Savvis Center

The Savvis Center (formerly the Kiel Center) is an arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The center features a range of arena programming, including ice hockey, concerts, ice shows, family shows, and other sporting events. It hosts approximately 175 events per year, drawing nearly 2 million guests annually. Known for the quality of its ice (Savvis was voted 2nd best rink in a poll of NHLers, behind only Montreal), the Savvis Center is respected as one of the louder NHL arenas. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 173 KB) Summary Savvis Center, April 3, 2005 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 173 KB) Summary Savvis Center, April 3, 2005 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... An arena is a circular or oval shaped (or sometimes rectangular) public space (akin to a classical amphitheatre), designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country State County United States Missouri Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area    - City 66. ... Centre Bell, Montreal Centre Bell, Montreal The Bell Centre (French: Centre Bell), formerly known as the Molson Centre, has been the home of the Montreal Canadiens since March 16, 1996, when the team departed from the historic Montreal Forum after their last game on March 11 of the same year. ...

History

The Kiel Center opened in 1994 to replace the Kiel Auditorium, where the college basketball team had played, which was torn down in December 1992. The Blues had played in the St. Louis Arena prior to moving into the Kiel Center in 1994. The building is currently known as Savvis Center, after naming rights were sold in August 2000 to SAVVIS, Inc., a global IP network service provider with dual headquarters in St. Louis and Herndon, Virginia. The Kiel name still bears on the adjoining parking structure. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Kiel Auditorium was an indoor arena that stood in St. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 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. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in August, 2000. ... SAVVIS, Inc. ... Herndon is the third-largest town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. ...

Tenants

It is home to the St. Louis Blues of the NHL, the Saint Louis University Billikens basketball team of the Atlantic 10 Conference, the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League, and the River City Rage indoor football team. The St. ... The modernized NHL shield logo debuted in 2005, replacing the orange and black shield, which had been used since the leagues inception. ... Saint Louis University (also known as SLU) is a private, co-educational Catholic Jesuit university in the United States located in St. ... The Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in the eastern United States; it also has two member schools in Ohio. ... logo of the original St. ... The Major Indoor Soccer League is the only current professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league is a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA. // History In the summer of 2001, the National Professional Soccer League disbanded. ... The River City Rage are a professional indoor football team. ...

Notable Events

• In January of 2006, The Rolling Stones played live during their Bigger Bang Tour.
• Every March since 1995, the Savvis Center has hosted the men's basketball conference tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference.
• 1997 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
• Raw Is Owen
• Hosts the Mid-States Club Hockey Association Challenge Cup and Wickenheiser Cup finals for high school hockey teams in St. Louis
• Badd Blood: In Your House
• 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional
• Pope John Paul II celebrated a youth day service here on his 1999 visit to St. Louis
• Survivor Series 1998
• NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2009
• Women's Final Four in 2001
• No Mercy 2001
• Hosted the Cory Spinks vs. Zab Judah Undisputed Welterweight title fight in 2005.
• It also hosts the annual "Braggin' Rights" basketball game between Illinois and Missouri.
• Host the 2006 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January 2006, which was used as the primary means to select the United States Figure Skating team for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
• The Savvis Center will host the WWE New Year's Revolution pay-per-view event on January 7, 2007. It will be the third time they held a pay per view at the Savvis Center, but the first time the WWE will hold a pay per view there since 2001.It is also the first pay-per-view they will be held in the state of Missouri since 2002.
• The Savvis Center will host the 2007 Frozen Four college ice hockey tournament on April 5 and April 7, 2007.

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External links

• Savvis Center Online

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