Ball Arena–Elitch Gardens (sometimes stylized as Ball Arena•Elitch Gardens) is an at-grade light rail station on the C, E, and W lines 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.Ball Arena–Elitch Gardens Station
Station layout 2FPedestrian bridge1F Platform LevelBall ArenaInbound← toward Union Station (Terminus)Outbound toward Littleton-Mineral (Empower Field at Mile High) → toward RidgeGate Parkway (Empower Field at Mile High) → toward Jeffco Government Center-Golden (Empower Field at Mile High) →Outbound(Special Events) toward Littleton-Mineral (Empower Field at Mile High) → toward RidgeGate Parkway (Empower Field at Mile High) → toward Jeffco Government Center-Golden (Empower Field at Mile High) →Elitch Gardens The station opened on April 5, 2002, as part of the Regional Transportation District's (RTD) Central Platte Valley Light Rail Line project. It was previously known as Pepsi Center–Six Flags Elitch Gardens. The basketball and hockey arena was renamed in 2020 and Six Flags sold Elitch Gardens in 2007.
Ball Arena can be accessed immediately southeast of the station. Access to Elitch Gardens, located northwest of the station, is via a pedestrian bridge over the station and the adjacent Colorado Joint Line. The second outbound track is seldom used outside of events at Ball Arena.
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