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Magness Arena
Construction
NW view of the arena bowl (c.2016)

Former names	University of Denver Auditorium (planning/construction)
Address	2240 Buchtell Blvd
Location	Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39°40′55.58″N 104°57′41.73″W / 39.6821056°N 104.9615917°W / 39.6821056; -104.9615917
Public transit	University of Denver RTD Light Rail
Owner	University of Denver
Capacity	6,315 (Hockey/Ice) 7,200 (Basketball) 6,500-8,000 (Concert):
Broke ground	April 1997
Opened	September 15, 1999 (1999-09-15)
Architect	Davis Partnership Architects and Sink Combs Dethlefs
Structural engineer	Martin/Martin
General contractor	Calcon Construction
Tenants
Denver Pioneers (NCAA, Summit, NCHC) (1999–present)

Magness Arena is a multi-purpose collegiate sports arena in Denver, Colorado. It was built from 1997 to 1999 as part of the Daniel L. Ritchie Center, the sports complex at the University of Denver. It is home to the Denver Pioneers ice hockey and basketball teams. It replaces the former University of Denver Arena which was razed in 1997 to make way for the Ritchie Center. Magness Arena opened September 1999, one month before the Pepsi Center. The arena was voted, "Best New Sports Venue" by Westword in 2000.^[1]

About the arena

The arena is named after cable television pioneer Bob Magness, who donated $10 million towards construction costs. It features padded individual seating, two members-only club seating areas, a four-sided video scoreboard, and a concourse with glassed-in views of the adjoining Hamilton Gymnasium and El Pomar Natatorium. The arena can be identified around the city by the attached 215-foot-tall (66 m), gold-spired Williams Tower, which contains a 65-bell carillon.

The largest hockey crowd in arena history was a game between Denver and Colorado College on March 9, 2024, with an attendance of 7,033.^[2] The largest non-hockey event in the arena was a 2008 presidential campaign rally for Barack Obama, where about 10,000 people attended. Magness Arena hosted the first of three 2012 U.S. Presidential Debates on October 3, 2012.

Concerts

List of Concerts

Jethro Tull – September 24, 1999
Garbage – October 20, 1999, with Lit
The Moody Blues – October 30, 1999
Counting Crows – December 2, 1999, with The Gigolo Aunts and December 4, 2002
Def Leppard – December 9, 1999, December 17, 2002 and November 1, 2005, with Cheap Trick
Tracy Chapman – April 14, 2000
Beck – April 24, 2000, with DJ Swamp
Luis Miguel – April 25, 2000, April 9, 2002, October 22, 2003 and October 4, 2005
Brian Wilson – September 16, 2000
Christina Aguilera – October 5, 2000, with Destiny's Child
Matchbox 20 – October 16, 2000
The Stone Temple Pilots – November 2, 2000, with Godsmack and Disturbed
Sarah Brightman – November 8, 2000 and March 7, 2004
The Roots – November 14, 2000
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra – December 8, 2000, December 5, 2001 and December 2, 2002
Prince & The New Power Generation – April 24, 2001, with Milenia and The Fonky Bald Heads
The Irish Tenors – June 13, 2001
Neil Sedaka & Dionne Warwick – June 24, 2001, with The Colorado Symphony Orchestra
The Cult – June 26, 2001, with Stabbing Westward and Monster Magnet
Aaron Carter – June 27, 2001, with Leslie Carter and A-Teens
Jane's Addiction – October 31, 2001
Sting – December 10, 2001, with Howie Day and April 12, 2005, with Phantom Planet
Styx – March 22, 2002, with REO Speedwagon
Bad Religion – March 23, 2002, with Less Than Jake and Hot Water Music
Kid Rock & Twisted Brown Trucker – April 11, 2002, with Lit and Saliva
Alanis Morissette – May 11, 2002, with Ryan Adams
Maná – September 29, 2002
American Idol Live! – November 12, 2002
Tori Amos – December 5, 2002
Scorpions – February 25, 2003, with Whitesnake and Dokken and October 27, 2004, with Tesla
Good Charlotte – November 13, 2003, with Goldfinger and Eve 6
KoЯn – November 15, 2003, with Limp Bizkit and DROID and March 8, 2006, with Mudvayne and 10 Years
A Perfect Circle – March 20, 2004, with The Mars Volta
The Pixies – September 30, 2004, with The Thrills
Duran Duran – March 16, 2005
Snoop Dogg – April 17, 2005, with Game
Slipknot – April 20, 2005, with Lamb of God, Shadows Fall and The Dillinger Escape Plan
Cake – April 25, 2005, with Gomez
Velvet Revolver – April 26, 2005, with Hoobastank
Gwen Stefani – October 26, 2005, with The Black Eyed Peas
Depeche Mode – November 11, 2005, with The Bravery
Fall Out Boy – April 12, 2006, with The All-American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights, From First to Last and The Hush Sound and November 23, 2007, with Gym Class Heroes, The Plain White T's, Cute Is What We Aim For and Doug
Avenged Sevenfold – April 21, 2006, with Coheed and Cambria and Head Automatica
Flogging Molly – October 3, 2006, with ZOX and Bedouin Soundclash
Paul Simon – October 10, 2006, with The Jerry Douglas Band
Dashboard Confessional – October 24, 2008, with Brand New
James Blunt – October 28, 2006, with Starsailor
The Barenaked Ladies – November 21, 2006, with Mike Doughty's Band
Panic! at the Disco – November 28, 2006, with Jack's Mannequin, The Bloc Party and The Plain White T's
The Taste of Chaos Tour – February 27, 2007
My Chemical Romance – March 4, 2007, with Rise Against
Evanescence – November 25, 2007, with Julien-K
Juanes – April 25, 2008
The Killers – January 17, 2009, with M83
Neil Young – April 27, 2009, with The Neville Brothers and Everest
Bob Dylan – October 21, 2009
Rob Thomas – October 27, 2009, with OneRepublic and Carolina Liar
KTCL 93.3's Not So Silent Night – December 6, 2009
Slayer – August 25, 2010, with Megadeth and Testament
The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular – November 3, 2011
A Hot Summer's Night 2 – August 25 and September 8, 2012
DUPB MusicFest – May 25, 2013
KJHM Jammin' 101.5's Winter Wonder Jam – December 7, 2013

