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Former names | University of Denver Auditorium(planning/construction) |
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Address | 2240 Buchtell Blvd |
Location | Denver, Colorado |
Coordinates | 39°40′55.58″N104°57′41.73″W / 39.6821056°N 104.9615917°W /39.6821056; -104.9615917 |
Public transit | University of Denver RTD Light Rail |
Owner | University of Denver |
Capacity | 6,315 (Hockey) 7,200 (Basketball) 6,500-8,000 (Concert) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | April 1997 |
Opened | September 15, 1999 (1999-09-15) |
Architect | Davis Partnership Architects and Sink Combs Dethlefs |
Structural engineer | Martin/Martin |
General contractor | Calcon Construction |
Tenants | |
Denver Pioneers(NCAA,NCHC) (1999–present) |
Magness Arena is a multi-purpose collegiate sportsarena inDenver,Colorado. It was built from 1997 to 1999 as part of theDaniel L. Ritchie Center, the sports complex at theUniversity of Denver. It is home to theDenver Pioneers ice hockey team and secondary home to the basketball teams. It replaces the formerUniversity of Denver Arena which was razed in 1997 to make way for the Ritchie Center. Magness Arena opened September 1999, one month before thePepsi Center. The arena was voted, "Best New Sports Venue" byWestword in 2000.[1]
The arena is named after cable television pioneerBob Magness, who donated $10 million towards construction costs. It features padded individual seating, two members-only club seating areas, a four-sided video scoreboard, and a concourse with glassed-in views of the adjoining Hamilton Gymnasium and El Pomar Natatorium. The arena can be identified around the city by the attached 215-foot-tall (66 m), gold-spired Williams Tower, which contains a 65-bellcarillon.
The largest hockey crowd in arena history was a game between Denver and Colorado College on March 9, 2024, with an attendance of 7,033.[2] The largest non-hockey event in the arena was a 2008 presidential campaign rally for Barack Obama, where about 10,000 people attended. Magness Arena hosted the first of three 2012 U.S. PresidentialDebates on October 3, 2012.
List of Concerts
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