Xfinity Arena

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Xfinity Arena

Former names	Everett Events Center (2003–2007) Comcast Arena at Everett (2007–2014)
Location	2000 Hewitt Avenue Suite 200 Everett, WA 98201
Owner	Everett Public Facilities District
Operator	Global Spectrum
Capacity	Hockey: 8,149[1] Center stage concert: 10,000 End stage concert: 9,000
Construction
Broke ground	April 23, 2002[2]
Opened	September 27, 2003[7]
Construction cost	$71.5 million ($93.1 million in 2017 dollars[3])
Architect	LMN Architects[4] PBK Architects, Inc.[5]
Structural engineer	Magnusson Klemencic Associates[6]
Services engineer	Hermanson Co. LLP[6]
General contractor	PCL Construction Services, Inc.[6]
Tenants
Everett Silvertips (WHL) (2003–present) Washington Stealth (NLL) (2010–2013) Tilted Thunder Rail Birds (2010–present) Everett Raptors (IFL) (2012) Everett Explosion (IBL) (2007) Everett Hawks (NIFL/AF2) (2005–2007)

Xfinity Arena at Everett is an $83.3 million multi-purpose complex, in Everett, Washington, designed and developed by the Everett Public Facilities District. The Everett Events Center opened in October 2003. Naming rights were sold to Comcast in 2007, who renamed the arena to Comcast Arena at Everett. In 2014, the name was changed to Xfinity Arena, named after the Xfinity brand that was adopted by the Comcast Cable division.^[8][9]
The 10,000-seat venue has hosted a variety of concerts and other types of performances. A few events that have showcased at Xfinity Arena at Everett include Ringling Brothers Circus, The Spa, Pool, and Swimspa Show, moto cross, and family shows such as Disney on Ice, Harlem Globetrotters, Sesame Street Live and a myriad of others.
The venue served as the host for 2008 Skate America, 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.^{[citation needed]}
In 2016, the arena served as the host for the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.^[10]