Xcel Energy Center
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Xcel Energy Center is a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota, best known as the home of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and a premier venue for concerts and large events in the Twin Cities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xcel Energy Center canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T230641 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xcel Energy Center Context triple: [Minneapolis–Saint Paul, hasLandmark, Xcel Energy Center]
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A.
T-Mobile Center
T-Mobile Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, that hosts professional sports, concerts, and large entertainment events.
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B.
State Farm Arena
State Farm Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Atlanta, best known as the home arena of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and a host site for concerts and large events.
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C.
FedExForum
FedExForum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Memphis best known as the home of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies and a major venue for concerts and sporting events.
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D.
Steelworks Center of the West
The Steelworks Center of the West is a museum and archival complex in Pueblo, Colorado, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the region’s steelmaking and industrial heritage.
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E.
Staples Center
Staples Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and a premier venue for concerts and major events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xcel Energy Center Target entity description: Xcel Energy Center is a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota, best known as the home of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and a premier venue for concerts and large events in the Twin Cities.
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A.
T-Mobile Center
T-Mobile Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, that hosts professional sports, concerts, and large entertainment events.
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B.
State Farm Arena
State Farm Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Atlanta, best known as the home arena of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and a host site for concerts and large events.
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C.
FedExForum
FedExForum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Memphis best known as the home of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies and a major venue for concerts and sporting events.
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D.
Steelworks Center of the West
The Steelworks Center of the West is a museum and archival complex in Pueblo, Colorado, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the region’s steelmaking and industrial heritage.
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E.
Staples Center
Staples Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Lakers and Clippers and a premier venue for concerts and major events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment venue
ⓘ
ice hockey venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modern arena ⓘ |
| brokeGround | 1998 ⓘ |
| category |
Event venues established in 2000
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Indoor ice hockey venues in Minnesota ⓘ Music venues in Minnesota ⓘ Sports venues in Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
ⓘ
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Paul
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasClubSeats | yes ⓘ |
| hasLuxurySuites | yes ⓘ |
| hasPublicTransitAccess | yes ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasSurface | ice ⓘ |
| hasTenants | Minnesota Wild ⓘ |
| homeArenaOf | Minnesota Wild ⓘ |
| hosts |
basketball games
ⓘ
college hockey games ⓘ concerts ⓘ family shows ⓘ figure skating events ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ |
| leagueOfHomeTeam | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minnesota
ⓘ
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ
surface form:
Twin Cities metropolitan area
|
| namedAfter | Xcel Energy ⓘ |
| notableEventHosted |
2004 NHL All-Star Game
ⓘ
NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship ⓘ
surface form:
2011 NCAA Frozen Four
Republican National Convention 2008 main events nearby (with associated facilities) ⓘ |
| opened |
2000
ⓘ
September 2000 ⓘ |
| operator | Minnesota Sports & Entertainment ⓘ |
| owner |
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Saint Paul
|
| parkingAvailable | yes ⓘ |
| primarySport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Midwest
|
| replaced | St. Paul Civic Center ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForConcerts | approximately 20,000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForIceHockey | approximately 18,000 ⓘ |
| shortName | The X ⓘ |
| sponsor | Xcel Energy ⓘ |
| website | https://www.xcelenergycenter.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Xcel Energy Center Description of subject: Xcel Energy Center is a major indoor sports and entertainment arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota, best known as the home of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and a premier venue for concerts and large events in the Twin Cities.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Minnesota Wild