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Saint Paul, Minnesota Hosts World Cup Hockey Events September 2-10, 2004
(Saint Paul, MN) World Cup of Hockey is coming to Saint Paul September 2-10. Xcel Energy Center, home of the NHL Minnesota Wild will host four of the top hockey nations in the world when they compete in the World Cup of Hockey tournament Aug. 30 through Sept. 14, 2004. Defending champion of the inaugural 1996 World Cup and 2002 Olympic silver medalist United States will be joined by 2002 Olympic gold medal-winner Canada, Russia and defending World Champion Slovakia in the North American pool. The Czech Republic, winners of the 1998 Olympic gold medal, Finland, Germany and Sweden will compete in the European pool. The first two games at Xcel Energy Center will feature Team USA vs. Russia on September 2, and Team USA vs. Slovakia on September 3. Saint Paul will also play host to the World Cup Quarterfinals game on September 7 and the Semifinals on September 10. The Championship game will be played at the Air Canada Center in Toronto on September 14. Tickets to the games are available at the Xcel Energy Center box office, online at www.wild.com or via ticketmaster outlets. Saint Paul has had an incredible year, as it started off 2004 by welcoming visitors around the world to the NHL All Star game and its stunning Winter Carnival ice palace last February, and hosting thousands along the Mississippi River as the final port of call for Grand Excursion 2004, a celebration of the upper Mississippi River in July. This past August, Saint Paul was the site of the inspiring Luis Palau Festival and the inaugural Saint Paul Inline Marathon in which 1800 racers skated along the streets lining downtown and the Mississippi River. This is also the fifth and final year of the Peanuts Statues, which honor native son and Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. Visitors who attend the World Cup of Hockey games will be able to seek out the nearly 100 creatively designed and decorated images dotting the Saint Paul streetscape, as the statues will be on display through September 19^th. The design chosen for the final year, "Doghouse Days of Summer" features a classic pose of Snoopy lying on top of his doghouse daydreaming, with Woodstock perched on his stomach. Saint Paul sets up a Doghouse Visitors Center downtown during each Peanuts celebration, which is tremendously popular with visitors from around the world. Over two million visitors from all 50 states and sixty countries have come to Saint Paul during the past four summers to see statues of Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy and Linus. For more information on Saint Paul attractions or for lodging assistance please visit www.visitsaintpaul.com or call 1-800-627-6101.