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==History== [[File:Pepsi Center logo (1999-2009).svg|left|thumb|125px|Original Pepsi Center logo (1999β2009)]] The arena replaced [[McNichols Sports Arena]] as the home of the Avalanche and Nuggets. Groundbreaking for the arena on the {{convert|4.6|acre|m2|adj=on}} site was held on November 20, 1997, before reaching completion and opening in October 1999.<ref name=arenaseat>{{cite web |url=http://www.pepsicenter.com/arena-info/pepsi-center/arena-facts/ |title=Arena Facts |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 2009 |website=Pepsi Center Official Website |publisher= |access-date=May 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705013838/http://www.pepsicenter.com/arena-info/pepsi-center/arena-facts/ |archive-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref> Also included in the complex are a basketball practice facility used by the Nuggets, and the Breckenridge Brewery Mountain House''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pepsicenter.com/food-drink/breckenridge-brewery-mountain-house|title=Breckenridge Brewery Mountain House | Pepsi Center|website=Pepsicenter.com}}</ref>'', a restaurant accessible from within and outside the Center itself. The [[Atrium (architecture)|atrium]] of the building houses a suspended [[sculpture]] depicting various hockey and basketball athletes in action poses. Prior to the 2013β14 season, the octagonal scoreboard that was in use since the arena's opening was replaced with a new four-sided rectangular scoreboard. The two center faces measure {{convert|27|x|48|ft|m}} long, while the two end faces measure {{convert|21|x|25|ft|m}} wide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pepsi Center gets digital overhaul|url=https://www.milehighhockey.com/2013/7/11/4514554/pepsi-center-gets-digital-overhaul/|work=Mile High Hockey|date=July 11, 2013|access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref> From its opening through 2020, the [[naming rights]] to the arena were held by [[PepsiCo]], under which it was known as Pepsi Center. On October 22, 2020, the naming rights were sold to [[Broomfield, Colorado|Broomfield]]-based [[Ball Corporation]] as part of a global multi-year agreement with [[Kroenke Sports & Entertainment]] (KSE), which also makes it the exclusive "sustainability partner" of the arena. As part of the agreement, all KSE-owned sports teams and venues will employ recyclable aluminum products provided by Ball to reduce [[plastic waste]], with Ball Arena to transition to serving concessions in aluminum packaging by 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LA Rams, Denver Nuggets and Arsenal all included in Ball Corporation's KSE partnership|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/ball-corporation-kse-rams-nuggets-arsenal-pepsi-center-naming-rights-deal|access-date=October 26, 2020|work=SportsPro Media|date=23 October 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=After 21 years, Pepsi Center to be renamed Ball Arena as part of new partnership|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/10/22/pepsi-center-renamed-ball-arena-denver-colorado/|work=The Denver Post|date=October 22, 2020|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref>
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