![]() They practiced twice ahead of the big day to ensure that they could pull it off within the time limits. For the Saturday doubleheader, the Ball Arena conversion team had a nail-biting 90-minute window to cover the ice rink and prep the basketball court. It took 111 employees a combined 785 hours to ensure the center was ready for the televised events. that same day and the Colorado Mammoth lacrosse team competed at 1 p.m. ![]() on Saturday, the Nuggets took to the court at 8 p.m. In January of 2019, the arena hosted three games in 24 hours: The Avalanche played hockey at 1 p.m. Turns out that behind every Denver arena are vast teams of pros who are responsible for assembling, disassembling and reassembling the pieces that make the settings for these high-profile events.īall Arena recently pulled off one of the more dramatic “flips” - the first of its kind in over a dozen years. And Coors Field transforms, too, from live music venue to the Colorado Rockies’ home baseball field, in two days’ time. ![]() ![]() Empower Field at Mile High shapeshifts from NFL football field to a monster truck show arena to concert stage and back again in a blink. And much of it happens without the public ever noticing.īall Arena regularly goes from ice rink (for Colorado Avalanche hockey matches) to basketball court (for the Denver Nuggets games) to big-name concert venue (for artists like the Foo Fighters and Ariana Grande) overnight. Like Lady Gaga on her fourth costume change of the night, Denver’s stadiums are masters at the art of high-pressure, behind-the-scenes transformations. ![]()
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