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
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, Colorado, near
Ball Arena
Ball Arena (formerly known as Pepsi Center) is a multi-purpose List of indoor arenas, indoor arena located in Denver, Colorado. It is situated at Speer Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in downtown Denver, and is served by two nearby exits off In ...
and
Elitch Gardens Theme Park
Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park is an amusement park in Denver, Colorado. It is owned by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment and operated by Premier Parks, LLC. Distinctive for being located in a downtown area, it is open April through October.
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, after which the station is named.
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The station opened on April 5, 2002, as part of the Regional Transportation District
The Regional Transportation District, more commonly referred to as RTD, is the regional agency operating public transit services in eight out of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in the U.S. state of Col ...
's (RTD) Central Platte Valley Light Rail Line project.Six Flags
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American amusement park corporation, headquartered in Arlington, Texas. It has properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Six Flags owns the most theme parks and waterparks combined of any amu ...
sold Elitch Gardens in 2007.
References
RTD light rail stations in Denver
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2002
2002 establishments in Colorado
W Line (RTD)
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