Metropolitan State University at Denver's planned groundbreaking on its state-of-the-art athletic complex at Fifth Street and Old Colfax Avenue was thwarted by wintry weather on Wednesday. It has been rescheduled for June.
The 12.5-acre complex will include baseball, softball and soccer fields and eight tennis courts. It will be home of six of the Roadrunners' 15 sports.
In addition to varsity athletics, intramural sports and academic programs, the complex will provide health, sports and recreation opportunities to the surrounding underserved Denver communities and to downtown Denver businesses and residents. A perimiter trail will frame the complex, providing a three-quarter-mile walking loop for the community.
The complex, designed by Davis Design, will be built by Saunders Construction. It’s the fourth MSU Denver-owned facility, established as part of the university’s master plan. It follows the opening of the Center for Visual Art in Denver's Art District on Santa Fe and the Student Success Building and Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center along the Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Campus.
Through a memorandum of agreement in 2011, MSU Denver assumed all campus shared costs for the complex and its facilities and retains full ownership, management oversight and naming rights.
Contact Confluence Denver Development News Editor Margaret Jackson with tips and leads for future stories at margaret@confluence-denver.com.
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