Xcel Energy Center

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Xcel Energy Center


Location 175 West Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Opened 2000
Owner City of St. Paul, MN
Operator Minnesota Sports & Entertainment
Surface Multi-surface
Construction cost $130 million USD
Architect HOK Sport
Tenants
Minnesota Wild (NHL) (2000-Present)
Minnesota Swarm (NLL) (2005-present)
Capacity
Hockey and Lacrosse: 18,064
A Minnesota Swarm lacrosse game
A Minnesota Swarm lacrosse game

Xcel Energy Center is a sports arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA sponsored by Xcel Energy. It is the home ice of the NHL's Minnesota Wild and the NLL's Minnesota Swarm.

The arena contains four spectator levels: one suite level, and three general seating levels named the 100 level, the club level, and the 200 level. Its official capacity is 18,064, but on February 8, 2004, the NHL All-Star Game set a record for attendance at a hockey game in Minnesota at 19,434. The record attendance for a Wild hockey game was set October 5, 2005 at 19,398, the first game after the lockout season. The city of Saint Paul owns the arena.

It opened in the fall of 2000 and it is called the "X" by fans. It was built on the site of the demolished St. Paul Civic Center. In 2004, the arena was named by ESPN as the best overall sports venue in the United States.

Inside the Xcel Energy Center during the 2006 WCHA Final Five Championship.
Inside the Xcel Energy Center during the 2006 WCHA Final Five Championship.

The "X" is the current site of the Minnesota Boys' High School Hockey, the Minnesota Girl's High School Tournament, and the High School Wrestling tournaments, as well as the host of the Minnesota State High School League-sponsored volleyball state tournament. It hosted the 2002 NCAA Frozen Four and will do so again in 2011.

In addition, Xcel Energy Center is regularly sold out for musical concerts. The National Lacrosse League's Minnesota Swarm began regular season play in the arena in January, 2005.

The Xcel Energy Center won the bid to host the 2008 Republican National Convention. The arena will also host the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

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Preceded by
first arena		 Home of the
Minnesota Wild
2000–present		 Succeeded by
current

Coordinates: 44°56′41.45″N, 93°6′4.40″W

Current arenas in the National Hockey League
Western Conference Eastern Conference
American Airlines Center | General Motors Place | HP Pavilion | Honda Center | Jobing.com Arena | Joe Louis Arena | Nashville Arena | Nationwide Arena | Pengrowth Saddledome | Pepsi Center | Rexall Place | Scottrade Center | Staples Center | United Center | Xcel Energy Center Air Canada Centre | BankAtlantic Center | Bell Centre | Continental Airlines Arena | HSBC Arena | Madison Square Garden | Mellon Arena | Nassau Coliseum | Philips Arena | RBC Center | St. Pete Times Forum | Scotiabank Place | TD Banknorth Garden | Verizon Center | Wachovia Center
Current arenas in the National Lacrosse League
Eastern Division Western Division
Air Canada Centre | Blue Cross Arena | HSBC Arena | Madison Square Garden1 | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum2 | Sears Centre | Wachovia Center | Xcel Energy Center HP Pavilion | Jobing.com Arena | Pengrowth Saddledome | Pepsi Center | Rexall Place | Rose Garden Arena
1The New York Titans play four of their home games at Madison Square Garden.
2The New York Titans play four of their home games at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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