The Savvis Center (formerly the Kiel Center) is an arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The center features a range of arena programming, including ice hockey, concerts, ice shows, family shows, and other sporting events. It hosts approximately 175 events per year, drawing nearly 2 million guests annually. Known for the quality of its ice (Savvis was voted 2nd best rink in a poll of NHLers, behind only Montreal), the Savvis Center is respected as one of the louder NHL arenas.

The Kiel Center opened in 1994 to replace the Kiel Auditorium, where the college basketball team had played, which was torn down in December 1992. The Blues had played in the St. Louis Arena prior to moving into the Kiel Center in 1994. The building is currently known as Savvis Center, after naming rights were sold in August 2000 to SAVVIS Communications Corporation, a global IP network service provider with dual headquarters in St. Louis and Herndon, Virginia. The Kiel name still bears on the adjoining parking structure.

It is home to the St. Louis Blues of the NHL, the Saint Louis University Billikens basketball team of the Atlantic 10 Conference, the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League, and the River City Rage of the National Indoor Football League.

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