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University of Denver

University of Denver
Academics	Women's College Daniels College of Business Morgridge College of Education Josef Korbel School of International Studies Sturm College of Law Lamont School of Music Graduate School of Social Work University College
Athletics	Denver Pioneers Teams: Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Men's lacrosse Men's soccer Skiing Venues: CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium Magness Arena Ritchie Center DU Arena DU Stadium Conferences: Summit League Big East Conference (men's and women's lacrosse) National Collegiate Hockey Conference (men's ice hockey)
People	Alumni Chancellors
Student life	Chamberlin Observatory Evans Memorial Chapel F.W. Olin Hall Mary Reed Hall Meyer–Womble Observatory University neighborhood University of Denver station

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v t e Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	DU Arena (1948–1997) Magness Arena (1999–Present)
Head coaches	Vern Turner (1949–1951) Neil Celley (1951–1956) Murray Armstrong (1956–1977) Marshall Johnston (1977–1981) Ralph Backstrom (1981–1990) Frank Serratore (1990–1994) George Gwozdecky (1994–2013) Jim Montgomery (2013–2018) David Carle (2018–)
Seasons	1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–2013) NCHC (2013–Present)
Rivalries	Colorado College Tigers (Battle for the Gold Pan) North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Culture & lore	Denver Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Dallas Gaume (266 Points) Rick Berens (94 Goals) Ron Grahame / Tanner Jaillet (82 Wins)
National championships	1958 1960 1961 1968 1969 2004 2005 2017 2022
Frozen Four appearances	1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 2004 2005 2017 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances	1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 1995 1997 1999 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2022 2023
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 1999 2002 2005 2008 NCHC: 2014
Hobey Baker winners	Matt Carle (2006) Will Butcher (2017)
Mike Richter winners	Tanner Jaillet (2017)
University of Denver Denver, CO

v t e Denver Pioneers men's basketball
Venues	Magness Arena (1999–present)
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e Basketball arenas of the Summit League
Hamilton Gymnasium (Denver) Swinney Recreation Center (Kansas City) Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (North Dakota) Scheels Center (North Dakota State) Baxter Arena (Omaha) Mabee Center (Oral Roberts) Schoenecker Arena (St. Thomas) Sanford Coyote Sports Center (South Dakota) Frost Arena (South Dakota State)

v t e National Collegiate Hockey Conference
Current teams	Colorado College Tigers Denver Pioneers Miami RedHawks Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs North Dakota Fighting Hawks Omaha Mavericks St. Cloud State Huskies Western Michigan Broncos
Future teams	Arizona State Sun Devils (joining in 2024)
Venues	Ed Robson Arena (Colorado College) Magness Arena (Denver) Steve Cady Arena (Miami) AMSOIL Arena (Minnesota Duluth) Ralph Engelstad Arena (North Dakota) Baxter Arena (Omaha) Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (St. Cloud State) Lawson Arena (Western Michigan)
Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Awards	Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Goaltender of the Year Herb Brooks Coach of the Year Forward of the Year Defensive Forward of the Year Defensive Defenseman of the Year Offensive Defenseman of the Year Scholar-Athlete of the Year Sportsmanship Award All-NCHC Teams

v t e Music venues of Colorado
Outdoor	Arvada Center Coors Field Country Jam Ranch Denver Botanic Gardens Dick's Sporting Goods Park Elitch Arena Empower Field at Mile High Falcon Stadium Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Hudson Gardens & Events Center Mishawaka Amphitheatre Red Rocks Amphitheatre Dillon Amphitheater
Theaters and clubs	Bellco Theatre Bluebird Theater Chautauqua Auditorium Colorado Springs City Auditorium Ellie Caulkins Opera House Fillmore Auditorium Fox Theatre Gothic Theatre Macky Auditorium Mission Ballroom Summit Music Hall Ogden Theatre Marquis Theater Oriental Theater Paramount Theatre Pikes Peak Center
Arenas	Ball Arena Broadmoor World Arena Budweiser Events Center Denver Coliseum Island Grove Events Center Magness Arena Moby Arena Southwest Motors Events Center
Historic venues	1stBank Center Bonfils Memorial Theatre Broadmoor World Arena Denver Auditorium Arena Elitch Theatre McNichols Sports Arena Mile High Stadium Rainbow Ballroom Rainbow Music Hall University of Denver Arena

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