Angel of the Winds Arena (originally known as Everett Events Center) is a multi-purpose complex in
Everett,
Washington
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, United States, designed and developed by the Everett Public Facilities District. It opened in October 2003, with the
naming rights being sold to
Comcast
Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...
in 2007 and subsequently to
Angel of the Winds Casino Resort in 2017. The 10,000-seat venue has hosted a variety of concerts and other performances, including the
Ringling Brothers Circus,
Disney on Ice
Disney on Ice, originally Walt Disney's World on Ice, is a series of touring ice shows produced by Feld Entertainment's Ice Follies And Holiday on Ice, Inc. under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Aimed primarily at children, the shows fea ...
, the
Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, and comedy in their style of play. Created in 1926 by Tommy Brookins in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name ''Harlem'' because of i ...
, and
Sesame Street Live.
The venue also hosted
2008 Skate America
The 2008 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Washington on October 23– ...
, 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.
Tenants and events
In 2016, the arena served as the host for the
2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships is the fifteenth edition of the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held April 8–10, 2016 at the Xfinity Arena (for artistic and trampoline events) and the Everett Community Co ...
. It also hosted WWE's flagship TV show Monday Night Raw on February 17, 2020.
Hockey
Angel of the Winds Arena is the home of the
Everett Silvertips, a
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior h ...
franchise. In their first season (2003–04), the Everett Silvertips won the WHL Western Conference Championship.
The arena also hosted a preseason game between the
National Hockey League's Seattle Kraken
The Seattle Kraken are a professional ice hockey team based in Seattle. The Kraken compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and began play during the league's 2021–22 season. ...
and
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...
on October 1, 2021.
Basketball
The
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm competes in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was founded by Ginger Ackerl ...
of the
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ...
announced that it would play five home games during its
2019 season in Everett, while the rest are played at their temporary home in Seattle, the
Hec Edmundson Pavilion
Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (formerly and still commonly referred to as Hec Edmundson Pavilion or simply Hec Ed) is an indoor arena in the northwest United States, on the campus of the University of Washington in ...
on the University of Washington campus. The Storm played their season opener in Everett on May 25, 2019, using the same floor that had previously been installed at
KeyArena. The team planned to return in 2020 for eight games in Everett, but due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, all WNBA games were moved to
Bradenton, Florida
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History
Late 18th and early 19th centuries ...
.
The Storm are scheduled to play all 16 of their home games in 2021 at Angel of the Winds Arena with up to 2,000 fans allowed to attend per the state's COVID-19 reopening guidelines.
Curling
In 2017, the arena, then known as Xfinity Arena, was host to the USA
Men's and
Women's
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Curling National Championships. The men's championship was won by
2018 Winter Olympics
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, opening =
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gold medalists Team
John Shuster
John Shuster ( ; born November 3, 1982) is an American curler who lives in Superior, Wisconsin. He led Team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winte ...
, while Team
Jamie Sinclair
Jamie Ann Sinclair (born February 21, 1992) is an American-Canadian curler from Osgoode, Ontario and is a three-time U.S. National Champion. Her United States Curling Association membership is through the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlot ...
captured the women's crown.
Banked track roller derby
Angel of the Winds Arena is also home to the
Tilted Thunder Rail Birds
Tilted Thunder Roller Derby (TTRD) is a Seattle, Washington based, all-female, banked track roller derby league. They are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization run by a volunteer force of skaters and league members committed to promoting and raising ...
, a Seattle-based, all-female, banked track roller derby league.
Tennis
On February 7–8, 2020 Angel of the Winds Arena hosted
USTA Fed Cup qualifying event with competing teams USA and Latvia.
Rodeo
The
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Science and technology
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's premier
bull riding tour, the
Unleash the Beast Series
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, made its first-ever stop in Everett for an event at the arena on April 6, 2022.
Other uses
On April 1, 2020, the arena opened as a
COVID-19
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quarantine center with 150 beds amid the
coronavirus pandemic. The quarantine center was meant for patients with COVID-19 and are unable to self-isolate or quarantine at home.
Former tenants
The arena was also home to the
International Basketball League
The International Basketball League (IBL) was a semi-professional men's basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States. In 2010 the Albany Legends became the first team in the Northeastern United States to join. The ...
's
Everett Explosion for one season in 2007 before they moved to
Monroe and were renamed the
Snohomish County Explosion
The Snohomish County Explosion was a semi-professional basketball team that last played in the National Athletic Basketball League (NABL) in 2010. The team was based in Everett, Washington, in 2007 in Monroe, Washington, from 2008 to 2010. The Ex ...
, where they played until 2010. Comcast 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
The AF2 (often styled as af2, and short for arenafootball2) was the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like its parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football ru ...
in 2006 and became a minor-league team where they didn't find much success, which led to their folding in 2007.
In 2012, Comcast Arena was the home of the now-defunct
Everett Raptors
The Everett Raptors were a professional indoor football team based in Everett, Washington. The Raptors were member of the Intense Conference of the Indoor Football League (IFL). They played their home games at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Ever ...
of the
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football. It has one of the largest number of currently active teams amon ...
.
Lacrosse
In
2010
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, Comcast Arena became home to the
Washington Stealth
The Washington Stealth were a member of the National Lacrosse League, the professional box lacrosse league of North America from the 2010 NLL season through the 2013 NLL season. They were based in Everett (part of the Seattle metropolitan area ...
of the
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United Stat ...
. The franchise was previously known as the
San Jose Stealth
The San Jose Stealth were a member of the National Lacrosse League, the professional box lacrosse league of North America from 2004 NLL season, 2004 until 2009 NLL season, 2009. They played at the HP Pavilion at San Jose, which is also the home of ...
, and before that the
Albany Attack
The Albany Attack was the name of a franchise which played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) from the 2000 NLL season, 2000 season through the 2003 NLL season, 2003 season. The Attack played in the former Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York (now k ...
. After four seasons in Everett, the Washington Stealth were relocated to
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
in 2014.
Conference Center
The Edward D. Hansen Conference Center is a three-story addition to the arena that cost US$12 million to construct. The facility includes a ballroom that is capable of accommodating 800 guests. In addition to the ballroom, the conference center has three executive meeting rooms available as private meeting space. The conference center hosts approximately 200 events annually. It is also home to a public 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 Angel of the Winds Arena. It is a public ice skating rink, which is used for public
skating
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Ice Skating
*Ice skating, moving on ice by using ice skates
**Figure skating, a sport in which individuals, ...
, local
hockey leagues,
figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
, instructional sessions, and much more. Currently the rink is open year-round, and has the versatility to transform into a space with the capability to host
trade shows
A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and cu ...
,
expositions, consumer shows and special events.
Concerts
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