Family Arena

Family Arena
	Family Arena 2013
Location	2002 Arena Parkway; St. Charles, Missouri 63303
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
Opened	October 3, 1999
Construction cost	$27 million; ($49.4 million in 2023 dollars)
Architect	Hastings & Chivetta Architects
General contractor	Alberici Constructors, Inc.
Tenants
	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 (APF) (2013–present); St. Louis Ambush (MASL) (2013–present)
Website
	familyarena.com

38°44′52″N 90°30′34″W / 38.747768°N 90.509443°W / 38.747768; -90.509443

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).

Illinois State vs Creighton in the 2013 MVC Tournament.

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 Arena Pro Football and the St. Louis Ambush of the Major Arena Soccer League.

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.

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.

The Family ice set up for the St.Charles Chill.

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.
^ 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 February 29, 2024.
^ [1] Archived January 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Family Arena

Events and tenants
Preceded by TNA Impact! Zone (2006) Liacouras Center (2009)	Host of Lockdown 2007, 2010	Succeeded by Tsongas Arena (2008) U.S. Bank Arena (2011)

[1] "STLtoday.com". Nl.newsbank.com. 1998-04-05. Retrieved 2012-10-14.

[2] "STLtoday.com". Nl.newsbank.com. 1999-10-03. Retrieved 2012-10-14.

[inflation-US-3] 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 February 29, 2024.

[4] [1] Archived January 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Music venues of Missouri
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Indoor	The Dome at America's Center
Theaters and clubs	The Blue Note Blueberry Hill Fox Theatre Jesse Hall Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Knuckleheads Saloon Orpheum Theater The Pageant Stifel Theatre Powell Hall The Sheldon Midland Theatre Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts Municipal Auditorium Uptown Theater
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Festivals	True/False Film Festival

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