Xfinity Arena

Xfinity Arena

Xfinity Arenaat Everett
Former names	Everett Events Center (2003–2007) Comcast Arena at Everett (2007–2014)
Location	2000 Hewitt Avenue Suite 200 Everett, WA 98201
Owner	Everett Public Facilities District
Operator	Global Spectrum
Capacity	Hockey: 8,149 Center stage concert: 10,000 End stage concert: 9,000
Construction
Broke ground	April 23, 2002
Opened	September 27, 2003
Construction cost	$71.5 million ($92 million in 2024 dollars)
Architect	LMN Architects PBK Architects, Inc.
Structural engineer	Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Services engineer	Hermanson Co. LLP
General contractor	PCL Construction Services, Inc.
Tenants
Everett Silvertips (WHL) (2003–present) Washington Stealth (NLL) (2010–2013) Tilted Thunder Rail Birds (2010–present) Everett Raptors (IFL) (2012) Everett Explosion (IBL) (2007) Everett Hawks (NIFL/AF2) (2005–2007)

Xfinity Arena at Everett is an $83.3 million multi-purpose complex, in Everett, Washington, designed and developed by the Everett Public Facilities District. The Everett Events Center opened in October 2003. Naming rights were sold to Comcast in 2007, who renamed the arena to Comcast Arena at Everett. In 2014, the name was changed to Xfinity Arena, named after the Xfinity brand that was adopted by the Comcast Cable division.

The 10,000-seat venue has hosted a variety of concerts and other types of performances. A few events that have showcased at Xfinity Arena at Everett include Ringling Brothers Circus, The Spa, Pool, and Swimspa Show, moto cross, and family shows such as Disney on Ice, Harlem Globetrotters, Sesame Street Live and a myriad of others.

The venue served as the host for 2008 Skate America, a three-day ice-skating championship featuring world class skaters. The events were both nationally and internationally televised on NBC. It was the first event of six in the 2008-2009 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition. This was Skate America's largest attendance ever recorded in its history.

In 2016, the arena served as the host for the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.

Hockey

Xfinity Arena is the home of the Everett Silvertips, a Western Hockey League franchise. In their first season (2003–04) the Everett Silvertips were led by former NHL Head Coach Kevin Constantine to win the WHL Western Conference Championship.

Indoor football

In 2012, Xfinity Arena was the home of the now-defunct Everett Raptors of the Indoor Football League.

Lacrosse

In 2010, Xfinity Arena became home to the Washington Stealth of the National Lacrosse League. The franchise was previously known as the San Jose Stealth, and before that the Albany Attack. [2] The National Lacrosse League announced on June 27, 2013 that the Washington Stealth would relocate for the upcoming season. The team would preserve its nickname in the move. Further details were to be announced at a press conference on July 2, 2013.

Banked track roller derby

Xfinity Arena is also home to the Tilted Thunder Rail Birds, a Seattle-based, all-female, banked track roller derby league. [3]

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Side view of Xfinity Arena

Previous tenants

The arena was also home to the International Basketball League's Everett Explosion for one season in 2007 before they moved to Monroe and were renamed the Snohomish County Explosion, where they played until 2010. Xfinity Arena also hosted arena football for three years (2005–07). The Everett Hawks were a primary football tenant in the arena for the NIFL in their first season at Everett, going undefeated at 14-0, but lost in the playoff semifinal to the Tri-Cities Fever. The team switched to af2 in 2006 and became a minor-league team where they didn't find much success, which led to their folding in 2007.

Conference Center

The Edward D. Hansen Conference Center is a $12 million center in an extra wing of the arena. The conference center was designed by H2K Design and Botesh, Nash & Hall. This esthetically oriented three-story facility includes a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m²) ballroom that is capable of accommodating 800 guests. In addition to the ballroom, the conference center has three executive meeting rooms used by guests as a private meeting space. The conference center hosts about 200 events annually including meetings, trade shows, banquets, galas, receptions and others. The conference center is also home to the City of Everett’s art collection which includes artwork from the Pilchuck Glass Collection.

Ice rink

The Xfinity Community Ice Rink is an NHL regulation 200' x 85' ice rink that is located inside Xfinity Arena at Everett. It is a public ice skating rink, which is used for public skating, local hockey leagues, figure skating, instructional sessions and much more. Currently the rink is open year round, and has the versatility to transform into a 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m²) space with the capability to host trade shows, expositions, consumer shows and special events.

