Family Arena
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| Family Arena | |
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| Location | St. Charles, Missouri |
| Opened | October 1999 |
| Owner | |
| Tenants | |
| Missouri River Otters (UHL) (1999 – 2006) River City Rage (IPFL) (2001) River City Rage (NIFL) (2002 – 2005) St. Louis Steamers (WISL, MISL II) (2000 – 2001; 2003 – 2004) River City Rage (UIF) (2007—) |
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| Capacity | |
| Hockey: 9,643 Football: 9,755 Basketball: 10,467 Half-house concerts: 6,339 Eend-stage concerts: up to 11,522 |
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| Dimensions | |
| Arena floor: 17,900 square feet Upper concourse area: 22,000 square feet |
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The Family Arena is a multi-purpose arena in St. Charles, Missouri, built in 1999. The arena seats 9,643 for hockey, 9,755 for football, 10,467 for basketball, 6,339 for half-house concerts and up to 11,522 for end-stage concerts. In addition to sporting events, concerts, circuses and ice shows the arena is also used for trade shows with a total of 39,900 square feet of exhibit space (17,900 square feet on the arena floor and 22,000 square feet on the arena concourse).
It was formerly the home of the Missouri River Otters ice hockey team, the River City Rage indoor football team, the St. Louis Swarm basketball team, and the St. Louis Steamers indoor soccer team. Currently, several youth hockey organizations (such as Twin Bridges and St. Peters clubs and the Missouri Storm Junior B team) have expressed interest in playing games at the arena, as have several high school programs. There have also been rumors of pro hockey returning in the 2007-08 season with a team in the Central Hockey League, ECHL, or the return of the UHL. Also, the Rage will be back at the Family Arena in 2007, when they move from the National Indoor Football League to the United Indoor Football League.
The Family Arena also hosted Boeing Integrated Defense Systems' "Recommitment to Ethics Day" in 2005 and 2006 for the St. Louis metro area and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Lockdown pay-per-view in 2007.
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| Eastern Conference | Western Conference | |||
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| Family Arena | Roberts Municipal Stadium | Rockford MetroCentre | Rupp Arena | US Cellular Coliseum | WesBanco Arena | Budweiser Events Center | Gateway Arena | MetraPark Arena | Omaha Civic Auditorium | Sioux Falls Arena | |||
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