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Council opens public hearing on Santa Fe Yards stadium rezoning, postpones final vote to Dec. 22

Denver City Council · December 15, 2025
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Summary

Denver City Council held a lengthy public hearing on rezoning 709 S. Delaware for a proposed Denver Summit FC stadium and the speakers largely supported the project and a negotiated community benefits agreement; council postponed the final vote to Dec. 22 to consider related financing items together.

Denver City Council opened the required public hearing Dec. 15 on Council Bill 25‑15‑41, a rezoning application to convert the former Gates Rubber site at 709 South Delaware into a Planned Unit Development (PUD G‑39) that would allow a National Women’s Soccer League stadium and related development.

Tony Lechuaga, planner with Community Planning and Development (CPD), described the request to change the site from CMX‑16 (urban center mixed use) to a PUD tailored to allow a dense, transit‑oriented stadium with a 150‑foot height cap (to respect Washington Park view planes), active edges on key frontages, customized fencing and sign rules, and requirements…

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