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Ball Arena–Elitch Gardens E   W
An empty coal train passes by Ball Arena–Elitch Gardens station on adjacent tracks
General information
Other names	Ball Arena•Elitch Gardens
Location	1700 Ninth Street Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39°44′55″N 105°00′35″W / 39.748668°N 105.009643°W / 39.748668; -105.009643
Owned by	Regional Transportation District
Line(s)	Central Platte Valley
Platforms	2 island platforms, 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	April 5, 2002 (2002-04-05)
Previous names	Pepsi Center/Six Flags Elitch Gardens
Passengers
2019	2,279 (avg. weekday)
Rank	29 out of 69
Services
Preceding station RTD Following station Empower Field at Mile Hightoward RidgeGate Parkway E Line Union StationTerminus Empower Field at Mile Hightoward JeffCo Gov't Cntr•Golden W Line
Former services Preceding station RTD Following station Empower Field at Mile Hightoward Littleton–Mineral C Line Union StationTerminus
Location

Ball Arena–Elitch Gardens (sometimes stylized as Ball Arena•Elitch Gardens) is an at-grade light rail station on the E Line and W Line of the RTD Rail system. It is located near the intersection of 9th Street and Chopper Circle in Denver, Colorado, near Ball Arena and Elitch Gardens Theme Park, after which the station is named.

The station opened on April 5, 2002, as part of the Regional Transportation District's (RTD) Central Platte Valley Light Rail Line project.

The station was previously known as Pepsi Center–Six Flags Elitch Gardens. The basketball arena was renamed in 2020 and Six Flags sold Elitch Gardens in 2007.

References

1. ^ Ball Arena–Elitch Gardens Station
2. "C, E & W Lines (Central Platte Valley Light Rail Line)". Regional Transportation District. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
3. "Rail Station Activity Analyzed" (PDF). Regional Transportation District (RTD). September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
4. Proctor, Cathy (March 22, 2002). "New light rail will provide a critical link". Denver Business Journal.
5. "RTD: Central Platte Valley Light Rail Line" (PDF). Regional Transportation District. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2010.

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