The city of Denver and the larger Denver metropolitan area is home to many sports teams.
Video Sports in Denver
Tabel
The following table shows sports teams in the Denver metropolitan area that average over 12,000 fans per game:
Maps Sports in Denver
Premier league professional team
Denver is one of 13 cities in the US with teams from four major sports.
The Denver Broncos of the National Football League have attracted more than 70,000 spectators since their AFL start in the early 1960s at Mile High Stadium, and continue to attract fans today to the Sports Authority Course in their current home on Mile High. The Broncos have sold out every home game (except for strike-replacement games) since 1970. The Broncos last championship is in 2016, winning the Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers. In total, the Broncos have advanced to the Super Bowl eight times and won back-to-back titles in 1998 and 1999, and again in 2015.
In the 1980s and 1990s, one of the top priorities of former Mayor Federico PeÃÆ'Â ± a brought Major League Baseball to the city. In 1993, MLB awarded the expansion team to Denver and they were named Colorado Rockies. Mile High Stadium was home to the Rockies from 1993 to 1995 while Coors Field was under construction. They appeared in their first World Series in 2007 after winning the National League championships, where they were swept by the Boston Red Sox of the American League in four games.
The Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) play at Pepsi Center. The team was founded as Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA) but changed its name to Denver Rockets before the first season. They changed their name to Denver Nuggets in 1974. The team joined the NBA in 1976 after the ABA-NBA merger. It has not appeared in the NBA Finals since joining the NBA.
Denver is home to the Colorado Avalanche, the National Hockey League (NHL) team that moved from Quebec City in 1995. They have won two Stanley Cups in 1996 and in 2001 while playing in Denver, and they also played at the Pepsi Center. Avalanche plays Detroit Red Wings in the first outdoor professional hockey game in Denver on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Coors Field.
The Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer plays at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, a special soccer stadium on the outskirts of Denver Trade City. The Rapids is one of the ten founding teams of Major League Soccer who started playing in 1996, and initially played in what became known as Invesco Field on Mile High before moving to their current home in 2007. The Rapids won the MLS Cup in 2010 The Rapids main rival is Real Salt Lake, and both teams play annually for the Rocky Mountain Cup. Dick's Sporting Goods Park also hosts several international football matches, including the U.S. national team qualifying match. for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
Other professional teams
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- Mammoth won the 2006 NLL Championship.
- The Outlaws won the 2014 MLL Championship.
- The Glendale Raptors were founded in 2006. They are the PRP Champions 2015 and Champions Rugby Division 1 Club Champions 2011. Womens Glendale Raptors compete in the women's Premier League and are 2014 and 2015 Winners.
Row Racing Furniture is the NASCAR team and the # 78 Chevrolet SS field for Martin Truex, Jr. The team is owned and sponsored by US furniture furniture chain Furniture Row, and is the only NASCAR team headquartered in Colorado.
College sports teams
- Buffalo Colorado: Buffalo CU is a member of the Pac-12 Conference and is located in Boulder.
- The Denver Pioneers: The DU Pioneers, located in Denver, play in the NCAA Division I and are members of The Summit League. In a sport not sponsored by the conference, he is a member of several other conferences; especially, men's ice hockey teams playing at the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, women's gymnastics team at the Big 12 Conference, and male and female lacrosse teams in the Big East Conference.
- Metro State Roadrunners: The Metro State Roadrunners plays at the NCAA Division II and is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and is located in Denver.
Amateur club team
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- The Denver Barbarians was founded in 1967. One of the original Super League Rugby teams, they won the RSL Championship in 1999. RSL is folded in 2012.
- Denver Bulldogs has won seven USAFL National Championships.
Hosting event
- Denver hosts the 1962 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships (along with Colorado Springs).
- Originally awarded the 1976 Winter Olympics. However, due to rising costs and concerns about environmental impacts, voters rejected the size of the public fund vote. Without bonding, Denver can not support the game, and the IOC recalls his award.
- Denver hosted the ABA All-Star Game in 1976 and the 1984 NBA All-Star Game at McNichols Arena.
- Denver also hosted the NCAA Final Four 1990 at McNichols Arena.
- The Ultimate Fighting Championship, which eventually became the world's leading mixed martial arts organization, held its first two events in Denver - UFC 1 on 12 November 1993 and UFC 2 on March 11, 1994.
- The 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Coors Field.
- The NHL All-Star Games 2001 and FanFest at Pepsi Center.
- The NBA All-Star 2005 game at Pepsi Center.
- The 2008 NCAA Frozen Four tournament was held in Denver.
- Denver hosted the annual car races at the Champ Car World Series circuit, the Grand Prix of Denver, before the series's death in 2008.
- Colorado Colfax Marathon runs in town every year.
- The Churchill Cup, the annual international competition in the rugby union featuring senior national teams from USA and Canada, England Saxons (second country national team), and three invited teams, hosted by Denver in 2009, with matches held in the Park Infinity rugby-specific in Glendale and Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Denver has been suggested as a permanent home for the competition. The 2010 tournament will feature a preliminary round in Denver. In addition, Denver is reportedly on its way to organizing a Bledisloe Cup match between the Australian and New Zealand national teams, possibly in 2010.
- Denver is host to Sportaccord 2009, the largest international sports convention in the world.
- The city is very much considering bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics. In December 2011, a Denver 2022 exploration committee was launched. Reno-Tahoe is also interested in the offer for the year 2022.
Detailed information by team
Previous team
- Denver Bears former Pacific Coast League baseball team (1948-1992)
- Denver Zephyrs originally, Denver Bears (moved to New Orleans in 1992)
- Denver Nuggets former National Basketball League & amp; National Association of Basketball Teams (1948-1950)
- Denver Spurs former World Hockey Association team (1975-76)
- Colorado Rockies former National Hockey League team (1976-1982); now known as the New Jersey Devil
- Denver Avalanche former Major Indoor Soccer League team (1980-1982); suspended operations
- The former Colorado Flames Little League Central Hockey League team (1982-1984); associated with Calgary Flames
- Denver Gold's former United States Football League team (1983-1985)
- Denver Dynamite's former Arena Football League team (1987, 1989-1991)
- The Denver Rangers are a professional hockey team in Denver, Colorado from the 1988-1989 season. They are members of the International Hockey League.
- Denver Grizzlies former International Hockey League team (1994-1995); now known as Utah Grizzlies
- Colorado Destroying the Arena Football League team (2003-2008); AFL stops unlimited operation
- Denver Cutthroats former Central Hockey League team (2012-2014); suspended operations
- Denver Stampede former PRO Rugby team (2016-2017); suspended operations
References
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