Denver Arena Auditorium
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Auditorium Arena | |
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Location | 14th and Arapahoe Streets Denver, Colorado 80204 |
Broke ground | 1908 |
Opened | July 7, 1908 |
Owner | City and County of Denver |
Operator | City and County of Denver |
Surface | Multi-Surface |
Architect | Robert Willison |
Tenants | Denver Nuggets (NBL/NBA) (1948-1950) Denver Nuggets (ABA) (1967-1975) |
Capacity | 12,500 (original), 6,841 (renovated) |
Denver Auditorium Arena was an indoor arena located at the corner of 13th and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. It was constructed as the Denver Municipal Auditorium in 1908 during the administration of Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer. The building was opened on July 7, 1908, and was the site of the 1908 Democratic National Convention.
With a capacity of 12,500, the building was at the time of its opening the second largest in America to Madison Square Garden.[1] Initially, the venue was configured and equipped to hold numerous kinds of events including theater, opera, conventions, sporting events, exhibitions, concerts, and more. Renovationswere made to the building in the 1940s, and in 1953 the the southern half of the building was converted into the Auditorium Arena, a pure sporting venue with seating capacity of 6,841. It hosted the ABA's Denver Rockets, later the Denver Nuggets, from 1967 until they left for McNichols Sports Arena in 1975.
On December 26, 1968, the rock group Led Zeppelin played their first concert in the United States at the Auditorium Arena.[1]
The building was demolished in 1990 and was remodeled into the Temple Hoyne Buell Theater.
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Preceded by First arena |
Home of the Denver Nuggets (original) 1948 – 1950 |
Succeeded by Defunct |
Preceded by None |
Home of the Denver Rockets/Denver Nuggets 1967 – 1975 |
Succeeded by McNichols Sports Arena |