Germain Arena

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Germain Arena
Location 11000 Everblades Parkway
Estero, Florida 33928
Opened 1998
Owner
Former names TECO Arena
Everblades Arena
Tenants Florida Everblades (ECHL) (1998-present)
Florida Firecats (af2) (2001-present)
Capacity Hockey: 7,128

Germain Arena is a 7,128-seat multi-purpose arena in Estero, Florida.

The arena was first named Everblades Arena in 1998 after the hockey team that played there. TECO Energy was the first company to obtain the naming rights to the building, changing the name to TECO Arena. In 2004, TECO Energy decided they were no longer interested in holding the naming rights. Germain Motor Company bought the rights, and in 2004 the venue was renamed to Germain Arena. This same company, an automobile dealership with locations in Florida, Arkansas, and Ohio, also holds the naming rights to the Germain Amphitheater in Columbus, Ohio.

Germain Arena is home to the Florida Everblades ECHL ice hockey team, the Florida Firecats Arena Football League 2 (af2) team, and was the home for the Florida Flame NBA Development League team. The venue also hosts various concerts, World Wrestling Entertainment house shows and Professional Bull Riders events.

Germain Arena is also host to the Florida Gulf Coast University hockey team, the Ice Eagles. In March, 2006, the arena hosted the American Collegiate Hockey Association national championship tournament.

Fan support is known for at the Germain, as the Florida Everblades have accumulated millions of fans over ten seasons of play. Everblades games are usually packed with energetic fans, and are known to have some of the best fans in the ECHL. Sections 110 and 111 are known to be the loudest sections of the Germain.

-- On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, the Fort Myers High School Greenwave hockey team defeated Barron Collier 5 to 4 for the Interscholastic High School Hockey League championship. After a suspenseful comeback by Barron to tie the game up 4 to 4, ECS student Mark Lippincott scored the game winning goal for Fort Myers in sudden death overtime. --

Starting in December 2000, the arena has been host to an annual college hockey tournament, originally known as the Everblades College Classic, now called the Florida College Hockey Classic. This 4-team tournament is hosted by the University of Maine Black Bears and the Cornell University Big Red, and two other teams are invited each year. The winner is awarded the Ned Harkness Cup.[1]

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  1. ^ Brush Makes Vision Into Reality In Florida ECHL.com 10-22-2007

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