Enterprise Center

Enterprise Center is a sports arena in St. Louis, Missouri. The arena opened on October 8, 1994, and is the current home to the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). The arena was also home to Saint Louis University's men's basketball team from 1991 to 2008.

Enterprise Center

Former names	Kiel Center (1994–2000) Savvis Center (2000–2006) Scottrade Center (2006–2018)
Address	1401 Clark Avenue
Location	St. Louis, Missouri
Public transit	Metrolink: Civic Center
Owner	City of St. Louis
Operator	SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC
Capacity	Ice hockey: 18,724[1] Basketball and Concerts: 22,000 Indoor soccer: 10,000 (expandable to 18,724)[2]
Construction
Started	December 14, 1992 (December 14, 1992)[3]
Opened	October 8, 1994 (October 8, 1994)
Construction cost	$135 million ($261 million in 2021 dollars[4])
Architect	Ellerbe Becket[5]
Structural engineer	The Consulting Engineers Group, Inc.[6]
Services engineer	William Tao & Associates, Inc.[7]
General contractor	J.S. Alberici Construction[8]
Main contractors	DKW Construction, Inc.[9]
Tenants
St. Louis Ambush (NPSL) (1994–2000) Saint Louis Billikens (NCAA) (1994–2008) St. Louis Blues (NHL) (1995–present) St. Louis Stampede (AFL) (1995–96) St. Louis Vipers (RHI) (1995–97, 1999) St. Louis Steamers (MISL) (2004–06) River City Rage (NIFL) (2006)
Website
Venue Website

The arena was originally known as Kiel Center from 1994 to 2000 and Savvis Center from Aug 2000 to 2006. Scottrade acquired naming rights for the arena in September 2006.^[10]

The Scottrade Center has held many WWE events as well including: Badd Blood: In Your House, Survivor Series in 1998, the special live tribute episode of WWF Raw is War that aired after the night of Owen Hart's death, No Mercy in 2001,^[11] Judgment Day in 2007, Elimination Chamber in 2010, Royal Rumble in 2012 and Extreme Rules in 2013.

The arena was initially expected to be renamed as the TD Ameritrade Center by the end of 2017, once the purchase of Scottrade by TD Ameritrade closed.^[12] However, TD Ameritrade decided not to put its name on the arena.^[13] The team later reached a new deal with Enterprise Holdings, a company based in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton, Missouri that owns the Enterprise, National, and Alamo car rental companies. The deal was announced on May 21, 2018, with the name officially changing to Enterprise Center on July 1 of that year.^[14][15]

References

1. Timmermann, Tom (November 5, 2017). "Despite Losing 'A,' Stastny Will Try to Be a Leader". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
2. "Arena Specifications". Scottrade Center. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
3. Kee-Montre, Lorraine (December 15, 1992). "Hull's 'Blast' Leads the Way to New Arena". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
4. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.
5. "Scottrade Center". Ellerbe Becket. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
6. "Ted O'Shea - Experience". linkedin.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
7. "- Kiel Center". William Tao & Associates, Inc. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
8. "Scottrade Center". Alberici Construction. Retrieved October 1, 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
9. "Projects". DKW Construction. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
10. "Scottrade wins Blues arena naming rights". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
11. "No Mercy 2001: Event Venue". WWE. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
12. Schaeffer, Brenden (October 24, 2016). "Scottrade Center to be renamed TD Ameritrade Center". KMOV. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
13. Calhoun, Michael (September 26, 2017). "It's Scottrade Center Now — But What Will It Be Next Year?". KMOX. St. Louis. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
14. "Blues, Enterprise enter 15-year building naming rights agreement". NHL.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
15. "St. Louis Blues' arena changing name to Enterprise Center". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 2018-05-21. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-21.

Other websites

• Official website