Denver Barbarians to Headline Rugby Tripleheader Including Rugby Super League, College and High School Teams
COMMERCE CITY, COLO. (Friday, February 6, 2009) – Dick’s Sporting Goods Park and the Denver Barbarians announced today that the stadium will host its first-ever rugby event on Saturday, April 4, 2009, with a full day of matches set to take place.
The tripleheader event will culminate with the Barbarians taking on the Chicago Lions in a Rugby Super League match, with kickoff scheduled for 4 p.m. The Barbarians-Lions game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park will mark the largest venue any RSL match has ever been played in.
The other two matches on the day feature different levels of the sport as well, with two of the top high school programs in Colorado, Denver East and Chaparral High Schools, starting the action at 12:30 p.m.
The next game will have the University of Colorado Rugby Club facing the Denver Barbarians Division II side at 2 p.m.
General admission tickets (good for all three matches) go on sale Saturday, February 7 at 10 a.m. and are priced at $10. Tickets are available at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Box Office from Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., via phone by calling 1-866-461-6556, at the kiosks inside all Colorado Dick’s Sporting Goods locations, or online at TicketHorse.com.
The Barbarians and the Lions, both charter members of the Rugby Super League founded in 1996, were semi-finalists in the 2008 RSL championships. The Barbarians have been U.S. National Club Champions on two occasions and were established in 1967. The Lions, founded in 1964, won the last outing between the clubs in overtime in the 2006 RSL Quarter-finals in Chicago.
About Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park comprises the 18,086-seat home stadium of the Colorado Rapids and its surrounding 24-field, fully lit professional soccer complex. Dick’s Sporting Goods Park is considered the biggest and most state-of-the-art professional stadium and field complex in the world, and is located nine miles northeast of downtown Denver and only fifteen miles from Denver International Airport, just north of the intersection of I-70 and Quebec Street. Stadium amenities include a total of 20 loge-style luxury suites, a unique open concourse design that allows 360-degree sightlines to the field, and a world-class grass field with an underground heating and draining system. The stadium also features cutting edge technology, featuring the largest video scoreboard and the most LED boards for a stadium its size anywhere, as well as the only fully integrated digital signboard system in the world. The stadium opened its doors for the first time to the public on April 7, 2007 when it hosted Major League Soccer’s season opener as the Colorado Rapids defeated DC United 2-1.
About the Denver Barbarians Rugby Club
The Denver Barbarians Rugby Club was founded in 1967. “The Barbos” have supplied many players to all levels of select side play including the Eagles, the United States National Rugby Team. In addition, many referees, coaches, and administrators at all levels have emerged from the Barbos’ ranks. The club has won championships at the national, territorial, and local level in both 15’s and seven-a-side play. The Denver Barbarians Rugby Club is the only Colorado member of the Rugby Super League, the top rugby club competition in the United States. David Hodges, the Director of Rugby and Head Coach of the Denver Barbarians, boasts a sports career that includes being named Collegiate Rugby All-American, Collegiate Football All-American, Kodak All-American, US Eagle (captain and member of the United States rugby team), assistant coach with the US Eagles, playing professional rugby for nine years, and a staff member with the Llanelli Scarlets. For more information on The Barbarians, visit www.DenverBarbarians.com.
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