Ball Arena
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indoor arena in Denver, Colorado, USA
Key facts
- Former names
- Pepsi Center (1999–2020)
- Address
- 1000 Chopper Circle
- Location
- Denver , Colorado, U.S.
- Owner
- Kroenke Sports and Entertainment
- Capacity
- Basketball : 19,520 , Hockey / Lacrosse : 18,007 , Concerts : 21,000
- Field size
- 675,000 sq ft (62,700 m )
- Public transit
- RTD : , at Ball Arena–Elitch Gardens station
- Groundbreaking
- November 20, 1997
- Opened
- October 1, 1999
- Construction cost
- US$187 million, (US$375 million in 2025 dollars )
- Architect
- HOK Sport
- Project manager
- ICON Venue Group
- Structural engineer
- Thornton Tomasetti
- Services engineer
- M-E Engineers
- General contractor
- Mortenson Construction
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ball Arena (formerly known as the Pepsi Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off Interstate 25. A light rail station is on the western side of the complex. Opened in 1999, it is the home arena of the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).
History
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