Denver is Sportsville!

Don't deny you Denverite's. This is the Mecca of sports! i knew there was a reason i was moved to transfer to Denver from Sacramento back in my high school days.

Lets take a look at why if you're a sports fan, this is the place to be.

What makes a city a "Sports" city? Well first it would have to be teams. So the Denver area (we're not even going to include the whole state) has the following teams: Broncos (NFL), Nuggets (NBA), Rockies (MLB), Avalanche (NHL), Rapids (MLS), Crush (AFL) and the Mammoth (NILL). So those are the big guns. See, it's not only important to have teams, but competitive teams.

So how many playoff games/series do we have between these teams since, oh, 1995 (the year i started High School). I know the Broncos are in the playoffs almost every year, and they even won the Superbowl a few times around the turn of the century right? The Avalanche just missed the playoffs this season for the first time in 12 seasons. The Nuggets have been in the playoffs the last 3-4 seasons after being terrible for awhile. The Crush won the Arena Football Championship, and the Mammoth also won the Championship for indoor Lacrosse while also having the best all time player, Gary Gait on their roster. The Rapids are always in the MLS playoffs and even went to the semi-finals 2 years ago. That leaves the Rockies as the only under achieving team, but i think that might change this season.

So not only does Denver have a team in every sport, they're all very competitive.

Great teams bring great players, and Denver has seen its icons; John Elway, Terelle Davis, Rod Smith, Ed McCaffery, Patrick Roy, Joe Sakic, Peter Forsbery, Pablo Masteroni, Joe Cannon, Marcelo Balboa, Todd Helton, Andres Galaraga, Larry Walker, Shannon Sharpe, John Lynch, Champ Bailey, Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson, Dikembe Mutombo, George Karl....

Along with the pro teams you have semi-competitive college teams with the Colorado State Rams, University of Colorado Buffaloes, Air Force Falcons, Denver Univ. Pioneers and of course the Colorado Christian Univ. Cougars. The college hockey teams are always some of the best in the country.

Enough with the teams, what about the market?

Well, you have Stan Kroenke who has shown that he's serious about promoting his name and his teams with successfully bringing the NBA all star game here 2 years ago to the Pepsi Center. He also just finished building the biggest soccer complex in North America, which debuted on national TV this past weekend. Also with the Rapids he signed an agreement with European Powerhouse Arsenal as working partners.

You have 3 full time AM sports stations in ESPN 1600, Sportingnews 560, and the Fan 950. Plus 850 KOA is fully sports about 50% of the time. You have an ESPN Zone downtown. You have the second most sports bars per ca pita than anywhere in the nation and Denver is the #1 city when is comes to beer production per capita. You have minor league teams for the NBDL (NBA) and an NHL team (RAGE).

You have golf courses everywhere and until this year, a major PGA Golf event in Castle Rock, the Invitational.

This doesn't even begin to touch on the X-Games in the mountains (within 2 hours of Denver) like Aspen, Vail, Copper, and Keystone.

What else could you want. You have beautiful arenas in the Pepsi Center and Invesco @ Mile High. Coors Field (Rockies) is one of the most beautiful baseball parks I've ever seen, designed in a classic fashion with lots of brick and it's very open.

I love this city, good weather, 300+ days of sunshine and a fan base that supports all of their teams. 2 local sports stations, one (Altitude) dedicated just to the Avalanche and Nuggets.

So when are you moving out here?