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Scottrade Center
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Location 1401 Clark Avenue

(honorary location: 16 Brett Hull Way)
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
Broke ground 1993
Opened October 8, 1994
Owner City of St. Louis
Operator Sports Capital Partners
(parent of the St. Louis Blues)
Construction cost $135 million
Architect Ellerbe Becket (Kansas City)
Former names Kiel Center (1994-2000)
Savvis Center (2000-2006)
Tenants St. Louis Blues (NHL) (1994-present)
Saint Louis Billikens (NCAA Division I) (1994-2008)
St. Louis Steamers (MISL) (2004-2006)
St. Louis Ambush (NPSL) (1994-2000)
St. Louis Stampede (AFL) (1995-1996)
St. Louis Vipers (RHI) (1993-1997, 1999)
River City Rage (NIFL) (2006)
Capacity Hockey: 19,250 (including 100 standing room tickets)
Basketball: 22,612 (attendance on 3/3/07 & 3/4/07)

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Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Scottrade is a privately owned discount Retail brokerage firm headquartered in St An arena is an enclosed area often circular or oval-shaped designed to showcase Theater, musical performances or sporting events It is nicknamed "The House that Brett Hull Built". Brett Andrew Hull (born August 9, 1964 in Belleville, Ontario and raised in Chicago, Winnipeg and Vancouver) is a It is the home of the NHL's St. Louis Blues ice hockey team. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The St Louis Blues are a professional Ice hockey team based in St Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. The Scottrade Center is respected as one of the louder NHL arenas due to several factors including the 9-second foghorn blast after every Blues' goal followed by an organ rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In". " When the Saints Go Marching In " so well-known that it is often referred to as " The Saints " is a United States gospel Hymn

Besides ice hockey, the arena features a range of arena programming, including professional wrestling, concerts, ice shows, family shows, and other sporting events. It hosts approximately 175 events per year, drawing nearly 2 million guests annually. For the first quarter 2006, Scottrade Center ranked second among arenas in the United States and fourth worldwide in tickets sold. Pollstar, a highly respected industry trade publication, consistently ranks Scottrade Center among the top 10 arenas worldwide in tickets sold to non-team events.

The most people to ever attend an event at the Scottrade Center was 22,612, which happened twice during the 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, known as Arch Madness. The Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament commonly called Arch Madness, is an annual Basketball Tournament which features the men's [1] [2]

The arena is frequently selected by the NCAA for championship events, and played host to the NCAA Frozen Four Hockey Championships in April 2007, and will host the NCAA Wrestling Championships in 2008 and 2009 and the NCAA Women’s Final Four Basketball Championships in 2009.

The building is operated by Sports Capital Partners, owner of the St. Louis Blues, under the leadership of its chairman, Dave Checketts. Dave Checketts (born c 1956 lives in Connecticut and is a familiar face to those who follow sports Major capital improvements being made to the arena under its new leadership include a new center scoreboard and LED ribbon board, luxurious new club seats and a point-of-sale system permitting credit and debit cards at concession stands for faster service.


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History

Kiel Center opened in 1994* to replace Kiel Auditorium, where the college basketball team had played, which was torn down in December 1992. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Kiel Auditorium was an indoor arena that stood in St Louis Missouri from 1934 - 1991. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Blues had played in the St. Louis Arena prior to moving into Kiel Center in 1994. The St Louis Arena (also known as The Checkerdome from 1977 to 1983 and popularly referred to as "The Barn" was an indoor arena located in St The building is currently known as Scottrade Center, after naming rights were sold in September 2006 to Scottrade (the St. Naming rights are the right to name a piece of Property, either tangible property or an event usually granted in exchange for financial considerations September 2006 was marked by a controversy surrounding statements made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding Islam, during the same week as the fifth anniversary Scottrade is a privately owned discount Retail brokerage firm headquartered in St Louis based online investment firm and discount brokerage). A discount brokerage is a business that charges clients significantly lower fees than traditional brokerages typically offering comparatively fewer services and/or advice The Kiel name still exists on the adjoining parking structure and the building cornerstone, the closed Opera House on the north side of the property facing Market Street. Signs for the nearby metrolink stop have been changed to read civic center since the building has been renamed three times in its short history.

(The Opera House portion of the building was not razed when the original Auditorium was but has remained closed for fifteen years, as members of Civic Progress, Inc. who promised to pay for the renovation of the Opera House have reneged on that promise, while opposing all outside efforts to achieve that renovation independently of themselves. )

Blues management decried its former naming-rights deal with tech company SAVVIS, as many of the monies paid out were in Savvis shares, then riding high. SAVVIS Inc ( formerly SAVVIS Communications Corporation) provides technology infrastructure for enterprise applications However, when the tech bubble burst, the team was left with almost nothing, and ended up losing money on the deal. The " dot-com bubble " (or sometimes the " IT bubble " was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 (with a climax on March 10 Scottrade fixed that problem by paying its deal all in cash.

In September 2006, Scottrade founder Rodger O. Riney announced a landmark partnership with the St. Rodger O Riney is the Founder President and CEO of Scottrade, an online discount brokerage firm headquartered in St Louis Blues hockey club and arena. The new name of the arena, Scottrade Center, was revealed in a joint press conference. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but were described as "long-term and significant. " Both Scottrade and the Blues said the agreement was "equitable" to both parties. Most of the signage and other promotions were changed to Scottrade Center prior to the first home game of the Blues on October 12, 2006.

(* The first St. Louis Blues game was played in January 1995 due to the 1994–95 season being cut short because of a labor dispute. )

Tenants

The Scottrade Center is the home of the St. Louis Blues hockey franchise. The St Louis Blues are a professional Ice hockey team based in St A number of other events are scheduled in the Scottrade Center through the year, such as concerts, ice shows, circuses, and similar large gatherings.

Former tenants of the Scottrade Center include the Saint Louis University Billikens NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball, St. Louis Vipers roller hockey team, St. Louis Ambush and St. Louis Steamers indoor soccer teams, the St. Louis Stampede arena football team, and the River City Rage indoor football team. Saint Louis University (also known as SLU) is a private co-educational Jesuit University in the United States of America located in The St Louis Vipers (1993-19971999 were a team of professional roller hockey players based in St The St Louis Ambush was a professional Indoor soccer team based in St Honors Division Titles 2005-2006 MISL Regular Season Retired numbers #30 Slobo Ilijevski #7 History The St Louis Stampede was a team in the Arena Football League, a professional Sports league that plays a scaled-down version of American This article is about the sport of Arena Football See Arena Football (video game for the EA Sports Video game of the same name This article discusses indoor variations of American football for indoor versions of association football (soccer see Futsal and Indoor soccer and for the

Notable Events

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Preceded by
St. Louis Arena		 Home of the
St. Louis Blues
1994 – present		 Succeeded by
current
Preceded by
Bradley Center		 Host of the
NCAA Frozen Four
2007		 Succeeded by
Pepsi Center

The St Louis Arena (also known as The Checkerdome from 1977 to 1983 and popularly referred to as "The Barn" was an indoor arena located in St The St Louis Blues are a professional Ice hockey team based in St The Bradley Center is an indoor arena in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The annual NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship tournament determines the top Ice hockey team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Pepsi Center (aka The Can) is an Arena located in Denver Colorado, USA.
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