It is an elevated station at Green Bay Road and Central Street, surrounded by a neighborhood of stores, restaurants and multi-story apartment buildings. Central Street/Evanston station is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Welsh–Ryan Arena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilmette and Central Street.
Wilmette
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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.
Central Street
Neighborhood
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Central Street is the principal east-west artery in the far north of Evanston, Illinois and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago.
Kenilworth
Village
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Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514. Kenilworth is situated 2 miles northwest of Welsh–Ryan Arena.
Welsh–Ryan Arena
- Categories: basketball venue, university building, basketball, building, recreation area, sports location, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Evanston, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.06697° or 42° 4′ 1″ northLongitude
-87.69244° or 87° 41′ 33″ westOpen location code
86JJ3885+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 42708318OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadiumOpenStreetMap feature
sport=basketballWikidata ID
Q7981834
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Welsh–Ryan Arena” goes by many names.
- French: “Welsh–Ryan Arena”
- German: “Welsh–Ryan Arena”
- Portuguese: “Arena Welsh–Ryan”
- Spanish: “Welsh–Ryan Arena”
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Highlights include Trienens Performance Center and Sharon J. Drysdale Field.
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