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McNichols Arena

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:41 pm
by Nuggets22
Very bizarre question for the older generation of Nuggets fans. Despite not having grown up in Colorado, I have been a Nuggets fan since the moment Dikembe Mutombo hugged the basketball on the floor in Seattle following Denver's first-round upset of the Sonics. I used the be able to get KOA 850 in our Buick Lasabre and sat out in the car listening to games then played in McNichols Arena. Mutombo, McDyess, Chris Jackson, Jalen Rose, Rodney Rodgers, those were my guys.

I moved out to Denver a couple of years ago. I was in the Englewood area and as it held a special place for me I wanted to see the original site of McNichols Arena before it was torn down. I was certain I had found the location previously from an internet search, but everything I seem to view now says the building used to be adjacent to Mile High Stadium.

Wasn't the building where the Nuggets played in the 90s out in Englewood? Does anyone happen to know the original location?

Feel free to share any stories of McNichols Arena as well.

Re: McNichols Arena

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:14 am
by skywalker33
I believe it was where Sports Authority Field is now.

Re: McNichols Arena

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:50 am
by The Rebel
Sports authority field was built where both the original mile high stadium and McNichols used to sit.

Re: McNichols Arena

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:53 am
by RRFB
Image

That's the old Mile High on the left and McNichols on the right. The new SAFMH is pretty much right in the middle of where those two used to be. No idea what it is you're thinking of that used to be out in Englewood.

Re: McNichols Arena

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:36 am
by The Rebel
Agree with RRFB, Prior to the Nuggets going to McNichols they were in the Denver coliseum off of I-70, so if they were in Englewood it would have been before that.

Re: McNichols Arena

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:20 am
by DaFan334
Thats an awesome picture and view.