Pepsi Center

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="002285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>The World of Sports Venues</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The World of Sports Venues"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="NBA.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NBA"><U><B>Back to NBA</B></U></A>   <B>|  </B><A HREF="NHL.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NHL"><U><B>Back to NHL</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="001d2c00dkelyh.gif"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pepsicenter.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pepsicenter.com/"><U><IMG SRC="Pepsi.gif" border=0 width="198" height="73" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.coloradoavalanche.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.coloradoavalanche.com"><U><IMG SRC="Avalanche.gif" border=0 width="73" height="61" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nba.com/nuggets/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nba.com/nuggets/"><U><IMG SRC="Nuggets.gif" border=0 width="90" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="file:///C:/My Documents/My Webs/myweb3/Arenas/SeatingCharts/Pepsi_CenterS.gif" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fortunecity.com/athena/thatch"><U>Seating Charts</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="file:///C:/My Documents/My Webs/myweb3/Arenas/PepsiCenter.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fortunecity.com/athena/thatch"><U>Photo 1</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="file:///C:/My Documents/My Webs/myweb3/Arenas/Pepsi2.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fortunecity.com/athena/thatch"><U>Photo 2</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Pepsi Center</I></div> <div> Address: 1000 Chopper Place</div> <div>                  Denver, CO  80204</div> <bR> <div> Teams: Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets</div> <bR> <div> Year Opened: 1999</div> <bR> <div> Capacity: Hockey- 18,129; Basketball- 19,309</div> <bR> <div> Denver's dazzling $160 million Pepsi Center opened October 1, 1999 to become the new home of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and the NBA's Denver Nuggets and to give Denver sports fans a venue that is unequaled for amenities and high-tech flourishes. The center, which seats between 17,000 and 20,000, has scheduled concerts by Celine Dion, the BackStreet Boys, Ricky Martin, and Neil Diamond. But don't bother trying to book one of the 1,854 club-level seats or the 95 luxury suites. They're all sold out on multiyear contracts. </div> <div> sgi.com</div> <bR> <div> The Pepsi Center is an ultra-modern sports arena located on 52-acres in the Denver Central Platte Valley. The official address is 1000 Chopper Travaglini Boulevard near Speer Boulevard and Auraria. It was designed HOK Sports Facilities Group in Kansas City, the same firm that did Coors Field. It is more than twice the size of McNichols Arena in terms of square feet and seats more people. The Pepsi Center is 675,000 square feet, McNichols is 300,000 square feet. The Pepsi Center has seats for 18,129 for Colorado Avalanche hockey games and 19,309 for Denver Nuggets basketball games. For both teams, that is about 2,000 more seats than at Big Mac. The arena seats 17,600 or 20,100 concertgoers, depending on where the stage is placed.</div> <div> 9news.com(Denver)</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>