Infinity Park is a stadium in the

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enclave of

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, and was formerly the unofficial home venue of the

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. The stadium has a seating capacity of 5,000 people. It opened in 2007, at a cost of $22.5 million. It is the first rugby-specific, municipally-owned stadium in the United States. Infinity Park is the venue for several domestic

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teams. The field is home to the

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, a Division I men's rugby team that have won the national championship, and of the

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. The stadium also hosts the Women's Premier League's Glendale Lady Merlins. 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

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and

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. Infinity Park also hosts various tournaments. The stadium regularly hosts

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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.

International rugby

Infinity Park has hosted international rugby test matches. It hosted the 2009 and 2010

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, a now-defunct international rugby tournament involving the United States, Canada, England, France, Argentina and other countries. It has also been the venue for various international test matches, such as the August 2011 United States v. Canada match, which sold out; and the June 2012 United States v.

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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

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as part of the 2023 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers.

College rugby

Infinity Park has also hosted various

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championships and other matches. Infinity Park has hosted the men's collegiate all-stars (2008-2011). The stadium has also hosted Division I college rugby matches played by the

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and Colorado State University. 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"

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* {{Super Rugby Americas Rugby union stadiums in Denver Major League Rugby stadiums American Raptors Sports venues in Denver Sports venues completed in 2007 2007 establishments in Colorado Buildings and structures in Arapahoe County, Colorado