Brooklyn's at Ball Arena

Brooklyn's is the big bar and grill on Auraria Parkway between the campus and Ball Arena, and it exists for the two hours before and the hour after every event next door: pitchers, wings, burgers, dozens of screens, a patio, and shuttle-free walking distance to the arena doors. It also runs a Broncos game-day operation with shuttles to Empower Field. Not subtle; useful.

Why go. The closest full bar to Ball Arena's doors, on the campus side of Speer.

On big nights it hits capacity ninety minutes before tip-off; the LoDo bars across Speer are the fallback.