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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 ...
First MLS year in stadium Capacity Opened Surface Field dimensions Coordinates ... Invesco Field at Mile High: Colorado Rapids: Denver: 2002–2006: 17,500 (76,125) 2001:
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 ...
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In 2001, the team moved into then-named Invesco Field at Mile High, built next to the former site of the since-demolished Mile High Stadium. Sportswriter Woody Paige , along with many of Denver's fans, however, often refused to call the stadium by its full name, preferring to use "Mile High Stadium" because of its storied history and ...
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.
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 ]