The team says Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce a deal Thursday to build a 125,000-square foot facility on the site occupied by Malcolm X College just south of the United Center on the city’s West Side. It will include two rinks and also serve as a community ice center.

Construction is expected to begin next year and be completed within two years. Malcolm X is moving to a new campus next year.

The Blackhawks have practiced the past few years at Johnny’s IceHouse West in Chicago.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago will host a ”world class” celebration for the Blackhawks in the coming days to celebrate the team’s Stanley Cup win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Emauel called the Blackhawks ”hockey’s new dynasty” in a statement released after Monday night’s 2-0 Game 6 win, which was the team’s third in the past six seasons.

The mayor says this year’s championship is even sweeter because the Blackhawks won it in front of their home fans for the first time since 1938.

Celebrations began before the final horn, as thousands of fans spilled out into the streets from bars near Wrigley Field. They may have been even wilder had rain not forced the postponement of the Cubs’ Monday night home game against the Cleveland Indians.

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