{"id":13465,"date":"2025-06-30T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/grand-casino-arena-new-home-name-for-the-wild-and-frost-in-st-paul\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:13:22","slug":"grand-casino-arena-new-home-name-for-the-wild-and-frost-in-st-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nhl\/grand-casino-arena-new-home-name-for-the-wild-and-frost-in-st-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Casino Arena: New home name for the Wild and Frost in St. Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New Name for the Minnesota Wild&#8217;s Home<\/h2>\n\nThe Xcel Energy Center, home to the NHL&#8217;s Minnesota Wild ice hockey team and the PWHL&#8217;s Minnesota Frost, will change its name. The venue operators announced the modification this Monday.\n\nStarting September 3, the 18,000-seat arena, located in downtown Saint Paul, will be known as Grand Casino Arena.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0630%2Fr1513092_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nMinnesota Sports &amp; Entertainment formalized a 14-year naming rights partnership with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, owners of the building.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;Grand Casino Arena will serve as the anchor of a dynamic entertainment district that will transform downtown Saint Paul,&#8221; stated Craig Leipold, majority owner and lead investor in Minnesota Sports &amp; Entertainment.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Craig Leipold<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nLeipold added: &#8220;The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has been a strong supporter and investor in this city. We are thrilled with their partnership and support for the arena.&#8221;\n\nXcel Energy had held the naming rights since the building&#8217;s opening in the year 2000.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;This is more than a name change, it&#8217;s a sign of where we are headed as a company,&#8221; said Ronda Weizenegger, CEO of Grand Casino.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Ronda Weizenegger<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nWeizenegger concluded: &#8220;Grand Casino Arena represents the strength of the tribal enterprise and our continued investment in the future of Minnesota. We are proud to partner with the Minnesota Wild to make this vision a reality.&#8221;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Name for the Minnesota Wild&#8217;s Home The Xcel Energy Center, home to the NHL&#8217;s Minnesota Wild ice hockey team and the PWHL&#8217;s Minnesota Frost, will change its name. The venue operators announced the modification this Monday. Starting September 3, the 18,000-seat arena, located in downtown Saint Paul, will be known as Grand Casino Arena. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5048,458,5049,5050],"class_list":{"0":"post-13465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-grand-casino-arena","9":"tag-minnesota-wild","10":"tag-naming-rights","11":"tag-saint-paul"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}