Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority on Monday awarded New Haven, Conn.-based architect Pelli Clarke Pelli a design contract for a DePaul University arena to be sited near McCormick Place, the city's leading convention center. The authority, which operates McCormick, will own the multi-use arena and lease it to DePaul.
Pelli Clarke Pelli also designed a new theatre school complex for DePaul that opened this fall.