McNichols Sports Arena (aka Big Mac) was an indoor arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, adjacent to Mile High Stadium. Completed in 1975 at a cost of $10 million, it seated 16,061 for hockey games or 17,171 for Basketball games and contained 27 luxury suites.
The arena was largely shuttered after the Nuggets and Avalanche moved to Pepsi Center and was razed in 1999 to make space for a parking lot surrounding INVESCO Field at Mile High.
The Denver Nuggets got it's name because in Colorado, people would pan for gold nuggets, hence the name Denver Nuggets
Colorado... GOLD NUGGETS!!
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The Denver Nuggets were added to the NBA in 1967. They were originally called the Denver Larks, but the name was changed in 1974 when the team was scheduled for a merger.
Yes and they are from Denver.
Because of the mining in the mountians.
Carmelo Anthony. He plays in Denver Nuggets.
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Allen Iverson (Basketball player for Denver Nuggets)
Denver Nuggets is the English meaning for the unscrambled name rDgeeutNvsneg.
George Matthew Karl (born May 12, 1951) is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) player. He is the current head coach of the Denver Nuggets.
they are called the nuggets because they do alot of mining for gold in denver melo rox