Broomfield Event Center Quick Facts

The Basics:

 

• Colorado’s newest entertainment facility opened in November of 2006
   
• Home of two new professional sports teams (Rocky Mountain Rage & Colorado 14ers)
   
• Houses 32 Hockey games per year + playoffs, 24 Basketball games per year + playoffs
   
• Entertains fans in a variety of special events including concerts, theatrical performances, boxing, extreme cage fighting, circuses, bull riding, ice shows, conventions, trade shows and community events
   
• $45 million construction budget
   
• 180,000 square feet
   
• Footprint: about 3 acres
   
• Seating: 6,000 seats for hockey and basketball (including 923 club seats, 26 suites)
   
• Additional 1,500 seats for concerts and special event configurations 

Arista: The Broomfield Event Center is a major anchor for the 215-acre multi-use development known as Arista: Arista is a high activity commercial, residential and entertainment area that provides a wide variety of shopping opportunities, and a diversity of  leisure time activities for residents of Broomfield and the Front Range. Currently under construction.
 
Parking:     
 

• Nearly 400 spaces immediately adjacent to building
  
• 1,500 space garage being built next to the event center
   
• RTD rapid transit bus stop adjacent to the event center
   
• RTD Light-rail stop across Highway 36 (future bridge) 

Major Players:
 

• Ownership: Facility owned by the City and County of Broomfield
   
• Facility Management: Broomfield Sports and Entertainment, LLC
   
• Contractor: Saunders Construction
   
• Architect: Sink Combs Dethlefs
  
• Owner’s Representatives on the construction project: ICON Venues, LLC and International Coliseum Group, LLC. 

Facility Amenities:

• State of the Art design
   
• Superior Sound System
   
• Eight-sided, center-hung scoreboard with premium audio-visual capabilities
   
• Private Fitness Facility and practice court
   
• Sit-down restaurant, Pub
   
• Club lounges, bar

Marquee Sports Teams:
 

• The Broomfield Event Center is home to two professional minor league sports teams: the Rocky Mountain Rage from the Central Hockey League and the Colorado 14ers from the National Basketball Association Development League (Affiliate team of the Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors and N.J. Nets).
   
• Co-Owners: Tim Wiens and John Frew
   
• Rage Head Coach: Tracy Egeland
   
• 14ers Head Coach: Joe Wolf