Denver Summit FC Stadium is On Its Way

Photo Courtesy of Denver NWSL

The Denver Summit is about to break the all-time single-game attendance record for a women's soccer game in the country. The game is scheduled at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium on March 28. The NWSL franchise is less than 100 tickets away from breaking the mark set in August by Bay FC when they played at Oracle Park in San Francisco.

Despite the record-breaking news, the expansion club's temporary stadium hopes to be completed by the time it takes the field in July. This season alone, the team will play at three different temporary fixtures, while its permanent stadium is set for completuon for the 2028 season.

The team hopes to have its 12,000-seat temporary stadium in the Denver suburb of Centennial ready for its June 12 match against Houston. According to the NBC affiliate in Denver’s website, the structure is being shipped from China and is in different locations.

Rob Cohen, Summit FC controlling owner, told the affiliate that one-third of the structure is in a Colorado warehouse, a third is on trucks, and the final third of it is at the Port of Los Angeles. He added that tariffs were not in their budget but are now part of it.

Photo Courtesy of Denver NWSL

In the meantime, the club will play two home games at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, the home of the MLS Colorado Rapids, and the home opener at Mile High Stadium. Centennial Field served as the Summit's home for the rest of 2006 and 2007 and was downsized to a 4,000-seat venue dedicated to high school sports and part of the Cherry Creek School District’s athletic program.

That stadium, located at the Santa Fe Yards in Denver's Baker neighborhood, will be completed in 2028. The 14,500 soccer-specific venue will be the second of its kind dedicated to women’s soccer in the United States after CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. 

The unnamed permanent 3-sided stadium will cost $150 million and will be designed by Populous. It will be the third all-electric stadium in the United States after the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle and the future Etihad Park in Queens, New York.

The permanent stadium will also serve as home for the Summit Academy program and will be the first all-electric women’s stadium. 

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