Paul and the city of Chicago announced plans for what would become the new home for DePaul basketball. I was a senior in high school and hoped to graduate in the new arena, as the original opening season was supposed to be this academic year.
Four years later, through funding controversies, project delays and what has seemed like an entire age of waiting, we are finally on the precipice of the new era of DePaul athletics. “When the new arena opens…,” the phrase that defined the narratives of my time at DePaul, is finally just months away.
The questions surrounding the new building have been swirling ever since it was announced and have been repeated ad nauseam.