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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)

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