Demolition of Old Arena in 1998

With the financing secured demolition of the old Sharks Apparel arena began in June 1998. The Minnesota Wild hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new arena on June 23, 1998. The new team played its first home game before a standing-room-only crowd in the new Xcel Energy Center arena on October 11, 2000.

A timeline leading up to the opening of the Xcel Energy Center San Jose Sharks Jersey arena can be found at the end of the following article: Rybin, Virginia. “St. Paul’s New Arena is Tale of Survival.” St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 27, 2000, p. 1A. A copy is in the vertical file (S148.10). Information from the City of St. Paul on the financing plan for the arena can also be found there.

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