Editing Chicago Bulls (section)

===Circus trip===
The Bulls and their arena mates, the [[Chicago Blackhawks]], shared an odd tradition dating to the opening of Chicago Stadium. Every fall, [[Feld Entertainment]]'s now-defunct [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] came to Chicago on its nationwide tour. Since it used large indoor venues rather than tents, it took over the United Center for its entire run and the Bulls were forced, along with the Blackhawks, to take an extended road trip that lasted about two weeks. Initially local newspapers and television and radio sportscasters, and later national programs like ''[[SportsCenter]]'', referred to this fortnight-long local hiatus as "the circus trip".<ref>K.C. Johnson. "No clowning around: A win". ''Chicago Tribune''. November 25, 2004. 1.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-071114hawksgamer,0,2422486.story |title=Blackhawks' circus trip starts with thud |last1=Kuc |first1=Chris |date=November 14, 2007 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=November 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112095555/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-071114hawksgamer,0,2422486.story |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Blackhawks chairman [[Rocky Wirtz]], who co-owns the United Center with Bulls chairman [[Jerry Reinsdorf]], let the contract lapse after the circus' 2016 run, and condensed the formerly two-week local run of Feld's [[Disney on Ice]] to a week-long period effective February 2018.<ref>Chris Kuc. "Say goodbye to the circus trip: Scheduling quirk to end for Blackhawks, Bulls". ''Chicago Tribune''. November 14, 2016. 1.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-circus-ice-show-trips-end-20161114-story.html |title=Say goodbye to the circus trip: Scheduling quirk to end for Blackhawks, Bulls |last1=Kuc |first1=Chris |date=November 14, 2016 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126230555/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-circus-ice-show-trips-end-20161114-story.html |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The circus itself would be discontinued in 2017.