Denver Sports Events

Denver Sports Top9 Moments presented by Bank of the West

Introducing the Denver Sports Top 9 Moments presented by Bank of the West. The “Top 9” is a unique video contest to nominate and vote for the greatest moments in Colorado sports. The statewide contest culminates with a red carpet awards show that connects and celebrates all levels of sports in Colorado from the prior year. From the pros, to collegiate, to prep, to youth to special moments and a moment of a lifetime. The inaugural event will be held the evening of March 1st, 2012 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

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2012 NCAA® Women’s Final Four®

Denver’s Pepsi Center and the Mountain West Conference are set to host the 2012 NCAA Women’s Final Four on April 1 and 3, 2012.  One of America’s premier sporting events, the Women’s Final Four is expected to bring 30,000 visitors to Denver, while  numerous ancillary events will help to create an event that’s more than three games for the community and guests. Centered around the idea, “put it in the hoop,” representing a mile (5280 ft.) radius around downtown Denver that all championship venues, events, hotels, conferences and celebrations will be held within. The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Convention will also be held at the Denver Convention Center in conjunction with the Women’s Final Four. For information on ticket packages, contact Jessica Alley at debora@denversports.org

2011 Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown

Colorado’s best football rivalry returns to Denver and INVESCO Field at Mile High on Sept 17th.  The Cinch Jeans and Shirts Rocky Mountain Showdown kicks off the college football season and pits the Colorado State University Rams versus the University of Colorado Buffalos.

2014 FIL Men’s Lacrosse World Championships

From July 10-19, 2014 Denver will serve as the host site for the 2014 FIL Men’s Lacrosse World Championships. The games are hosted by US Lacrosse with the help of Denver Sports and the Denver lacrosse community. As many as 38 countries as expected to compete at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. For more information please see the official press release.

Denver Big Air January 25 – 26, 2011

Denver Big Air presented by Sprint, a two day international ski and snowboarding event, will kick off the huge SnowSports Industries America Snow Show. The event opens with the Nature Valley Big Air Challenge, a skiing big air event on Tuesday, Jan. 25 featuring some of the best male skiers in the country. Day two, Wednesday, Jan. 26, action will feature the International Ski Federation’s (FIS) LG FIS World Cup Snowboard Big Air, a sanctioned event on the established global snowboarding circuit with an international roster of the top male snowboarders from around the world.

For more information, visit denverbigair.com or contact Sue Baldwin at sue@denversports.org.

2010 Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown

Colorado’s best football rivalry returns to Denver and INVESCO Field at Mile High.  The Cinch Jeans and Shirts Rocky Mountain Showdown kicks off the college football season and pits the Colorado State University Rams versus the University of Colorado Buffalos in a Labor Day weekend match up that kicks off at high noon.  The game will be played in Denver for the next 10 years.

2009/2010 Churchill Cup

International Rugby traveled to Denver in the summer of 2009 and 2010 where teams from around the world competed in the 2009 and 2010 Churchill Cup international rugby tournament. In 2009, three pool-play doubleheaders as well as the finals round were held in Glendale at Infinity Park with the England Saxons coming out victorious. The 2010 tournament brought another victory to the England Saxons with three pool-play doubleheaders at Infinity Park and the finals round in Harrison, New Jersey at Red Bull Arena.

2009 USA Boxing National Championships

Boxing’s Biggest Week came to the Denver Coliseum in June of 2009. Over 500 nations top amateur Olympic-style boxers competed for a National Championship title. Visit www.usaboxing.org for more event information.

2009 U.S. Curling National Championships

Denver served as the host site for the 2009 U.S. Curling National Championships, which also served as the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Curling. The Metro Denver Sports Commission hosted the weeklong competition Feb. 21-28, 2009, at the Broomfield Event Center, a 7,000-plus seat arena located between Denver and Boulder. Denver outbid Bismarck, N.D.; Fairbanks, Alaska; Milwaukee, and Rochester, N.Y.

SportAccord

In March of 2009, Denver hosted SportAccord, an annual international sports convention that brings over 1,400 of the top Olympic and amateur sport leaders in the world. Representatives from more than 100 International Sports Federations, the International Olympic Committee Executive Board members, sponsors, bidding and host cities, broadcasters and Games Organizing Committees came together in an exclusive and authoritative networking environment.

This was the first time this major international event was held in the Americas. Madrid, Lausanne, Berlin, Seoul, Beijing and Athens are all previous host cities. Denver also marked the first meeting of the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board in the United States, outside of an Olympic Games.

2009 National Association of Sports Commissions
Sports Event Symposium

In April of 2009, the Metro Denver Sports Commission hosted the National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) Sports Event Symposium. Produced annually the NASC, the Sports Event Symposium is the sports event industry’s leading networking conference. Founded in 1992, the NASC represents almost 400 organizations including convention and visitors bureaus, sports commissions, event owners and industry suppliers.