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Qwest Arena<br />
The 5,190-seat Qwest Arena <strong>in</strong> Boise, Idaho opened <strong>in</strong> 1997. The privately owned facility has<br />
three sports tenants: the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL, the Boise Burn of Arena Football 2 (af2)<br />
<strong>and</strong> the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Developmental League.<br />
Premium seat<strong>in</strong>g at the facility <strong>in</strong>cludes 39 suites <strong>and</strong><br />
a VIP club. Suites range <strong>in</strong> size from 12 to 30 seats,<br />
with prices depend<strong>in</strong>g on the suite capacity <strong>and</strong> ticket<br />
package <strong>in</strong>cluded with the suite. Suite prices range<br />
from $12,000 for a 12-seat suite with a hockey-only<br />
ticket package to $45,000 for a 30-seat suite <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
tickets to all arena events. Access to the VIP club is<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> certa<strong>in</strong> season ticket packages offered <strong>by</strong><br />
the Arena’s sports tenants.<br />
Regular season home games hosted <strong>by</strong> the Arena on<br />
an annual basis <strong>in</strong>clude 36 Steelheads games, eight<br />
Burn games <strong>and</strong> 25 Stampede games. In addition,<br />
non-tenant events hosted <strong>by</strong> the Arena <strong>in</strong> a recent year<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded six concerts, 12 family shows, 29 non-tenant<br />
sports events <strong>and</strong> 13 other events. The Arena’s<br />
published rental rate is the greater of $3,500 or 10<br />
percent of gross gate receipts.<br />
Feasibility Analysis of a New <strong>Sports</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Event</strong> <strong>Complex</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Coeur</strong> d’Alene<br />
Comparable Facilities Analysis<br />
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Qwest Arena<br />
City, State: Boise, ID<br />
City Population: 198,600<br />
25-mi Pop. 554,000<br />
50-mi Pop. 662,300<br />
Year Opened: 1997<br />
Ownership: Block 22 LLC<br />
Management: Sodexho<br />
Tenants: ECHL, af2, NBA D-League<br />
Arena:<br />
Seat<strong>in</strong>g Capacity: 5,190 (sports)<br />
4,200 (concerts)<br />
Floor SF: 17,000<br />
Convention Space:<br />
Exhibition SF: 0<br />
Ballroom SF: 0<br />
Meet<strong>in</strong>g SF: 0<br />
Sellable SF: 0<br />
<strong>Event</strong>s:<br />
Tenant 69<br />
Non-Tenant: 60<br />
Total: 129<br />
Total Attendance: n/a