[8] Nicknamed "The Barn", the facility had outlived its usefulness some 20 years earlier and had become infamous for leaky roofs and substandard amenities.

[9] Yet the city was hesitant to lose the landmark, and a number of years passed between the 1970s proposal to replace the structure and the eventual demolition of the Arena and the opening of SaskPlace in the late 1980s.

[13] Moreover, the hoped-for NHL franchise never arrived either; Hunter tried again in the early 1990s, applying for an expansion team, but ultimately fell just short of securing adequate funding.

In 2008–09, the arena, then called the Credit Union Centre,[17] was renovated for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The logic behind the move, which parallels the Bills Toronto Series in the NFL, was that although Saskatoon was likely too small to support an NHL team of its own, it would easily be able to sell out the Credit Union Centre for one game each month.

[26] A proposed design of the Downtown Entertainment and Event District, anchored by the new arena under the working title "Saskatchewan Place", was unveiled in February 2024.

The first time was in 1989, the year after the arena opened; the Blades made it to the final, but lost 4–3 in overtime to the WHL champion Swift Current Broncos.

In a match taped for Superstars, Calgary's Bill Jordan was squashed by the debuting Yokozuna, who dethroned Hart the following April at WrestleMania IX.

[34] In March 2023, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced that it would broadcast Dynamite from SaskTel Centre on July 12, 2023, as part of a pair of shows in the province.

From June 9 to 12, 2016, SaskTel Centre hosted six sold-out performances by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood as part of their World Tour.

[41] In October 2019, SaskTel Centre hosted a two-night stop on Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

[42] A bronze statue of former Detroit Red Wings player and Saskatoon native Gordie Howe has been located outside the arena since 2005.

The statue was created by Michael Martin but remained in Eston, Saskatchewan until 1993, when private donations were used to fund its completion.

The placement was criticized by a Saskatoon Star-Phoenix columnist, who felt (as per a survey the paper conducted, and an opinion from Howe himself) that the arena would be a more appropriate location for the statue.