On Monday night, Commerce City will once again try to move things forward with development around Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, this time with an unconventional idea involving a contest for Col…
COMMERCE CITY — The weather-beaten Victory Crossing sign with its peeling laminate stands in a dirt field near Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, where the only inhabitants are prairie dogs and the occasional piece of wind-blown trash.
“Splitting the $50,000 is an investment to basically get the word out to anyone and everyone that Victory Crossing is picking up momentum and speed,” Aiken said in an interview with The Denver Post. Representatives from Kroenke Sports and Entertainment and the Colorado Rapids did not respond to interview requests from The Post.
As Commerce City Councilman Sean Ford put it back at that May meeting, the only reasons people visit the area are to attend 17 Rapids games a year or pay their traffic fines. On the day the deal was signed, Kroenke Sports wrote a $25 check to Commerce City to pay the lease in advance, said Travis Huntington, a city spokesman.
The district spends an extra $2 million per year to buy water from Denver, which customers pay for through rate increases, Moreno said. Council members have said they want to fulfill their land obligations to the water district and help the district rid the city’s drinking water of PFAS. But they objected to Kroenke Sports receiving so much free acreage in the deal — land that could be worth upwards of $50 million.
“We decided a long time ago that we wanted to build a community of Rapids supporters by breaking bread together,” Wegner said. “We made our own victory crossing.” Brian Jencek, director of planning with the global design firm HOK, gave a presentation on behalf of Kroenke Sports to show the City Council what the land around Dick’s could become.
“This excites us as we look at the urban growth that’s beginning to wrap around this property,” Jencek said. “It gives us confidence that now is the time.” Development in the area is complicated by land restrictions imposed by the federal government when the old Rocky Mountain Arsenal property was labeled a Superfund site in 1987.
Bullock, who is running for Commerce City mayor, said he understands why there are hard feelings among the members of the City Council, but he is not opposed to the land swap. The council would need to put protections in place so Kroenke would pay a penalty if development once again falls through. The Rapids will close one of the team’s worst seasons ever on Saturday when the squad plays at home against Real Salt Lake. The team is in last place in the MLS Western Conference with a record of five wins, 16 losses and 11 draws.The statement, posted on the social media site X, said it wasn’t just the losing record.
Wegner said one problem with Kroenke Sports is the organization is tightly controlled by Stan Kroenke and his son, Josh Kroenke. Few decisions are made without their approval, and the two of them get stretched thin with their various projects. Ideas would be presented in April, and the two sides could reach an agreement on what Victory Crossing ultimately will be, Aiken said.
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