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The Pepsi Center has a new name

It’s OK to still call it the Pepsi Center, though.

Denver's Auraria Campus and the Pepsi Center, now known as the Ball Arena. April 30, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Ana Campbell

Oct. 22, 2020, 8:33 a.m.

Oct. 22, 2020, 8:33 a.m.

The Pepsi Center is now the Ball Arena. On Thursday, the owner of the Pepsi Center, errr, Ball Arena, announced that after more than 20 years of bearing the name of the soda, the home to the Nuggets and other local sports teams will now be named after that one company that makes the mason jars.

“It is with great pride that we introduce Ball Arena as the new home of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Mammoth,” said Kronke Sports and Entertainment founder and chairman E. Stanley Kroenke. “Our goal in selecting a long-term international venues partner was to find a Colorado-based company with global renown to grow side-by-side with our talented young teams. Ball Corporation is an ideal fit for that vision, an innovative leader that shares our commitment to our local community, to environmental sustainability and creating quality jobs in Colorado.”

The Ball Arena hasn’t hosted a sports game or concert since the start of the pandemic.

Traffic on Park. Nov. 17, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver snow starting to roll in for the day, with a couple inches of accumulation possible

Some folks will get a slow start.

Rosemary Cafe, at 2133 South Sheridan Boulevard.

Harvey Park’s Rosemary Cafe is being sold — it had been owned by the late Breakfast King owner Gerasimos “Mike” Apergis

Another classic Denver restaurant serving American fare may soon be gone.

A snowy night and slippery conditions on Sheridan Boulevard, Feb. 7, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver weather to be gross, roads expected to be absolute garbage Tuesday morning, unless we jinx it with this story

Yessir, looks like a real mess out there tomorrow, according to the forecast, which will almost certainly come true.

Denver Police officers in riot gear aim guns loaded with pepper balls toward protesters. May 29, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver City Council approves giving $500,000 to college student struck by non-lethal round during George Floyd protests

The settlement comes after to a lawsuit filed against the city and its police officers by Michael Ackers.

Outdoor dining bubbles at Spice Trade Brewery in Hampden South. Jan. 23, 2022.

Heated outdoor dining in Denver: 10 options, from igloos to yurts to greenhouses

For when you want to maintain social distance without sacrificing your warmth.

A memorial to Alicia Cardenas on the entrace to Hope Tank on South Broadway in Denver. Jan. 8, 2022.

The tattoos Alicia Cardenas and Danny Scofield left behind

These Denverites got tattoos from the beloved tattoo artists who were killed in a December rampage. This is how they'll remember them.

47th and Walden in Green Valley Ranch. July 7, 2021.

Denver’s population boom has us building homes in fire-prone areas. Now what?

Architects find themselves weighing wildfire risks and affordability as Denver grows east.

Eddie Woolfolk cheers the groundbreaking of the Charity's House affordable housing building on Welton Street, during a press conference, with her husband, Robert. Jan. 21, 2022.

Five Points is getting a 36-unit affordable housing complex, fulfilling a vision by the couple behind Agape church

The project faced challenges over parking requirements.

The King Soopers on Krameria Street in Montclair. Jan. 21, 2022.

Denverites return (or continue) shopping at King Soopers after strike ends

The parking lots were full of cars instead of picketers.

Prize steer Olaf makes his grand appearance at the Brown Palace Hotel, Jan. 24, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Things to do in Denver this weekend, Jan. 21-23

Rodeos, beer can golf, and Denver's latest virtual events.

"Metamorphosis: Red" by Morn Chear on display in the show "Tomorrow is a New Day" at the McNichols Building in Civic Center. Jan. 19, 2022.

‘Tomorrow is a New Day’: A new art exhibit at McNichols Center shares a message of hope and healing through the lens of a Cambodian proverb

The art reflects on challenges like physical disability and intergenerational trauma through the lens of a popular Cambodian expression of optimism.

An apartment building near Cheesman Park. May 7, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver metro’s average rent dropped by almost $18 toward the end of 2021. Here’s what you could buy with that

(Not a full tank of gas.)

Cebastian Gomez speaks to his North High School classmates protesting Denver Public Schools' COVID policies at Highland Park. Jan. 20, 2022.

North High School, Thomas Jefferson students walk out over district’s COVID-19 rules

Students are asking the district to provide high-quality masks, weekly testing and better access to remote learning.

The Park Hill Golf Course. Northeast Park Hill, Sept. 23, 2021.

Denver leaders axed Save Open Space from the committee working on the future of the Park Hill Golf Course

“It’s about as subtle as a heart attack,” said SOS Denver member Lisa Calderón.

Garbage and tons of birds atop the active dumping site. Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site, the landfill owned by Denver and operated by Waste Management. Jan. 26, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Paying for trash collection in Denver? The city has started getting serious about the idea.

Monthly fees would start at $9 a month for the smallest bins and up to $21 for the largest.

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Fifty years in, Tattered Cover is still having growing pains

For some employees, the bookstore's expansion has meant more work with little reward.

Bannock Street Façade of Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art designed by Jim Olson of Olson Kundig. Featuring Bob Mangold’s 1982 Double Tetrahedralhypersphere No. 41 (mounted at left), and a view into the indoor and outdoor sculpture galleries at Kirkland Museum. Edgar Britton’s Yin and Yang bronze sculpture, 1964, is visible at center.

‘Josef Hoffmann’s Vienna’ brings the work of a modern design pioneer to the Kirkland Museum

The exhibit will highlight the work of the Austrian architect and designer who helped pioneer modern art and design in the 1900s.

A single banana in the produce section of the Safeway at Broadway and Alameda on January 18, 2022.

Safeway and other grocers see bare shelves as King Soopers strike pushes shoppers elsewhere

Supply chain issues aren't helping either.

M. holds his infant daughter in the home he now shares with the Cheverton family. Dec. 22, 2021.

The Afghan refugee crisis is still happening, and it’s spilling into Denver

Gretchen Cheverton has been getting hundreds of desperate messages every single day.

All of the 3,124 wrecks that took place on Denver streets with speed limits 25 miles per hour or lower in 2021, outside of downtown. There were 329 more in the Central Business District and Union Station neighborhoods that year.

So how many traffic “accidents” occured on Denver’s neighborhood streets in 2021? This many

Numbers show it's low-key scary to drive, ride or walk in Denver.