You likely know it as “the X” or the Xcel Energy Center. The home of the Minnesota Wild and the Minnesota Frost now has a new name: Grand Casino Arena. The 14-year naming rights contract begins Sept. 3.

The partnership brings together sports and gambling. Sports betting legislation has failed to pass for two consecutive years at the State Capitol.

Sports contributors Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson joined Minnesota Now to talk about the new name, along with the latest players to ink a deal with the Timberwolves and the Lynx dominating performance.