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As 'Ball Arena Vision Plan' inches closer to reality, how downtown would change
By Veronica Acosta,
20 hours ago
DENVER — The future of sports and entertainment in the Mile High City is inching closer and closer to looking different as an expansive redevelopment of Downtown Denver continues moving through a city committee.
On Wednesday, the South Platte River Committee discussed briefings related to a 'view plane amendment proposal', and a proposal to 'rezone 1000 Chopper Circle and associated properties'.
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Ball Arena Vision Plan
"It's very exciting," said Jerry Orten, the Lower Downtown Neighborhood Association president. " I think they're really looking to maximize the use of this property, and parking lots are just kind of blah. I mean, you can see it behind me. It's not very interesting."
He's a proponent of the redevelopment that would include 10 acres of open space, 5 bridges, bikes lanes and housing in the area. Though, he and other neighborhood associations across the downtown area want to sign a benefits agreement with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, first.
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Ball Arena Vision Plan
"If we can get a community benefits agreement, I and other members of that committee will be supporting the rezoning request. If we don't, we'll be in opposition to the rezoning request," Orten said.
It's exactly what the Ball Arena Community Benefits Agreement Committee are currently working on getting together. Part of the benefits agreements they want is affordable housing included in the redevelopment.
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Ball Arena Vision Plan
"We're looking to get somewhere around 1800 affordable housing units in this neighborhood," Orten said.
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Ball Arena Vision Plan
"It helps to reconnect, you know, our neighborhood to the south with downtown," he said. "We want to make sure that they are a part of this neighborhood and are just kind of coming in and dropping stuff and leaving."
While getting the 55 acres of parking lots surrounding Ball Arena may take years, it's something both Orten and Hahn are exciting for.
"It'd be a dynamic neighborhood, and it's right next to downtown, so it's gonna it would be very exciting," Orten said. "Right now, this is not a neighborhood. It's static."
During Wednesday's committee meeting, a public hearing was set to move forward before city council on October 21.
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