Editing Denver (section)

==Sports==
{{Main|Sports in Denver}}
Denver is home to a variety of sports teams and is one of 12 [[U.S. cities with teams from four major league sports]] (the Denver metro area is the smallest metropolitan area in the country to have a team in all four major sports leagues). Including MLS soccer, it is also one of 10 U.S. cities to have five major sports teams.

The [[Denver Broncos]] of the [[National Football League]] have drawn crowds of over 70,000 since their origins in the early 1960s, and continue to draw fans today to their current home [[Empower Field at Mile High]]. The Broncos have sold out every home game (except for strike-replacement games) since 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/teams/denver-broncos/team-history/ |title=Team History |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=December 31, 2015}}</ref> The Broncos have advanced to eight [[Super Bowl]]s and won back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998, and won again in 2015.

The [[Colorado Rockies]] were created as an expansion franchise in 1993 and [[Coors Field]] opened in 1995. The Rockies advanced to the playoffs that year but were eliminated in the first round. In 2007, they advanced to the playoffs as a wild-card entrant, won the NL Championship Series, and brought the [[World Series]] to Denver for the first time but were swept in four games by the [[Boston Red Sox]].

Denver has been home to two National Hockey League teams. The [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]] played from 1976 to 1982, but later moved to the [[New York metropolitan area]] to become the [[New Jersey Devils]]. The [[Colorado Avalanche]] joined in 1995, after relocating from Quebec City. While in Denver, they have won three [[Stanley Cup]]s in 1996, 2001, and 2022. The [[Denver Nuggets]] joined the [[American Basketball Association]] in 1967 and the [[National Basketball Association]] in 1976. The Nuggets won their first NBA championship in 2023. The Avalanche and Nuggets have both played at [[Ball Arena]] (formerly known as Pepsi Center) since 1999. The Major League Soccer team [[Colorado Rapids]] play in [[Dick's Sporting Goods Park]], an 18,000-seat [[soccer-specific stadium]] opened for the 2007 MLS season in the Denver suburb of Commerce City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dickssportinggoodspark.com/Stadium/Facts.aspx |title=Dick's Sporting Goods Park |publisher=Dickssportinggoodspark.com |access-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910112345/http://www.dickssportinggoodspark.com/Stadium/Facts.aspx |archive-date=September 10, 2011 }}</ref> The Rapids won the MLS Cup in 2010.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Major League sports teams
|-
!Club
!League
!Venue
!Attendance
!Attendance rank in League
!Start
!Championship
|-
| [[Denver Broncos]]
| align=center | [[National Football League|NFL]]
| [[Empower Field at Mile High]]
| align=center | 76,388<ref>{{cite web|title=NFL Attendance - 2023|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/attendance|website=ESPN.com|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
| align=center | 5th of 32
| align=center | 1960
| align=center | 1997, 1998, 2015
|-
| [[Colorado Rockies]]
| align=center | [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]
| [[Coors Field]]
| align=center | 32,196<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB Attendance Report - 2023|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance|website=ESPN.com|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
| align=center | 14th of 30
| align=center | 1993
| align=center |
|-
| [[Denver Nuggets]]
| align=center | [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
| [[Ball Arena]]
| align=center | 19,669<ref>{{cite web|title=NBA Attendance Report - 2024|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/attendance|website=ESPN.com|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
| align=center | 6th of 30
| align=center | 1967
| align=center | 2023
|-
| [[Colorado Avalanche]]
| align=center | [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| [[Ball Arena]]
| align=center | 17,991<ref>{{cite web|title=National Hockey League 2022-23 Attendance Graph|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendance/att_graph_season.php?lid=NHL1927&sid=2023|website=HockeyDB.com|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
| align=center | 13th of 32
| align=center | 1995
| align=center | 1996, 2001, 2022
|-
| [[Colorado Rapids]]
| align=center | [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]
| [[Dick's Sporting Goods Park]]
| align=center | 15,409<ref>{{cite web|title=2023 MLS Attendance|url=https://soccerstadiumdigest.com/2023-mls-attendance/|website=SoccerStadiumDigest.com|access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
| align=center | 28th of 29
| align=center | 1996
| align=center | 2010
|}

Denver has several additional professional teams. In 2006, Denver established a [[Major League Lacrosse]] team, the [[Denver Outlaws]]. They play in [[Empower Field at Mile High]]. In 2006, the Denver Outlaws won the Western Conference Championship and then won their first championship in 2014 eight years later. They also won in 2016 and 2018 and would fold in 2020 with the [[MLL-PLL merger]]. The [[Colorado Mammoth]] of the [[National Lacrosse League]] play at Ball Arena. They won championships in 2006 and 2022.

In 2018, the Denver Bandits were established as the first professional football team for women in Colorado and will be a part of the initial season for the [[Women's National Football Conference]] (WNFC) in 2019. Denver was awarded a [[National Women's Soccer League]] [[Denver NWSL team|team]] in 2025.

Denver submitted the winning bid to host the [[1976 Winter Olympics]] but subsequently withdrew, giving it the distinction of being the first city to back out after having won its bid to host the Olympics.<ref name=1970Olympics/> Denver and Colorado Springs hosted the [[1962 World Ice Hockey Championships]].

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File:Empower Field at Mile High 20241001.jpg|[[Empower Field at Mile High]], home of the [[Denver Broncos]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL)
File:Pepsi Center, Denver.jpg|[[Ball Arena]], home to the [[Denver Nuggets]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), the [[Colorado Avalanche]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), and the [[Colorado Mammoth]] of the [[National Lacrosse League]] (NLL)
File:Coors field aerial 1.JPG|[[Coors Field]], home of the [[Colorado Rockies]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB)
File:DSG Park, June 21 2017.jpg|[[Dick's Sporting Goods Park]], home of the [[Colorado Rapids]] of [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS)
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