Xcel Energy Center

Xcel Energy Center

St. Paul, MN

Reviewed November 2nd, 2001

You may be expecting a fairly stanky restroom if you're at a stadium with a sold out crowd of 19,000+ sports fans. However, the beautiful Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota is holding up quite well to the drunken sports fans and rowdy concert goers who patronize it. It was also nice to see this new stadium depart from the institutionalized trough-style urinals of yore and opt for a wall-of-urinals instead.

Having the ability to serve hundreds of patrons in a few minutes is a rather impressive feat. However, scrapping form for function is not the only option. Some ambient noise (how about piping the radio broadcast of the game into the restroom) or more interesting color-scheme may have made for a more pleasant experience.

Adding advertising also would've provided reading material for fans while bringing in more revenue for the stadium.

RESTROOM RATING: 7
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