Bulls’ Championship Banners Damaged, Removed at Ironic Time 

Damage to the Chicago Bulls’ six championship banners couldn’t have come at a more ironic time amid the franchise’s woes.
Bulls’ Championship Banners Damaged, Removed at Ironic Time 
Former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson is seen on a video screen during a Ring of Honor ceremony for the 1995–96 Bulls team, during halftime of an NBA basketball game between the Bulls and the Golden State Warriors in Chicago on Jan. 12, 2024. Paul Beaty/AP Photo
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Thirty years ago, the Chicago Bulls got the band back together when star Michael Jordan returned to the NBA in 1995, and he led the team to a second three-peat over the following three seasons.

Those three championship banners and the first set of banners all received damage during a rock concert by the bands Disturbed, Stevendust, and Three Days Grace on March 1. The pyrotechnics heated the lower part of the banners and warped them, according to the Chicago Tribune, which first reported the story. The United Center staff had the banners removed for repair.

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