By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

The city of Chicago will be considered for a future WrestleMania, according to WWE CEO Vince McMahon.

McMahon, who was in Chicago on Wednesday to accept a Boys & Girls Club Hall of Fame induction, told Luis Gomez of the Chicago Tribune that Chicago could still host Mania despite having an outdoors football stadium in a cold-weather environment.

"I wouldn’t say Chicago is out of the running," said McMahon. "We can do colder environments. We went to (MetLife) Stadium (in New Jersey). People wear coats to football. Why won’t they wear jackets and so forth to WrestleMania? They will. Chicago will definitely be in the running in the future."

What might benefit Chicago is the successful NFL Draft held indoors and outdoors in Chicago at the end of April, which was just a few weeks after the WrestleMania time window of late March/early April.

Chicago last hosted WrestleMania 22 in April 2006 at Allstate Arena, which was the last arena-sized Mania before WWE shifted to football stadiums starting with WM23 in Detroit.

As for former WWE star C.M. Punk, McMahon was asked if he gets tired of hearing Punk's name chanted at WWE events in Chicago. "No," McMahon said. "No."

Stephanie McMahon, who accompanied Vince to the BGCA ceremony, added, "Some of the greatest fans in the world are right here in Chicago. And their chants are quite original."

[ LINK: Full Report HERE at ChicagoTribune.com ]

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