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Ball Arena to host 4,050 fans starting April 2

Mar 18, 2021, 8:43 AM

Fans will finally return to Ball Arena early next month.

Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE) announced that Ball Arena has received capacity variance approval from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) to host games with fans for Colorado Avalanche hockey games and Denver Nuggets basketball games starting on Friday, April 2, 2021.

The venue will accommodate 4,050 fans per hockey and basketball game, which is approximately 22% of the venue’s overall capacity.

“We are thrilled to welcome Avalanche and Nuggets fans to the newly named Ball Arena for the first time,” said KSE Chairman and Owner Stan Kroenke. “We are grateful to local, state and national health authorities who collaborated with us to get to this point.  We also would like to thank our partners at the NHL and NBA, who have worked tirelessly to ensure a safe return for our fans.  This is a major first step in our quest to have a fully packed arena again with some of the greatest fans in sports.”

KSE is also pleased to announce that the Nuggets game on March 30 and Avalanche game on March 31 will serve as games where frontline staff, health care providers and first responders will be in attendance prior to the first game for ticketed fans on Friday, April 2.

“We are indebted to the immeasurable dedication of frontline workers throughout the pandemic to keep our community safe,” said Kroenke.  “We look forward to hosting several of them and honoring their heroic efforts during our first games back with fans.”

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