Editing McCormick Place (section)

==Additions==
The North Building, located west of [[Lake Shore Drive]] and completed in 1986, is connected to the East Building by an enclosed pedestrian bridge. In contrast to the dark, flat profile of the East Building, the North Building is white (as the original building was), with twelve concrete pylons on the roof which support the roof using 72 cables. The [[HVAC]] system for the building is incorporated into the pylons and give the building the appearance of a rigged sailing ship. The North Building has approximately {{convert|600000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of main exhibition space.

The South Building, dedicated on December 12th, 1996, and designed by [[tvsdesign]], contains more than {{convert|1|e6sqft|m2|abbr=unit}} of exhibition space.  It more than doubled the space in the complex and made McCormick Place the largest convention center in the nation. The South Building was built on the former site of the McCormick Inn, a 25-story, 619-room hotel built in 1973 as part of the McCormick City complex and demolished in 1993 when ground was broken for the South Building.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://forgottenchicago.com/features/chicagos-shoreline-motels-south/| title=Chicago's Shoreline Motels – South| website=Forgotten Chicago| last=Steffes| first=Patrick| date=June 30, 2013| access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.epsteinglobal.com/whats-new/2015/throwback-thursday-mccormick-inn| title=Throwback Thursday – McCormick Inn| date=January 22, 2015| website=EpsteinGlobal.com| access-date=2018-08-02}}</ref>{{Stack|
[[File:McCormick Place West Building View 27Nov07.JPG|thumb|right|McCormick Square flanked by the West Building (left) and Hyatt Regency Hotel]]
[[File:McCormick Place Grand Concourse 27Nov07.JPG|thumb|right|Grand concourse looking west in 2007]]
}}On August 2, 2007, McCormick Place officials opened yet another addition to the complex, the West Building, also designed by [[tvsdesign]] and costing $882 million and completed eight months ahead of schedule. The publicly financed West Building contains {{convert|470000|sqft}} of exhibit space, bringing McCormick Place's total existing exhibition space to {{convert|2.67|e6sqft|m2}}. The West Building also has {{convert|250000|sqft}} of meeting space, including 61 meeting rooms, as well as a {{convert|100000|sqft}} [[ballroom]], the size of a [[American football|football]] field and one of the largest ballrooms in the world.

McCormick Place continued to expand in October 2017 with the opening of [[Wintrust Arena]], a 10,387-seat arena situated on Cermak Road just north of the West Building. The new facility hosts [[DePaul University|DePaul Blue Demons]] [[DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball|men's]] and [[DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball|women's]] [[college basketball]], and the [[WNBA]]'s [[Chicago Sky]]. The new arena boasts 22 suites, 479 club seats, and 2 VIP lounges. The arena is also equipped to host concerts, sporting events, meetings, and conventions in conjunction with the rest of the McCormick Place complex.<ref name="ArenaDigest.com">{{cite web |url=https://arenadigest.com/2016/11/17/new-for-2017-18-wintrust-arena/ |title=New for 2017-18: Wintrust Arena |publisher=ArenaDigest.com |date=November 17, 2016 |access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref> Sporting events such as gymnastics and volleyball are also held in the McCormick Place buildings in addition to the arena.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mccormickplace.com/events.php| title=Events| website=McCormick Place| date=March 14, 2018| access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref>

Archival materials are held by the [[Ryerson & Burnham|Ryerson & Burnham Libraries]] at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. The McCormick Place on the Lake 1971 Collection includes photographs, drawings and project files documenting its construction.

South of the center is McCormick Place Bird Sanctuary, created in 2003.<ref name="CCBS">{{cite web| url=http://www.choosechicago.com/articles/view/BIRD-SANCTUARIES/330/| title=Bird Sanctuaries – Things to See & Do| website=Choose Chicago| access-date=May 16, 2014}}</ref> The northern end includes a recreated prairie, covering the roof of the center's underground carpark, and so requiring the use of shallow-rooted plants.<ref name="CCBS" />