Dick's Sporting Goods Park

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Dick's Sporting Goods Park
DSG Park
The Dick
Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City
Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City
Data
place 6000 Victory Way Commerce City , Colorado 80022-4203
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 39 ° 48 '20.4 "  N , 104 ° 53' 30.5"  W Coordinates: 39 ° 48 '20.4 "  N , 104 ° 53' 30.5"  W.
owner City Commerce City
operator Kroenke Sports Enterprises (KSE)
start of building September 28, 2005
opening April 7, 2007
First game April 7, 2007
Colorado Rapids - DC United
surface Natural grass ( Kentucky Bluegrass )
costs 131 million US dollars
architect Populous (formerly: HOK Sport)
capacity 18,086 seats (football)
26,000 seats (concerts)
Societies)
Events

The Dick's Sporting Goods Park is a football stadium in the US city of Commerce City , State of Colorado . The games of the Colorado Rapids football franchise from Major League Soccer (MLS) are played here. The stadium has 18,086 seats and can be expanded to 26,000 for concerts . Overall, the DSG Park area extends over an area of ​​1.5 km² . The sporting goods retail chain Dick's Sporting Goods secured the naming rights to the sports facility during the construction phase for a period of twenty years.

history

The first game took place on April 4, 2007 and was played by players from the Colorado Rapids. This game was only for city officials and season ticket holders. The first official game took place on April 7, 2007 against DC United . In addition to the Rapids, the Denver Barbarians Rugby Football Club played its home games in Dick's Sporting Goods Park. In the 2009/10 season, DSG Park was also home to Denver Dream, who played in the Legends Football League .

There are a total of 24 additional spaces on the site, two of which are laid out with artificial turf . All places are illuminated. The area also offers shopping opportunities and a new town hall was built there. The stadium is owned by the City of Commerce City and operated by Kroenke Sports Enterprises (KSE). The cost of building Dick's Sporting Goods Park was $ 131 million and was funded by the city and KSE.

location

The stadium is near what was once Denver's main airport, Stapleton International Airport . To the north and east it is bordered by the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge . 56th Avenue runs south and Quebec Street runs west.

Events

  • In 2007 the MLS All-Star Game took place here, in which a selection of the best Major League Soccer players met Scottish club Celtic Glasgow (2-0).
  • From 2008 to 2010 the Mile High Music Festival took place in the stadium.
  • The first international soccer game took place on July 13, 2008, between the women's national soccer teams of the United States and Brazil in a friendly match.
  • In 2009 the final of the Churchill Cup was held in the stadium.
  • In May 2009, the park hosted the Championship Games of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA).

International matches

In the previous six games of the US women's and men's national teams at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, they have remained undefeated.

Men


Women

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Stadium capacity (English) Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ It's Dick's Sporting Goods Park Grand Opening Week! ( Memento from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Stadium FAQs ( English ) Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 29, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dickssportinggoodspark.com
  4. ↑ Event Info - Mile High Music Festival ( Memento from September 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )