Scottrade Center - Men's Basketball
The Saint Louis University men's basketball squad plays in the state-of-the-art Scottrade Center in the heart of downtown St. Louis. Scottrade Center opened in 1994 and rests on the former site of Kiel Auditorium. Located at the intersection of 14th Street and Clark Avenue in downtown St. Louis, Scottrade Center is a contemporary glass and concrete structure with four seating levels, two restaurants (Savvis Club and 14th and Clark), 91 private suites, seven party rooms, dozens of concession stands and food courts and three retail shops. The 665,000-square-foot arena seats approximately 21,000 for Saint Louis University games and floor seating events and accommodates 21,000 for St. Louis Blues hockey games.
Many important renovations were made to Scottrade Center recently, including new lighting and sound systems, an expanded Blue Note Authentics store, and The Top Shelf, a unique mezzanine level bar and concession party area overlooking the ice. Regularly ranked among the top 10 arenas in the country in gross ticket revenues, Scottrade Center set an all time attendance record last season, with nearly 2.3 million tickets issued. The building played host to a total of 193 events over the season, including St. Louis Blues hockey, Saint Louis University Billikens basketball and a variety of other sporting events, concerts and family shows. The Billikens have ranked among the top 20 teams in NCAA Division I basketball attendance for the past six years, while the Blues have ranked among the top five teams in attendance in the National Hockey League for five of the past seven years. Highlights include the 1999 Papal Visit Youth Rally; the 1998 NCAA Midwest Regional Men's Basketball Championship; the 2000 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships and the 2000 John Hancock U.S. National Gymnastics Championships; superstar concerts including Billy Joel, Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, the Eagles, Pavarotti, Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Kiss, Tina Turner, Cher, Bette Midler, Bruce Springsteen, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; sold out World Wrestling Federation live television events; and record setting grosses for Harlem Globetrotters, Sesame Street Live, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Disney on Ice. Scottrade Center also hosted the NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four in 2001. Scottrade Center is privately owned by Sports Capital Partnership. Originally known as Kiel Center, naming rights for the building were sold in August 2000 to SAVVIS Communications Corporation. In September 2006, the building was renamed Scottrade Center for Scottrade, a St. Louis-based leading branch-supported online brokerage. Scottrade Center Fast Facts
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