Concerts

List of Concerts

• Lynyrd Skynyrd – February 6, 2004 and December 16, 2005
• KUBE 93.3's Birthday Bash – March 27, 2004
• Rod Stewart – April 3, 2004
• tobyMac & The Diverse City Band – May 22, 2004, with Third Day
• American Idol Live! – July 17, 2004, August 23, 2005 and July 8, 2011
• The Cure – August 31, 2004
• Scorpions – October 21, 2004, with Tesla and Keith Emerson
• The Rock & Soul Revue – October 23, 2004
• Green Day – November 16, 2004, with New Found Glory and Sugarcult
• Bette Midler – December 7, 2004
• Dolly Parton – December 19, 2004, with The Grascals
• Cher – January 26, 2005, with The Village People
• Duran Duran – March 9, 2005, with Ima Robot and September 23, 2011, with The Neon Trees
• The Taste of Chaos Tour – March 26, 2005, April 2, 2006 and February 15, 2007
• Velvet Revolver – April 22, 2005
• The Wiggles – April 24, 2005 (2 shows), July 17, 2009 (2 shows) and October 9, 2010 (2 shows)
• The Honda Civic Tour – April 30, 2005 and May 15, 2006
• Oasis – September 9, 2005, with Jet and Kasabian
• Santana – September 20, 2005, with Robert Randolph and the Family Band
• Audioslave – September 28, 2005, with Seether and 30 Seconds to Mars
• The Gaither Homecoming – October 7, 2005
• Def Leppard – November 8, 2005, with Bryan Adams
• Steven Curtis Chapman – December 7, 2005
• Kanye West – December 10, 2005 and December 10, 2007, with Keyshia Cole and Fantasia Barrino
• Martina McBride – July 16, 2006, with Mark Wills and August 4, 2007, with Little Big Town
• Juan Gabriel – September 24, 2006
• James Blunt – November 6, 2006
• The Barenaked Ladies – November 26, 2006, with Mike Doughty's Band
• Dierks Bentley – December 1, 2006, with Miranda Lambert and The Randy Rogers Band and April 21, 2012, with Jerrod Niemann and The Eli Young Band
• Panic! at the Disco – December 3, 2006, with The Bloc Party, Jack's Mannequin and Cobra Starship
• Guns N' Roses – December 10, 2006, with Helmet and The Sebastian Bach Band
• The Dukes of Dixieland – January 20, 2007
• The Blue Man Group – February 2, 2007, with Mike Relm and January 25, 2008, with Mike Relm
• The Doodlebops – February 11, 2007
• The Panic Channel – February 18, 2007, with Rock Star Supernova
• The Newsboys – March 25, 2007, with Kutless and Stellar Kart and April 15, 2010
• KBKS 106.1's Girl's Night Out – May 13, 2007
• Hilary Duff – August 6, 2007, with Lifehouse
• Mannheim Steamroller – December 2, 2007
• Switchfoot & Relient K – December 3, 2007, with Ruth
• Tool – December 4, 2007, with Trans Am
• KNDD 107.7 The End's Deck The Hall Ball – December 6, 2007
• The Jonas Brothers – February 5, 2008, with Rooney
• Gary Valenciano – June 15, 2008
• Rock Band Live – October 14, 2008
• Neil Young – October 21, 2008, with Death Cab for Cutie
• Celtic Thunder – December 7, 2008 and October 30, 2010
• Sarah Brightman – December 14, 2008, with Mario Frangoulis
• Disturbed – January 23, 2009, with Sevendust and Skindred
• Barry Manilow – March 15, 2009
• Il Divo – June 2, 2009
• ZZ Top – November 23, 2009
• Quidam – March 16–20, 2010
• The Zac Brown Band – March 21, 2010, with Sonia Leigh, Levi Lowrey and Nic Cowan
• Thousand Foot Krutch – April 9, 2010
• Carrie Underwood – May 29, 2010, with Craig Morgan and Sons of Sylvia
• Justin Bieber – July 13, 2010, with Sean Kingston and The Stunners
• Jimmy Needham – April 1, 2011
• Leeland – April 2, 2011
• KISS – June 23, 2011, with Bad City
• USC 14th Anniversary Concert – June 24, 2011
• The Avett Brothers – July 15, 2011, with Jessica Lea Mayfield
• Sugarland – July 18, 2011, with Sara Bareilles
• Alan Jackson & The Strayhorns – August 19, 2011
• Michael W. Smith – December 5, 2011
• Sonu Nigam – June 10, 2012
• The Smashing Pumpkins – October 10, 2012, with Anberlin
• The Fresh Beat Band – November 10, 2012
• Eric Church – November 13, 2012, with Justin Moore and Kip Moore
• The Gigantour – July 30, 2013
• KBKS 106.1's Jingle Ball – December 8, 2013
• Celtic Woman – March 25, 2014
• Gloria Trevi – April 19, 2014, with Carlito Olivero
• The Musica Corrido Fest – May 18, 2014
• OneRepublic – June 12, 2014, with The Script and American Authors
• Demi Lovato – October 2, 2014, with Christina Perri and MKTO
• Phillip Phillips – October 21, 2014, with Christian Burghardt
• R. Kelly – February 7, 2015

External links

• Xfinity Arena at Everett Website
• Everett Silvertips
• Everett, WA.