According to a story in the Chicago Sun-Times, three Chicago sports teams, the Bulls, White Sox and Blackhawks, will soon be headed to a new television home. Jeff Agrest reports the teams’ contract with current rightsholder NBC Sports Chicago will expire in October and upon expiration, or before the White Sox begin play next season, the games will move to Stadium, a multiplatform sports network.
Stadium has its offices and studio inside the United Center, and according to the report would convert into a regional sports network and look for distribution on pay-TV providers. Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf acquired a majority of Stadium last spring. He had initially been part of the project when it launched in 2017 along with Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Stadium offers live sports, mostly from college conferences. It also offers studio programming and highlight shows.
