It’s hard to believe the Xcel Energy Center has hit a quarter century, with most fans agreeing the arena doesn’t seem to show its age.

St. Paul has put a hefty price tag on its long-awaited plan to reinvent a crucial swath of downtown, including the Minnesota Wild’s Xcel Energy Center. For $769 million, the city would overhaul the NHL arena as well as the neighboring Roy Wilkins Auditorium and St.

The Xcel Energy Center is now 25 years old and the City of St. Paul has unveiled the Xcel Arena Complex Renovation project that proposes to transform