Scottrade Center Scottrade Center ( formerly Kiel Center and Savvis Center ) is a 19 , 150 seat arena located in downtown St . Louis , Missouri , opened in 1994 . It is nicknamed " The House that Brett Hull Built " . It is the home of the NHL ' s St . Louis Blues . The Scottrade Center is respected as one of the louder NHL arenas due to several factors including the 9 - second foghorn blast after every Blues ' goal followed by an organ rendition of " When the Saints Go Marching In " . Besides ice hockey , the arena features a range of arena programming , including professional wrestling , concerts , ice shows , family shows , and other sporting events . It hosts approximately 175 events per year , drawing nearly two million guests annually . For the first quarter 2006 , Scottrade Center ranked second among arenas in the United States and fourth worldwide in tickets sold . Industry trade publication Pollstar ranks Scottrade Center among the top ten arenas worldwide in tickets sold to non - team events . The most people to ever attend an event at the Scottrade Center was 22 , 612 , which happened twice during the 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Men ' s Basketball Tournamen , known as Arch Madness . The arena is frequently selected by the NCAA for championship events , and played host to the NCAA Frozen Four Hockey Championships in April 2007 , and will host the NCAA Wrestling Championships in 2008 and 2009 and the NCAA Women ’ s Final Four Basketball Championships in 2009 . The building is operated by Sports Capital Partners , owner of the St . Louis Blues , under its chairman , Dave Checketts . Major capital improvements being made to the arena include a new center scoreboard and LED ribbon board , new club seats and a point - of - sale system permitting credit and debit cards at concession stands for faster service . History . Kiel Center opened in 1994 * to replace 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 Kiel Center in 1994 . The building is currently known as Scottrade Center , after naming rights were sold in September 2006 to Scottrade ( a local online investment firm and discount brokerage ) . The Kiel name still exists on the adjoining parking structure and the building cornerstone , as well as the closed Opera House on the north side of the property facing Market Street . Signs for the nearby MetroLink stop have been changed to read " Civic Center " , since the building has been renamed three times in its short history . Blues management decried its former naming - rights deal with tech company SAVVIS , as many of the monies paid out were in Savvis shares , then riding high . However , when the tech bubble burst , the team was left with almost nothing , and ended up losing money on the deal . Scottrade fixed that problem by paying its deal all in cash . In September 2006 , Scottrade founder Rodger O . Riney announced a partnership with the St . Louis Blues hockey club and arena . The new name of the arena , Scottrade Center , was revealed in a joint press conference . Terms of the deal were not disclosed , but were described as " long - term and significant . " Both Scottrade and the Blues said the agreement was " equitable " to both parties . Most of the signage and other promotions were changed to Scottrade Center prior to the first home game of the Blues on October 12 , 2006 . Tenants . The Scottrade Center is the home of the St . Louis Blues hockey franchise . A number of other events are scheduled in the Scottrade Center through the year , such as concerts , ice shows , circuses , and similar large gatherings . Former tenants of the Scottrade Center include the Saint Louis University Billikens NCAA Division 1 Men ' s Basketball , St . Louis Vipers roller hockey team , St . Louis Ambush and St . Louis Steamers indoor soccer teams , the St . Louis Stampede arena football team , and the River City Rage indoor football team .