Family Arena
Coordinates: 38°44′52″N 90°30′34″W / 38.747768°N 90.509443°W
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Family Arena 2013 | |
| Location |
2002 Arena Parkway St. Charles, Missouri 63303 |
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| Owner | St. Charles County Public Arena Authority |
| Operator | St. Charles County Public Arena Authority |
| Capacity |
Hockey: 9,643 Football: 9,755 Basketball: 10,467 Half-house concerts: 6,339 End-stage concerts: up to 11,522 |
| Field size |
Arena floor: 17,900 square feet (1,660 m2) Upper concourse area: 22,000 square feet (2,000 m2) |
| Surface | Multi-surface |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 5, 1998[1] |
| Opened | October 3, 1999[2] |
| Construction cost |
$27 million ($38.4 million in 2016 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | Hastings & Chivetta Architects[4] |
| General contractor | Alberici Constructors, Inc. |
| Tenants | |
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Missouri River Otters (UHL) (1999–2006) RiverCity Rage (IFL) (2001–2005; 2007–2009) St. Louis Steamers (WISL/MISL II) (2000–2001; 2003–2004) St. Charles Chill (CHL) (2013–2014) River City Raiders (CIF) (2013–present) St. Louis Ambush (MASL) (2013–present) | |
| Website | |
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The Family Arena is a multi-purpose arena in St. Charles, Missouri, built in 1999. The arena seats 9,643 for hockey, 9,755 for football, 10,467 for basketball, 6,339 for half-house concerts and up to 11,522 for end-stage concerts. In addition to sporting events, concerts, circuses and ice shows the arena is also used for trade shows with a total of 39,900 square feet (3,710 m2) of exhibit space (17,900 square feet (1,660 m2) on the arena floor and 22,000 square feet (2,000 m2) on the arena concourse).
It was formerly the home of the Missouri River Otters and St. Charles Chill ice hockey teams, the RiverCity Rage indoor football team, and the St. Louis Steamers indoor soccer team. Currently it is home to the River City Raiders of Champions Indoor Football.
The Family Arena has served as an annual location for one of many world wide regional Bible conventions hosted, admission free with no parking or collection ever taken up, by Jehovah's Witnesses. [5][6]
The Family Arena also hosted Boeing Integrated Defense Systems' "Recommitment to Ethics Day" in 2005 and 2006 for Greater St. Louis.
Since 2008, the Family Arena has been host to the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Championship Tournament.
Until Chaifetz Arena opened in 2008, Family Arena was the St. Louis stop for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and Champions on Ice. The latter moved to Chaifetz that year while the circus and Disney on Ice moved to Scottrade Center to replace the St. Louis Billikens, who had also moved to Chaifetz.
The Family Arena has also been host to nationally televised professional wrestling events. The arena was the site of the Extreme Championship Wrestling's Wrestlepalooza 2000 event on April 16, 2000. The arena also hosted Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Lockdown pay-per-view on April 15, 2007 and the 2010 edition on April 18, 2010.
The Christian rock band MercyMe performed at Family Arena annually from 2007 until 2013.
References
- ↑ "STLtoday.com". Nl.newsbank.com. 1998-04-05. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ↑ "STLtoday.com". Nl.newsbank.com. 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ↑ Archived January 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Search this page to learn where a free Bible convention is being hosted in your region".
- ↑ "Read the Bible on line and find practical solutions to today's common personal challenges".
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| Events and tenants | ||
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| Preceded by TNA Impact! Zone (2006) Liacouras Center (2009) |
Host of Lockdown 2007, 2010 |
Succeeded by Tsongas Arena (2008) U.S. Bank Arena (2011) |