About Denver's Ballpark District

Denver's Ballpark District is a mixed-use area in a historically warehouse district with predominantly small businesses, low-rise apartment buildings, and parking lots. Coors Field is the cornerstone of the neighborhood to the northwest. The Arapahoe Square Zoning district allows for high-rise buildings and increased density. It is bordered by registered special districts including Sakura Square, Welton Street Corridor, Denver’s Central Business District, Five Points Cultural, Curtis Park, RiNo Arts, LoDo, and Union Station Districts.

In January 2024, the area began to collectively be represented by the Ballpark General Improvement District (GID) to collaborate with city agencies, social service providers, and other stakeholders to consistently manage and invest in local issues such as management and maintenance of public infrastructure and amenities, trash/litter management, safety, and security. The GID, RNO and other stakeholders work to create a Ballpark District  identity, placemaking, branding, and marketing.

The City of Denver continues to boom resulting in rapid change, growth, and development throughout the metro area. Denver’s Ballpark District, in particular, felt the impacts of this evolution and today is on the precipice of a new chapter in the area’s history. The influx of investment, new residents, businesses, and development in the neighborhood offers an exciting opportunity to unify the community, reinvest in the neighborhood, preserve the unique character of Ballpark, and drive the conversation about the district’s future.

Since 2016, Ballpark Collective and community members have studied and advocated for the creation of a special district to improve and create consistent quality of life standards for the area. A Business Improvement District (BID) effort was conducted and deemed not viable since it would only have levied the nearly 200 business properties to fund the significant initiatives.

In 2019, a General Improvement District (GID) formation study was launched. A GID is an area where both residential and commercial properties are taxed through property taxes to fund neighborhood improvements. It was gaining momentum, but the effort was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2024, a renewed effort grew out of the RNO to create a Ballpark GID to start in 2025. With the full support of Ballpark Collective RNO board of directors, Colorado Rockies, many businesses, social service providers, and residents a working group was formed. The Downtown Denver Partnership, various city agencies including Mayor Mike Johnston and Councilman Daryll Watson's office were engaged in the process.

In November 2024, a majority of Ballpark District property and business owners voted to create the Ballpark GID and services began in January 2025.