Minnesota Wild
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN
- Capacity
- 17,954
- Roof
- Indoor
- Surface
- Ice
- Opened
- 2000
- Tickets
- $40+
- Parking
- $8+
- Beer
- $12+
- Food
- $7+
- Est. total
- $67+
Against the other 31 NHL arenas, Grand Casino Arena is the 19th cheapest game day: 23rd for tickets, joint 5th for parking and joint 20th for food and drink, compared on market ticket medians and published lot and menu prices in US dollars. See the full ranking.
Prices are estimates. See our methodology.
What to Expect
The Grand Casino Arena sits in downtown Saint Paul, connected to the city's famous skyway system. Minnesota is the State of Hockey. This isn't marketing, it's cultural identity. Every kid plays, every adult watches, and the Wild are the heart of the professional scene. The arena is intimate (17,954), loud, and packed with fans who grew up on the ice. St. Paul's downtown is quieter than Minneapolis but the Lowertown neighborhood has a thriving craft beer scene. Winter games mean frigid walks, but the skyway system lets you reach the arena from parking ramps without stepping outside.
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Game Day
Both the RiverCentre and Kellogg ramps connect directly to the arena complex.
Backpacks, coolers and large totes are refused outright; a purse up to 12 by 12 by 6 gets in at a designated X-ray point, and a wallet or clutch up to 4 by 6 by 1.5 at any entrance.
The Kellogg ramp is underground with a 7 foot clearance; the arena publishes no clearance for the RiverCentre ramp.
Parking & Directions
The new parking ramp across from the Xcel right off Kellogg and 35E is decent. Same with the ramp attached to the Holiday Inn. Park all the way at the bottom then leave via the left ramp up one level and exit on floor two.
Victory ramp is cheap and usually not nearly full if you don't mind walking. It is about $15-20 and super convenient. During playoffs it is $20.
The X is directly linked to public transit - bus 54 from the airport or the light rail to downtown. Not European-level transit but it works fine for getting to the game.
Food & Drinks
Summit EPA is brewed in St. Paul. Surly Furious is brewed in Minneapolis. Both are excellent and available at the arena.
The Juicy Lucy is a Minnesota original, a burger with molten cheese sealed inside the patty. Be careful, it's hot.
Walleye fingers are quintessential Minnesota. The state fish, battered and fried. You won't find this at other NHL arenas.
Seating
Club Level membership is sold in 11-game and half-season blocks as well as full season, so it is not only a season-ticket product.
Complimentary coffee stations open on the club level during the third period, a small thing, and the only arena in this data that publishes it.
The parking pass comes with every four full-season club seats, not with each one.
Know Before You Go
- Bag policy
Purses up to 12 x 12 x 6 inches are permitted at designated X-ray entrances; wristlets, clutches, and wallets up to 4 x 6 x 1.5 inches are permitted at every entrance after inspection.
The purse rule includes clear bags; backpacks, coolers, and large totes are prohibited, while medical and parenting bags are permitted after X-ray screening.
- Gate opening
General doors open 75 minutes before Minnesota Wild games.
Gate 5 opens 90 minutes early for listed premium areas, and Gate 4 opens 90 minutes early for Fan Zone access only.
- Venue payments
Concessions, retail, parking, and box-office transactions accept only credit cards and mobile payments such as Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Cash is not accepted, but it can be converted into a prepaid card at the Guest Services desk at Section 105.
- Re-entry
Grand Casino Arena does not permit guests to exit during an event and then re-enter.
Guides for Grand Casino Arena
- Game Day Guide
7 steps from arrival to puck drop, and 17 venue rules checked against official sources. 5 bars, patios and plazas to fill the hours before doors, and what to bring.
- Parking & Directions
2 lots and garages with distances and entry routes, from $8. Or leave the car: the cheapest way in is Metro Green Line Light Rail, $2.
- Food & Drinks
37 concession stands and 37 items researched from the venue's own menus, cheapest food $7 and drink $5.
- Seating Guide
7 seating areas at Grand Casino Arena, with the level names printed on the ticket.
- Cost Calculator
Build a total for your own party using Grand Casino Arena's stored figures.
How We Checked This Page
Every section below names the source it was read from and the day it was read. Where we could not reach a published figure, the page says so rather than presenting an estimate as a checked fact.
- Venue facts
Wikipedia / Official Venue Page
- Venue policies
Grand Casino Arena venue-policies and accessibility pages, and its special-diet menu, read 2026-09-23 after the arena's site moved its visitor and accessibility guides; alcohol cutoff, children's tickets, family-restroom and Mother's Room details are no longer published and were removed.
Not yet checked against a published source
These figures are estimates. Most venues no longer publish the numbers behind them (concession and ticket pricing moved to dynamic marketplaces), so we hold them as estimates rather than dating them as verified.
- Ticket prices: Secondary market averages (SeatGeek/StubHub)
- Parking prices: Never checked against a published rate: the venue's parking page, read 2026-09-05, publishes none. The connected ramps are described and priced only for EV charging. The 2026-07-27 figures were compiled from third-party listings (was: "Grand Casino Arena 2026: the two connected ramps, RiverCentre and Kellogg Underground, run $25-$40 for Wild games; early SpotHero reservations from $17"). The parking page moved to /plan-your-visit/directions-parking; re-read 2026-09-23, it still publishes no ramp rate, only the $3 EV charging fee.
- Food prices: Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research
- Drink prices: Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research