Grand Casino Arena
An arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It seats a stated 18,064. This page collects the address, the access and the capacity figures an organizer needs before a site visit.
- Stated capacity
- 18,064
- people, as published
- Opened
- 2000
- 26 years old
- From MSP
- 12 km (7.5 mi)
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- From the centre
- 0.6 km (0.4 mi)
- of Saint Paul
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
What Grand Casino Arena is
It sits in Saint Paul, right in the centre of Saint Paul.
Grand Casino Arena was opened in 2000, operated by Minnesota Wild and owned by Saint Paul, which puts it at 26 years old.
18,064 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.
- Operator
- Minnesota Wild
- Owner
- Saint Paul
- Official site
- www.xcelenergycenter.com
- Coordinates
- 44.9447, -93.1011
- Classified as
- arena
Getting there
Allow half an hour each way to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), 12 km (7.5 mi) away, and rather more if your first session starts during the morning peak.
A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.
Saint Paul has 28 venues mapped in total and a population of 307,465. The Saint Paul guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
Formats this suits
A room this size is a plenary and nothing else. Keynotes, awards and general sessions work; the breakouts, the exhibition and the catering all have to happen somewhere else, so the venue is really the anchor of a campus rather than the whole event.
- award ceremonies
A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.
- festivals
An audience of 18,064 is festival scale, not conference scale.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
Pricing a full house here
Take 950 people through the door in Grand Casino Arena — sized to the stated capacity of Grand Casino Arena. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.
Nearby alternatives
4 other venues in Saint Paul have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Allianz Field19,400 seats
- Gangelhoff Center4,000 seats
- Palace Theatre2,500 seats
- TRIA Rink1,200 seats
Where these numbers come from
event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
- Wikidata, CC0
- OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance and more.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
How many people does Grand Casino Arena hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 18,064 for Grand Casino Arena. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.
What does an event app cost for an event at Grand Casino Arena?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Grand Casino Arena. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Is event67 affiliated with Grand Casino Arena?
No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
What else is nearby if Grand Casino Arena is booked?
Allianz Field (19,400), Gangelhoff Center (4,000) and Palace Theatre (2,500) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 28 venues in total are mapped in Saint Paul.
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Elsewhere in Saint Paul
- Allianz Field
19,400 seats
- Gangelhoff Center
4,000 seats
- Palace Theatre
2,500 seats
- TRIA Rink
1,200 seats
- Hosting an event in Saint Paul
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