http://blog.newsok.com/republicanconvention David Holt, special to NewsOK, reports from the Republican National Convention Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:08:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blog.newsok.com/republicanconvention/2008/08/29/the-xcel-energy-center/ http://blog.newsok.com/republicanconvention/2008/08/29/the-xcel-energy-center/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:05:04 +0000 David Holt http://blog.newsok.com/republicanconvention/2008/08/29/the-xcel-energy-center/ The Xcel Energy Center (yes, that’s how they spell it) will be the host of the 2008 RNC.  Here’s a link to the official site.  The arena seats 18,064, was built in 2000 for $130 million, and is the home of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and the NLL’s Minnesota Swarm.  It hosted the NHL All Star Game in 2004.

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