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Sioux Falls Arena & Convention Center<br />
The Sioux Falls Arena opened <strong>in</strong> 1961 <strong>and</strong> serves<br />
as the primary sports <strong>and</strong> enterta<strong>in</strong>ment facility <strong>in</strong><br />
the Sioux Falls area. The Convention Center<br />
opened <strong>in</strong> 1997. The Arena <strong>and</strong> Convention Center<br />
are owned <strong>by</strong> the City <strong>and</strong> operated <strong>by</strong> SMG.<br />
The Convention Center offers nearly 62,000 square<br />
feet of sellable event space, while the Arena’s<br />
capacity ranges from 4,700 for football <strong>and</strong> hockey<br />
events to 6,400 for basketball <strong>and</strong> 8,000 for end<br />
stage concerts.<br />
The facility hosts a variety of events, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
sports events, concerts, family shows, conventions,<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>and</strong> banquets. The arena has three<br />
tenants: the USHL Stampede, CBA Skyforce <strong>and</strong><br />
NIFL Storm, who together host nearly 70 events<br />
each year. In addition the tenant sport<strong>in</strong>g events,<br />
the Arena hosts 70 non-tenant events each year. In<br />
total, the Arena welcomes 442,000 attendees each<br />
year to its events.<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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Sioux Falls Arena <strong>and</strong> Conv. Ctr.<br />
City, State: Sioux Falls, SD<br />
City Population: 134,300<br />
25-mi Pop. 199,800<br />
50-mi Pop. 308,700<br />
Year Opened: 1961/1997<br />
Ownership: City of Sioux Falls<br />
Management: SMG<br />
Tenants: USHL, UIF, NBA D-League<br />
Arena:<br />
Seat<strong>in</strong>g Capacity: 6,400 (sports)<br />
8,000 (concerts)<br />
Floor SF: 35,000<br />
Convention Space:<br />
Exhibition SF: 33,600<br />
Ballroom SF: 16,800<br />
Meet<strong>in</strong>g SF: 11,500<br />
Sellable SF: 61,900<br />
<strong>Event</strong>s:<br />
Tenant 67 (Arena)<br />
Non-Tenant: 69 (Arena)<br />
Total: 136 (Arena)<br />
Total Attendance: 442,000 (Arena)