Colorado Eagles

Location

Loveland, Colorado, USA, United States

Capacity

7,500

Opened

2003

Time zone

UTC -07:00 Mountain Standard Time (MST)

The Blue Arena (formerly Budweiser Events Center) is a multi-purpose arena in Loveland, Colorado, 55 mi (89 km) northeast of Denver. It has 24 luxury suites, 777 club seats and 6,800 general admission seats. The arena is located on The Ranch Events Complex (formerly the Larimer County Fairgrounds and Events Complex) and is owned by Larimer County, Colorado. The facility and ticket sales are managed by OVG360 (a division of Oak View Group). It is home to the AHL Colorado Eagles ice hockey team and is the former home of the Colorado Lightning indoor soccer team, the Colorado Chill women's basketball team, and the Denver Dream women's football team. It was also home to the Colorado Ice/Crush indoor football team from 2007 until 2017 and served as home of the Colorado Spartans starting in 2024. As of 2025, the Spartans now play their home games at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado.