- Address: 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver
- Country: United States
- Capacity: 19,000
- Opened: 1 October 1999
- Main use: Basketball, box lacrosse, ice hockey
- Tenants: Colorado Avalanche (ice hockey), Colorado Mammoth (box lacrosse), Denver Nuggets (basketball)
Extra stadium info – Ball Arena
The indoor venue opened as the Pepsi Center. It became the Ball Arena, named after the Ball Corporation, in 2020. The construction of the arena started in 1997 and its construction costs were $187 million. It became a venue for several events, like basketball, box lacrosse, concerts, ice hockey, mixed martial arts and wrestling. The Ball Arena is the home of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League, the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League and the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.
The Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche ice hockey club was founded in 1972. In 1996, they won the Stanley Cup for the first time in their history after beating the Florida Panthers. The Avalanche and the Panthers both played their first-ever Stanley Cup game that year. The Colorado Avalanche won their second Stanley Cup title after defeating the New Jersey Devils in 2001.
The Colorado Mammoth
The box lacrosse club named Colorado Mammoth was founded in 2003. They were crowned National Lacrosse League champions in 2006 for the first time in their history. The Colorado Mammoth won the National Lacrosse League after beating the Buffalo Bandits from New York. The Bandits won the National Lacrosse League three times before they faced the Colorado Mammoth in the final in 2006.
The Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets basketball club was founded in 1967 under a different name. They have been known as the Denver Nuggets since 1974. It became the first basketball club from Colorado with 1 million followers on its main social media page. The Denver Nuggets used several venues for home games before they moved to the Ball Arena in 1999.
