DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK

'Dick's Sporting Goods Park' is a soccer-specific stadium located in Commerce City, Colorado, home to the Colorado Rapids professional soccer team. The stadium can seat up to 18,086 people, but may accommodate up to 26,000 for certain events and is built on over 360 acres (1.5 km²) of land. The stadium claims to be the largest professional soccer-specific stadium in the world ^[1].
Also included at the venue are youth soccer fields (24 fully-lit professional fields, two of which are year-round artificial grass fields), retail development, and a new Commerce City civic center. The stadium is owned by Commerce City and operated by Kroenke Sports Enterprises (KSE) who also own the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Crush and the Colorado Mammoth, and who is a co-owner of the English Premier League side Arsenal F.C. via subsidiary. The estimated cost of this project was $131 million, with investment shared equally between the city and KSE.
The first game at the new stadium was a scrimmage between members of the Colorado Rapids on April 4, 2007. The event was open only to Commerce City residents and season ticket holders. The first official match was played against DC United on April 7, 2007. ^[2].
The complex is close to Denver's former Stapleton International Airport and is bordered on the north and east by the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, to the south by 56th Avenue, and to the west by Quebec Street.
It hosted the 2007 MLS All-Star Game with a sell out crowd in attendance.

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References

1. Stadium FAQs Dick's Sporting Goods Park
2. Stadium Opening Dick's Sporting Goods Park

External links

★ Colorado Rapids official site

★ Dick's Sporting Goods Park official site

★ Class VI seating club @ the stadium

★ PlayCoed.com and Denver Sport and Social provide the official Adult Leagues at Dick's Sporting Goods Park