{"id":482988,"date":"2026-03-03T16:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/482988\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:07:17","slug":"latest-venue-renovation-plan-from-wild-st-paul-will-cost-600-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/482988\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest venue renovation plan from Wild, St. Paul will cost $600 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Wild and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/kaohly-her-st-paul-mayor-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her<\/a> announced a $600 million plan on Tuesday to renovate the team&#8217;s arena and connected venues.<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of the money will go toward updating Grand Casino Arena, where the Wild play, and the remaining $150 million will be allotted to the RiverCentre and Roy Wilkins Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>The city and the team will each contribute $162.5 million for Grand Casino Arena, with the city&#8217;s part coming from an extension of a half-cent sales tax.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Grand Casino Arena is one of the largest city-owned assets, and we are responsible for making sure it continues to anchor our downtown and economy,&#8221; Her said. &#8220;This agreement ensures our facilities remain competitive \u2014 attracting top performers, cultural events, and, of course, sports. Above all, I am committed to being a good steward of taxpayer dollars. This framework is the most sustainable path to finish this project while honoring that responsibility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The parties plan to ask for $200 million from the Minnesota Legislature \u2014 $125 million for the arena and $75 million for the other two venues.<\/p>\n<p>Another $75 million will be needed for the Roy Wilkins Auditorium, and the principals plan to seek a &#8220;preferred partner&#8221; to put up the money.<\/p>\n<p>Her and Wild leadership plan to speak about the agreement at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch the announcementWhat: Wild leadership and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her announce plans to renovate venue complexDate: Tuesday, March 3, 2026Time: 11 a.m.Online stream: Live on CBS News Minnesota in the player above, on your mobile or streaming device and on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/Ic1kOSmU6TU?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The team and city previously pursued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/st-paul-minnesota-wild-xcel-energy-center-arena-complex-minnesota-house-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a $770 million renovation project<\/a> for the St. Paul complex, hoping lawmakers would approve $394 million in state funding. They then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/st-paul-wild-xcel-energy-center-complex-renovations-scaled-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">winnowed the project down<\/a> to $488 million for just Grand Casino Arena, with an ask of $50 million from the state. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Xcel Energy&#8217;s naming rights for the Wild stadium expired, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/xcel-energy-center-renamed-grand-casino-arena-minnesota-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grand Casino stepped in<\/a> on a 14-year agreement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/x-xcel-energy-center-rooftop-sign-auction\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The &#8220;X&#8221; from the sign<\/a> that sat atop Xcel Energy Center recently sold for $21,200 at auction.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Wild and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her announced a $600 million plan on Tuesday to renovate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5118],"tags":[5,161,38,5280,4,6077,162],"class_list":{"0":"post-482988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-wild","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-wild","11":"tag-minnesotawild","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-st-paul","14":"tag-wild"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116166108745483494","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}