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The South Side had a prominent role in the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. Both U. S. Cellular Field(left) and Soldier Field (right) are located on the South Side.The South Side hosts two major professional athletic teams: Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox play at U.S. Cellular Field in the Armour Square neighborhood, while the National Football League's Chicago Bears play at Soldier Field, adjacent to the Museum Campus on the Near South Side. Seven other teams—three now defunct, two playing in other media markets, one playing in a Chicago suburb and one now playing in another part of Chicago—have called the South Side home. The defunct Chicago American Giants baseball club of the Negro National Leagues played at Schorling's Park from 1911 to 1940, and then at Comiskey Park until 1952. In football, the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League originally played at Normal Park but eventually moved to Comiskey Park in the late 1920s. The Cardinals left Chicago for St. Louis in 1960 and in 1988 for Phoenix, where they becmae the Arizona Cardinals. In hockey, the Chicago Cougars of the WHA played in the International Amphitheatre, located next to the Union Stock Yards, from 1972 until their demise in 1975.
Two NBA teams also briefly played on the South Side. The Chicago Packers played at the Amphitheatre in their inaugural season of 1961–62. The following season, they changed their name to the Zephyrs and played at the Chicago Coliseum on the Near South Side. The team moved to Baltimore after that season and now plays in Washington, D.C. as the Washington Wizards. Chicago's current NBA team, the Bulls, played at the Amphitheatre during their first season before moving away from the South Side to Chicago Stadium and eventually to United Center.
The Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer played at Soldier Field from 1997 until the team relocated to Bridgeview, a southwest suburb adjacent to the city, in 2006 and the defunct Chicago Sting soccer club played at Soldier Field and Comiskey Park from 1974 to 1984.
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