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Empower Field at Mile High. / 39.74389°N 105.02000°W / 39.74389; -105.02000. Empower Field at Mile High (previously known as Broncos Stadium at Mile High, Invesco Field at Mile High, and Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and commonly known as Mile High, New Mile High, or Mile High Stadium) is an American football stadium in Denver ...
Mile High Stadium (originally Bears Stadium until 1968) was an outdoor multi-purpose stadium located in Denver, Colorado, from 1948 to 2001. The stadium was built in 1948 to accommodate the Denver Bears baseball team, [ 5] which was a member of the Western League during its construction. Originally designed as a baseball venue, [ 5] the stadium ...
Major League Soccer (MLS) is the premier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. The league has 29 teams in 29 stadiums as of the 2023 season: 26 in the United States and 3 in Canada; a 30th team is planned to enter in 2025. At the time of the league's inauguration in 1996, MLS teams used multi-purpose stadiums, often shared ...
For their first eleven seasons, the Rapids played at Mile High Stadium (1996–2001) and Invesco Field at Mile High (2002–2006). In 2004, the club and city announced a $130 million project that would include youth soccer fields, retail development, and a new Commerce City civic center. [11] The total cost of stadium construction was $64.5 ...
Coors Field was the first new stadium added in a six-year period in which Denver's sports venues were upgraded, along with Ball Arena (originally Pepsi Center) and Empower Field at Mile High (originally Invesco Field). It was also the first baseball-only park in the National League since Dodger Stadium was built in 1962.
On September 9, after three years of frustratingly close losses, the Rams defeated their in-state rival CU by a score of 14–10 at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium. [142] After dropping a 28–10 decision at Nevada the following week, [ 143 ] CSU rebounded with a road win at Fresno State [ 144 ] and a homecoming win against UNLV to go to 4 ...
The convention moved to Invesco Field at Mile High, with a DNCC record crowd of more than 84,000 people in attendance. Speakers included former Vice President Al Gore , Governor of Virginia Tim Kaine , Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson , Illinois Senator Dick Durbin , and the evening culminated in Barack Obama's acceptance speech. [ 2 ]
[55] [56] The stadium closed at the end of the 2001 season and the Rapids moved to the Broncos' new stadium, Invesco Field at Mile High, after signing a three-year lease in January 2002. The Rapids would use the lower bowl of the stadium with a reduced capacity of 27,000 seats for most matches. [57]