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<< Previous   of   Next >> KEVIN NORTZ / THE HERALD  (click to enlarge) Alvina Meliton of Everett washes one of 10,000 seats in the newly named Comcast Arena at the Everett Events Center. The Silvertips opened camp on Thursday morning, giving rookies a chance to scrimmage on their newly named rink.   ADVERTISEMENT   ADDITIONAL ITEMS • Comcast homepage (External Link)   Related Stories • Rookie camp live update 8/23/07   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, August 23, 2007 IT'S COMCAST ARENA! By David Chircop Herald writer Comcast Corp. is paying $7.5 million in cash and advertising for a decade of naming rights to the Everett Events Center, home of the Everett Silvertips hockey team. The deal was announced this morning by the public agency that oversees the $71.5 million entertainment complex. The building that has put new energy into downtown Everett will be called Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center the first year, then Comcast Arena at Everett for the remaining nine years. Keeping Everett in the name was particularly important as the contract was being hammered out, said Everett City Councilman Mark Olson, a member of the event center’s board. The 10,000-seat Everett Events Center opened in October 2003 and has been credited with attracting new shops and customers to Everett's downtown, which had been deteriorating for a number of years.

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