The Alerus Center is an indoor stadium located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It opened in 2000. It is the home of the University of North Dakota football team (The Fighting Sioux). The arena also plays host to many large concerts, sporting events, and trade shows. It can seat as many as 22,500 people at one time. The facility includes an adjacent convention center which features twelve meeting rooms and a 28,000 square foot (2,600 m²) ballroom. The convention center is used for conferences, seminars, banquets, parties, and smaller concerts. The Alerus Center is named after a local bank, Alerus Financial, which purchased the facility's naming rights. The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ... Grand Forks City Hall Grand Forks is a United States city located in the state of North Dakota. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... University of North Dakota Chester Fritz Library on UND campus The University of North Dakota (UND) is a comprehensive institution of higher learning in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. Founded in 1883, it is the largest and oldest such institution in the state of North Dakota. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The Fighting Sioux is the name of the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota (UND) which is located in the city of Grand Forks. ...

The arena has had many big musical acts including Cher, The Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Kiss, Aerosmith, Bette Midler, and Mötley Crüe. The 2002 Cher concert was the largest such event ever held at the arena and, at that time, was the largest audience the entertainer had ever performed in front of. Cher on the cover of her album Living Proof Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American actress and singer of Armenian and Cherokee descent. ... The Backstreet Boys, or BSB, are a boy band and pop group formed in 1992 by manager Lou Pearlman that grew to considerable popularity in the late 1990s, but quietly slipped away from the charts by the early part of the 2000s. ... *NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake. ... The Kiss by Francesco Hayez, 19th century. ... Aerosmith is a long-running hard rock band, originally forming in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1970s, and enjoying a later resurgence in popularity in the late 1980s. ... Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is a singer, actress, and comedian. ... Mötley Crüe in 2004 (from left: Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee) Mötley Crüe (pronounced as mott-lee crew) is an American heavy metal hair band whose members include Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and Vince Neil. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ground will soon be broken on an adjacent $50+ million "destination center." This addition will include a 13-story Canad Inns hotel, large waterpark, state-of-the-art 10 screen cinema complex, and three restaurants. A wellness center and spa will likely be added in the future. The United States dollar, or American dollar, is the official currency of the United States. ... Canad Inns is a chain of hotels headquarted in Canada. ...

External link

• Alerus Center website