McNichols Sports Arena was the home of the Denver Nuggets of the ABA and NBA for its entire existence from 1975 to 1999.

McNichols hosted the NCAA Final Four in 1990, won by UNLV over Duke University and the West Regional semifinal in 1996.

[6] Another notable event at McNichols took place on December 13, 1983, when the Nuggets hosted the Detroit Pistons in a regular season contest.

However, the game was not televised in the Denver area (instead being shown back to the Detroit market, via WKBD-TV) and was attended by just over 9,300 people.

"Unchained Melody" was included on their highly successful double LP Greatest Hits/Live released November 1980.

[8] The Bee Gees played here on July 2, 1979, as part of their highly successful Spirits Having Flown Tour.

[9] The arena played host to Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope Benefit Concert on June 8, 1986.

The show was headlined by U2 and Sting and also featured Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez and The Neville Brothers.

Parts of U2's half-live rockumentary Rattle and Hum, came from two concerts filmed in the arena on the third leg of the band's Joshua Tree Tour in November 1987.

Pop star Michael Jackson performed 3 consecutive sold-out shows in front of 40,251 people during his Bad World Tour on March 24 and 25, & 26, 1988.

Following the performance, keyboardist Martin Gore was arrested by local police and fined $50 for disturbing the peace when holding a loud party in his hotel room.

On Halloween, 1976, Black Sabbath, Heart and Boston played to a huge standing room only crowd in McNichols.

The night of the concert, the Outlaws did not show, due to some illness, so ZZ Top started early and played for at least three hours.