Infinity Park is a stadium in the Denver enclave of Glendale, Colorado, and was formerly the unofficial home venue of the United States national rugby union team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 5,000 people. It opened in 2007, at a cost of $22.5 million.Article on Infinity Park, Denver Post. It is the first rugby-specific, municipally owned stadium in the United States.Rainbird, "Site Report Infinity Park and Infinity Park South"Denver Post, "Glendale's ambition soars on raucous rugby", September 27, 2007.
Infinity Park is the venue for several domestic rugby union teams. The field is home to the Glendale Merlins, a Division I men's rugby team that have won the national championship, Glendale Raptors End Season Unbeaten, Reuters. and of the Denver Barbarians. The stadium also hosts the Women's Premier League's Glendale Lady Merlins."raptors-replace-valks-in-12" , Rugby Mag. The defunct Denver Stampede of the defunct PRO Rugby played at the stadium between April and May 2016 as did the Merlins' professional offshoot Colorado Raptors who played in Major League Rugby between 2018 and 2020.
Infinity Park also hosts various tournaments. The stadium regularly hosts USA Rugby national men's club semifinals and finals championships. Infinity Park is the home of the Serevi Rugbytown Sevens Tournament which takes place in August each year and attracts teams from around the world to compete for a winner-take-all $10,000 cash prize. Most notably, it became the new home of the USA Women's Sevens, the country's stop in the annual World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, starting with the 2018–19 season.
College rugby Infinity Park has also hosted various college rugby championships and other matches. Infinity Park hosted the men's collegiate all-stars (2008-2011). The stadium has also hosted Division I college rugby matches played by the University of Colorado and Colorado State University.RugbyRugby, Feb. 28, 2012, "CSU vs CU Sat Infinity Park 4pm" The venue has also hosted the Champions Cup of the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO).RugbyRugby, March 27, 2012, "Time to Ruck'n'Roll on the Road to Infinity Park"
International rugby Infinity Park has hosted international rugby test matches. It hosted the 2009 and 2010 Churchill Cup, a now-defunct international rugby tournament involving the United States, Canada, England, France, Argentina and other countries. Other international test matches staged at Infinity Park include the August 2011 sellout between the United States as Canada match and the June 2012 United States versus Georgia match.
On April 26, 2019, it hosted the USA women taking on the invitational Barbarians Women, the first-ever match against international competition for the Barbarians.
In 2021, Infinity Park hosted home matches for the United States as part of the 2023 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers.
Date Home Score Away Event Attendance Ref.July 29, 2008 Canada West 30–26 Canada East 2008 North America 4 USA Falcons 30–12 USA Hawks 2008 North America 4 August 2, 2008 USA Hawks 17–17 Canada East 2008 North America 4 USA Falcons 11–16 Canada West 2008 North America 4 June 6, 2009 Argentina XV 20–28 England Saxons 2009 Churchill Cup 42–10 2009 Churchill Cup June 10, 2009 19–30 2009 Churchill Cup 14–35 Argentina XV 2009 Churchill Cup 1,800 June 14, 2009 17–56 England Saxons 2009 Churchill Cup 5–40 2009 Churchill Cup October 10, 2009 USA Select XV 10–57 Argentina XV 2009 Americas Rugby Championship June 5, 2010 48–6 2010 Churchill Cup 39–22 2010 Churchill Cup June 9, 2010 43–10 2010 Churchill Cup 49–17 2010 Churchill Cup June 13, 2010 33–27 2010 Churchill Cup 9–32 2010 Churchill Cup 13 August 2011 27–7 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches 5,000 16 June 2012 36–20 2012 June rugby union tests 3,800 July 29, 2019 47–19 2019 Pacific Nations Cup 5,000 September 11, 2021 38–16 2023 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers October 3, 2021 19–16 2023 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers July 16, 2022 29–31 2023 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers 5,000 USA Record at the Infinity Park Competition Played Won Drawn Lost % Won Churchill Cup 4 1 0 3 % Pacific Nations Cup 1 1 0 0 % Rugby World Cup qualification 3 2 0 1 % Test Match 2 2 0 0 % Total 10 6 0 4 % Updated 13 September 2024
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