Alerus Center

Alerus Center
	Alerus Center in 2006
Former names	Aurora Events Center; (pre-construction)
Address	1200 S. 42nd Street
Location	Grand Forks,; North Dakota, U.S.
Coordinates	47°54′40″N 97°05′28″W / 47.911°N 97.091°W
Owner	City of Grand Forks
Capacity	21,000 Configurations Concerts (half-house set): 11,000; Theater: 4,600; Football: 12,283; Basketball: 9,500;
Field size	Overall: 447,000 square feet (41,500 m2); Ballroom: 26,000 square feet (2,400 m2); Arena floor dimensions:; 415 feet (126 m) north to south; 240 feet (73 m) east to west
Construction
Broke ground	July 15, 1998
Opened	February 10, 2001;; 23 years ago
Construction cost	$80 million; ($150 million in 2023)
Architect	Ellerbe Becket; JLG Architects; Schoen & Associates
Structural engineer	Simpson Gumpertz; & Heger, Inc.
Services engineer	Obermiller Nelson; Engineering, Inc.
General contractor	Mortenson Construction
Tenants
	North Dakota Fighting Hawks football (NCAA) (2001–present)

The Alerus Center is an indoor arena and convention center in the north central United States, located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The facility is owned and operated by the city of Grand Forks and opened on February 10, 2001.

The arena's major tenant is the University of North Dakota football team, and also hosts many large concerts, sporting events, and trade shows. The seating capacity for football is 12,283, and up to 21,000 for other events. Located southwest of the UND campus, it is just east of Interstate 29 and south of its exit 140, the junction with state highway 297.

The convention center section of the facility includes a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m²) ballroom and twelve meeting rooms. The convention center is used for conferences, seminars, banquets, parties, and smaller concerts. Directly adjacent to the Alerus Center is a large hotel and waterpark complex called the Canad Inns Destination Center.

Alerus Center is named after a local financial institution, Alerus Financial, which purchased the building's naming rights. Prior to opening, the facility had been referred to as the Aurora Events Center. Its approximate elevation at street level is 835 feet (255 m) above sea level.

History

After attempts going back to 1984 to fund expansion of the downtown civic center or construction of a new convention center (1992), in 1995 a vote to increase the local sales tax to build a new events center (dubbed The Aurora Events Center, costing $43 to $49 million) passed with 60% approval. Cost overruns required another vote in 1996 on an events center to cost $57 million which passed with 51% approval.

The Flood of 1997 delayed the project and led to redesigns to make the facility less susceptible to future flooding. Compass Management was hired to manage facility and in 2000 Aurora was renamed Alerus Center after Alerus Financial bought naming rights for twenty years. Alerus Center opened on February 10, 2001 with a final cost of $80 million. In 2006 construction started on Canad Inns hotel tower and water park, and was completed in 2007.

In 2007, the city ended its management contract with Compass Management but the same year rehired Compass Management, now renamed VenuWorks, with the provision they won't be paid if they lose taxpayer money. In 2009 Alerus Commission announced they lost $720,000 in the events fund due to Alerus operations. No accounting of that loss is made available to the public.

In July 2017, Spectra came in to take over the management contract for the Alerus Center.^[7]

Notable events

Concerts

Date	Artist	Opening act(s)	Tour / Concert name	Attendance	Notes
February 17, 2001	Backstreet Boys		Black & Blue Tour
September 28, 2002	Cher	Cyndi Lauper	Living Proof: The Farewell Tour	19,351 / 19,351	This concert was the largest [single night] audience the artist has performed for during her solo career.^[8] Also, it is also the second largest event ever held at the arena.^[9]
August 19, 2003	Fleetwood Mac		Say You Will Tour
March 26, 2004	Barenaked Ladies	Howie Day Butterfly Boucher	Everywhere for Everyone Tour
April 8, 2005	Mötley Crüe		Red, White & Crüe ... Better Live Than Dead
August 23, 2006	Cirque du Soleil		Delirium
July 24, 2007	Nickelback		All the Right Reasons Tour
November 22, 2008	Neil Diamond		Neil Diamond: Live in Concert
September 12, 2009	Britney Spears		The Circus Starring Britney Spears
May 17, 2011	Tim McGraw		Southern Voice Tour
February 16, 2013	George Strait	Martina McBride	The Cowboy Rides Away Tour	19,500	The largest event ever held at the arena.
May 8, 2015	Luke Bryan	Randy Houser Dustin Lynch	Kick the Dust Up Tour
June 5, 2015	Eagles		History of the Eagles – Live in Concert
January 28, 2016	Jason Aldean	Thomas Rhett A Thousand Horses	We Were Here Tour
September 8, 2018	Metallica	Jim Breuer	WorldWired Tour	16,970^[10]
February 22, 2020	KISS	David Lee Roth	End of the Road World Tour	7,812 / 7,812^[11]
September 17, 2021	Luke Combs	Ashley McBryde	What You See Is What You Get Tour	22,000
March 12, 2022	Morgan Wallen	Hardy (singer)		20,000
May 29, 2022	Hank Williams Jr.	Lainey Wilson
May 9, 2023	Kenny Chesney	Kelsea Ballerini	I Go Back Tour	15,000
November 17, 2023	Jonas BrothersCancelled	Lawrence	Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour	0	Cancelled
March 02, 2024	Journey (band)	Toto (band)	Freedom Tour (Journey tour)	9,000
April 04, 2024	Chris Stapleton	Allen Stone	All-American Road Show Tour	14,000
April 20, 2024	Kane Brown	Tyler Hubbard	In The Air Tour	15,000
August 25 and 26th, 2024	Zach Bryan		the Quittin Time tour	24,000^[12] and 20,000

