UIC Pavilion
UIC Pavilion
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Lonely Planet review for UIC Pavilion
The bang-’em-up sport of roller derby was born in Chicago in 1935, and it’s made a comeback in recent years thanks to the battlin’ beauties of the Windy City Rollers (www.windycityrollers.com) league. Players boast names like Sassy Squatch and Juanna Rumbel, and there is a fair amount of campy theater surrounding the bouts. But the action and the hits are real, and the players are dedicated to the derby cause. Matches take place once a month at the UIC Pavilion from late January to mid June; tickets cost $20.
