Promoter Information

The following information is available in PDF format

• Contact information
• Event promotion and marketing information
• Arena services
• Public Relations information
• Arena technical information
• Seating capacity information
• Video production services

Contacts

Jack Larson, Vice President/General Manager, Xcel Energy Center

Jim Ibister, Vice President/General Manager, Saint Paul RiverCentre and Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium

Mark Stoffel, Senior Director of Operations

Bryan Miller, Director of Event Development

Mark Zirbel, Director of Event Management

Susan Hubbard, Director of Booking

Kelly McGrath, Director of Sales & Marketing

Kathy O'Connor, Director of Public & Media Relations

Kristina Meier, Director of Box Office Operations

Xcel Energy Center promotes and co-promotes:
Complete in-house marketing, promotion and group sales department
Dedicated box office and Ticketmaster online, outlets and phones

Total City and State Tax:  7.25%

Parking:
On site parking ramps for 2,200 cars. Parking for an additional 8,000+ within 5 blocks

Concessions:
Centerplate

Catering:
Wildside Caterers

Souvenirs:
Centerplate

Building Specifications

Floor Dimensions:
Total Ice - 17,000 square feet (85 x 200)
Marshalling/Backstage - 14,000 square feet
Live load - 300lbs per square foot

Stage Dimensions:
The portable SICO stage is built with 8x8 Sections. Typical stage size is 40' x 64' x 5' high with 16' x 16' wings

Seating Capacity:
Hockey/Ice Show/Basketball - 18,600
Half House - 7,000
Circus - 17,400
End Stage 360 - 17,700
End Stage 270 - 15,300
End Stage 180 - 13,500
Center Stage 360 - 19,355
Ice Show - 13,475

Arena Lighting: Sports – metal halide with shutters

Audience: Quartz

Water and Drains: Upstage

Dressing Rooms:
Production Room
Promoter Room
Auxiliary Locker Rooms 1-4
Star Dressing Rooms 1-4
Catering Hospitality/Lounge
Green Room

Press Rooms:
A press lounge, workroom and darkroom are available on the event level. Television and radio booths, working press area and lounges are located on the press level. Full broadcast capabilities include television feeds throughout the building for both remote and live event broadcasts. Telephone service can also be arranged on this level.

Other Facilities in Complex:
Exhibition Halls: 75,000 and 35,000 sq. ft.
Ballrooms: 27,000 and 10,000 sq. ft.
Meeting Rooms: 15 with 20,000 sq. ft. total space
Small Arena: 5,800 seats (Roy Wilkins Auditorium)

Technical Information

Electrical Power:
USL and R each:
(3) 400A 208VAC
(2) 200A 208VAC
(1) 100A 208VAC
Catwalk
(2) 400A 208VAC
(1) 100A 208VAC

Floor power in each of the two West corners: (2)200A 208VAC
Shore power at loading dock

Lighting and Acoustics: State-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment

Spotlights:
(6) Strong Xenon Gladiator II (3K) 
(4) Strong Xenon Super Trooper II (2K)

House Lights:
Shuttered metal halide sports lights supplemented with fluorescent and quartz fixtures controlled from backstage and house sound room.

Loading Docks:
5 loading docks at stage left
1 freight elevator with accessibility to all levels (except press level)

Main Dock - 310 Eagle Street (located directly under Kellogg Blvd. on the south side of the RiverCentre complex)
Enter Eagle Street from the intersection of 7th Street and Kellogg Blvd. Follow Eagle Street down the hill 1/2 block, and turn left into RiverCentre Dock. Trucks will exit this dock onto South Exchange Street.

Roy Wilkins Auditorium Loading Door  - At the intersection of 5th Street and 7th Street, follow 5th Street East 1/4 block. Turn right at the driveway immediately before Wilkins building. Follow driveway up to Roy Wilkins Loading Door.

Rigging:
Floor to Beam: 127 feet
Show Grid Capacity: 100,000 pounds
Approved Labor Services Include:
IATSE Local 417

House Equipment:
1 - 10K lb. capacity forklift (LP gas)
1 - 8K lb. Capacity forklift (LP gas)
1 - 6K lb. Capacity forklift (LP gas)
8 ft tables
72' rounds
18' x 72' tables

Scoreboard and Message Board:
Eight-sided scoreboard with four full color videoscreens and four full color matrix boards
360-degree arenamation board ringing Club Cambria Executive Suite Level
Two information panels on 200 level facia

Telephone Service:
POTS/Analog Lines
ISDN (can also support AT&T or 5ESS)
Prices (per day/per line) - Restricted (local and toll-free calls only): $155

Television Service:
An in-house closed-circuit television service is available with feed to the scoreboard, concession areas, restaurant and suites.

Seating and Level-By-Level Maps