Football Attendance

The Alerus Center has a football capacity of 12,283. The Alerus Center record attendance for North Dakota Fighting Hawks football is 13,500 vs. North Dakota State University on October 6th, 2001. The second-highest attendance was 13,091 on October 14, 2023. As of September 2024, the Fighting Hawks hold a 110-30 record inside the Alerus Center.

Other events

Other events have also been held at Alerus Center including WWE Smackdown, Toughest Monster Truck Tour, and the 2008 North Dakota Democratic-NPL Convention featuring presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton speaking.^[13]

Competition

Grand Forks is unique because it is a relatively small market with two major event centers, Alerus Center and the Ralph Engelstad Arena, both of which often bid to host the same events. To a lesser extent, the Chester Fritz Auditorium in Grand Forks also sometimes competes for these same events as well. Regionally, the Fargodome in nearby Fargo and the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba are seen as competitors to Alerus Center.

Canad Inns Destination Center

Located directly north of Alerus Center sits the Canad Inns Destination Center, completed in 2007.^[14] This $50 million complex, also designed by JLG Architects, is anchored by a 201-room, 13-story hotel tower which, at 126 feet (38 m), is the tallest building in Grand Forks and the tallest building constructed in North Dakota since the mid-1980s.^[15] The Destination Center also includes the largest waterpark in the state, three restaurants, a "boutique" casino, and an arcade. This was the first facility in the United States for the Canadian hotel chain.^[16]

References

^ "The Aurora Begins". Grand Forks Herald. July 16, 1998.
^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ "Aurora Events Center". Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
^ "Sports Facilities". Obermiller Nelson Engineering, Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
^ "Sports and Event Centers". Mortensen Construction. Archived from the original on April 28, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
^ "Alerus Center". University of North Dakota. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
^ "After deficit year, Alerus Center poised to make a profit". Retrieved 2018-08-03.
^ "The Cher concert: you're kidding…Right?". Dakota Student. University of North Dakota. October 4, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
^ "The Cher Concert". Dakota Student. October 4, 2002. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2005.
^ Pamela Knudson (2018-09-12). "Alerus releases attendance numbers for Metallica concert". grandforksherald.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ Adam Kurtz (2020-02-22). "KISS concert doesn't disappoint fans in Grand Forks". grandforksherald.com.
^ https://www.grandforksherald.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/zach-bryan-concerts-shatter-alerus-attendance-revenue-records#:~:text=With%20an%20estimated%2024%2C000%2Dplus,%2C%20Aug.%2025%2C%202024.
^ Haga, Chuck (April 5, 2008). "Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Bring Close Contest to N.D." Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved April 5, 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Canad Inns Destination Center Grand Forks". Canad Inns. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
^ "Canad Inns Destination Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "JLG Architects -".

External links

[1] "The Aurora Begins". Grand Forks Herald. July 16, 1998.

[inflation-US-2] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[3] "Aurora Events Center". Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.

[4] "Sports Facilities". Obermiller Nelson Engineering, Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved January 15, 2014.

[5] "Sports and Event Centers". Mortensen Construction. Archived from the original on April 28, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2014.

[6] "Alerus Center". University of North Dakota. Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved December 10, 2014.

[7] "After deficit year, Alerus Center poised to make a profit". Retrieved 2018-08-03.

[8] "The Cher concert: you're kidding…Right?". Dakota Student. University of North Dakota. October 4, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2010.

[9] "The Cher Concert". Dakota Student. October 4, 2002. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2005.

[10] Pamela Knudson (2018-09-12). "Alerus releases attendance numbers for Metallica concert". grandforksherald.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[11] Adam Kurtz (2020-02-22). "KISS concert doesn't disappoint fans in Grand Forks". grandforksherald.com.

[12] ttps://www.grandforksherald.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/zach-bryan-concerts-shatter-alerus-attendance-revenue-records#:~:text=With%20an%20estimated%2024%2C000%2Dplus,%2C%20Aug.%2025%2C%202024.

[13] Haga, Chuck (April 5, 2008). "Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Bring Close Contest to N.D." Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved April 5, 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[14] "Canad Inns Destination Center Grand Forks". Canad Inns. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.

[15] "Canad Inns Destination Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[16] "JLG Architects -".

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Alerus Center

History

Notable events

Concerts

Football Attendance

Other events

Competition

Canad Inns Destination Center

See also

References

External links

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