Ball Arena

Ball Arena is a sports arena in Denver, Colorado. The arena opened on October 1, 1999, and is the current home to the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Ball Corporation currently has naming rights for the arena. The arena currently seats 19,155 for basketball and 18,007 for hockey and lacrosse.

Ball Arena

The Can
Former names	Pepsi Center (1999–2020)
Location	1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, Colorado 80204[1]
Coordinates	39°44′55″N 105°0′27″W
Owner	Kroenke Sports Enterprises
Operator	Kroenke Sports Enterprises
Capacity	19,155 (Basketball) 18,007 (Hockey / Lacrosse) 17,417 (Arena Football) 20,000+ (Concerts) 21,000 (Special events)[2]
Field size	675,000 square feet (62,700 m2)
Surface	Multi-Surface
Construction
Started	November 20, 1997[3]
Opened	October 1, 1999
Construction cost	C$187 million[4]
Architect	HOK Sport[5]
Project manager	ICON Venue Group[6]
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
Services engineer	M-E Engineers, Inc.
General contractor	M.A. Mortenson Company
Tenants
Denver Nuggets (NBA) (1999–present) Colorado Avalanche (NHL) (1999–present) Colorado Mammoth (NLL) (2003–present) Colorado Crush (AFL) (2003–2008)

The arena had opened as Pepsi Center after PepsiCo bought the naming rights. The rights contract expired in 2020, and a new deal was signed with Ball Corporation, a company based in nearby Broomfield that makes packaging and aerospace products.^[7]