The venue also hosted
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.[11]
History
Construction on the arena began in April 2002 and was completed in late 2003 at a cost of $71.5 million.[2] The Everett Events Center hosted its first Western Hockey League game on October 8, 2003. The new arena booked several events that had traditionally used the
Tacoma Dome, including
Disney on Ice and the
Harlem Globetrotters.[12]
Angel of the Winds Arena is the home of the
Everett Silvertips, a
Western Hockey League franchise. In their first season (2003–04), the Everett Silvertips won the WHL Western Conference Championship.
The arena also hosted a preseason games between
National Hockey League (NHL) teams several times, beginning in September 2009 between the
Tampa Bay Lightning and
Phoenix Coyotes. The game—the first between NHL teams in the region since 1997—was played in front of a sellout crowd of 7,281 spectators.[14] The
Seattle Kraken played a preseason game at Angel of the Winds Arena on October 1, 2021. Played as part of a regional tour prior to the
inaugural season, the Kraken won 2–1 in overtime against the
Edmonton Oilers.[15][16]
The
Seattle Storm of the
Women's National Basketball Association 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 on the University of Washington campus.[18] The Storm played their season opener in Everett on May 25, 2019, using the same floor that had previously been installed at
KeyArena.[19] The team planned to return in 2020 for eight games in Everett, but due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, all WNBA games were moved to
Bradenton, Florida.[20]
The Storm played all 16 home games of their 2021 season at Angel of the Winds Arena with up to 2,000 fans allowed to attend per the state's COVID-19 reopening guidelines.[21]
In 2017, the arena, then known as Xfinity Arena, was host to the USA
Men's and
Women's Curling National Championships. The men's championship was won by
2018 Winter Olympics gold medalists Team
John Shuster, while Team
Jamie Sinclair captured the women's crown.
Banked track roller derby
Angel of the Winds Arena is also home to the
Tilted Thunder Rail Birds, a Seattle-based, all-female, banked track roller derby league.[27]
Tennis
On February 7–8, 2020 Angel of the Winds Arena hosted
USTAFed Cup qualifying event with competing teams USA and Latvia.[28]
The arena hosted a
campaign rally for then-presidential candidate
Donald Trump on August 30, 2016. He spoke for 48 minutes in front of an estimated 9,184 people in attendance; the event cost $79,000 in extra policing and other staffing, which was partially recouped by the rental fee.[30][31]
On April 1, 2020, the arena opened as a
COVID-19 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.[32]
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 11,385-square-foot (1,057.7 m2) 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.[33]
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, local
hockey leagues,
figure skating, instructional sessions, and much more. Currently the rink is open year-round, and has the versatility to transform into a 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m2) space with the capability to host
trade shows,
expositions, consumer shows and special events.
Concerts
List of Concerts
Lynyrd Skynyrd – February 6, 2004, and December 16, 2005