Editing Glendale, Colorado (section)

==Sports venues==
[[File:Entrance to Infinity Park in Glendale Colorado.jpg|thumb|right|260px|The entrance to Infinity Park]]
[[File:Infinity Park Panorama.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Inside the rugby stadium at Infinity Park]]
{{See also|Infinity Park}}

Infinity Park is an event sports and entertainment complex adjacent to the Glendale municipal buildings and courthouse. The nearly 16 acres of Infinity Park are located between Cherry Street and Birch Street, and between East Kentucky Avenue and East Mississippi Avenue, and include an event center, stadium, park, sports center and high-altitude training center.

In 2007, Glendale completed the first phase of construction when it opened the first municipal U.S. Rugby Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calendar.denverpost.com/glendale-co/venues/show/318575-infinity-park|title=Infinity Park - Glendale, CO|publisher=[[The Denver Post|Denver Post]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515131131/http://calendar.denverpost.com/glendale-co/venues/show/318575-infinity-park|archive-date=May 15, 2009}}</ref> The [[Rugby football|rugby]] stadium has a seating capacity of 4,000 people. The rugby stadium is home to the city's nationally ranked and 2011 D1 Champion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbymag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1155:raptors-outpace-o-club-in-di-title&catid=59:mens-di-clubs&Itemid=230|title=Raptors Outpace O-Club in DI Title|website=rugbymag.com|date=June 5, 2011|last=Clifton|first=Pat|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302174213/http://www.rugbymag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1155:raptors-outpace-o-club-in-di-title&catid=59:mens-di-clubs&Itemid=230|archive-date=March 2, 2014}}</ref> rugby team known as the [[Colorado Raptors]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS20660+12-Apr-2008+PRN20080412|title=Glendale Raptors End Season Unbeaten|publisher=Reuters|date=April 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724131941/https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS20660+12-Apr-2008+PRN20080412|archive-date=July 24, 2008}}</ref> and the Women's Premier League's latest members, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120609142147/http://rugbymag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2877:raptors-replace-valks-in-12-wpl&catid=60:womens-clubs&Itemid=232 Glendale Lady Raptors]. The facility has become one of the premier rugby venues in the United States. It regularly hosts [[USA Rugby]] national championship matches and has also played host to the [[Churchill Cup]] in 2009 and 2010 which is the premier North American International Rugby Tournament.

In July 2008, the city opened a {{convert|35000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} recreation and sports center that is managed by the [[YMCA]] of Metropolitan Denver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glendale.co.us/TemplateSingleHTMLText.aspx?P=e3aa757d5c5f454499f86cde943303d8|title=Glendale municipal press release on Infinity Park|access-date=March 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014195210/http://glendale.co.us/TemplateSingleHTMLText.aspx?P=e3aa757d5c5f454499f86cde943303d8|archive-date=October 14, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2008, the state-of-the-art event center opened with accommodation for 750 guests in a banquet-style setting.<ref>[http://www.infinityparkeventcenter.com/ Infinity Park Event Center]</ref> The park, an 8-acre open-space development adjacent to and just south of the stadium, opened in May 2010. The high-altitude training center was completed in February 2011, the final phase of the Infinity Park project.