Allstate Arena to get $1.2 million upgrade

Rosemont's Allstate Arena will undergo some $1.2 million in renovations this summer, including updated bathrooms for patrons and comfier backstage confines for performers.

The upgrades are part of an effort to freshen up the 38-year-old, village-owned stadium, Mayor Brad Stephens said, with additional work being contemplated for the future.

The lion's share of the project is about $700,000 in improvements to the stadium's bathrooms, including tile work, new partitions, and replacement of sinks and toilets, where needed. Two back-of-house performer lounges will be upgraded for $400,000, while vestibules throughout the stadium will see $100,000 worth of concrete work and new carpeting.

Rosemont's village board inked a contract Wednesday with Degen & Rosato Rosemont LLC for the renovations, not to exceed $1,275,000.

The upgrades won't be as extensive as the $20 million renovation two decades ago that included wider seating, revamped concourse areas, a new facade and improved sightlines and acoustics, when Allstate Insurance Co. inked a naming rights agreement for what was then known as the Rosemont Horizon.

Stephens expects the latest improvements to be done by fall.