jcgilchrist

It is now the home of REI and other retailers. The store is a flagship store with a cafe and other amenities. During construction of the store there were elements of the Uline arena that were kept to help preserve the history of the building. You can still see some of the seating that was kept and mounted to the wall as well as some of the old posters that were up are still on the support beams. REI also worked with their music provider to create a station that included a lot of songs from artists that had played at the arena. I think that this is a better use of the building than a parking garage full of graffiti and also still preserves some of the history of the building. Still definitely worth checking out while in the area.