The Denver Coliseum. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
AURORA — The Class 3A boys and girls state basketball tournaments have been moved from the Colorado School of Mines to the Denver Coliseum for the upcoming 2015-16 season.
The change was approved by CHSAA’s Board of Directors at their meeting on Wednesday.
The move was necessary because of an unforeseen date conflict at Mines with the tournaments, which are March 10-12, 2016. That date conflict did not exist at the time the contract was signed.
As a result, the CHSAA office moved quickly to secure the dates with the Denver Coliseum.
“We feel very fortunate that we were able to get this settled so quickly,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann. “We want to thank the Colorado School of Mines, who was a wonderful host last season. In addition, we are very thankful to the Denver Coliseum, a longtime venue partner of ours, for being so flexible. We look forward to hosting the 2016 tournaments there.”
The Coliseum just hosted the state volleyball tournaments. It will host the 5A boys/girls Great 8 the week prior to the 3A state tournaments.
The 2015-16 basketball season begins on Dec. 1.