Christina Gough
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Denver Nuggets - Statistics & Facts
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team that compete in the National Basketball Association’s Western Conference Northwest Division. Founded in 1967 as the Denver Larks, the team was a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and renamed the Rockets prior to its first season in the league. The team was then renamed the Nuggets in 1976 and joined the NBA following the ABA-NBA merger.
The Nuggets currently play their home games at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. During the 2021/22 NBA season, the average regular season home attendance for a Nuggets game was 16,957 per game and total attendance for that season amounted to 685,262. The Nuggets generated around 273 million U.S. dollars in revenue during the 2021/22 season, while the team’s operating income for that same season stood at approximately 67 million U.S. dollars. The team’s franchise value stands at about 1.93 billion U.S. dollars and the Nuggets are currently owned by American real-estate mogul Stan Kroenke.
The Nuggets have never made it to an NBA championship final in their history, although they have made it to the playoffs in the last four seasons. They made it to the Conference Finals in the 2019/20 season before being eliminated by eventual champions the Los Angeles Lakers. The Nuggets have a combined total of approximately 3.3 million fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter.
The Nuggets currently play their home games at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. During the 2021/22 NBA season, the average regular season home attendance for a Nuggets game was 16,957 per game and total attendance for that season amounted to 685,262. The Nuggets generated around 273 million U.S. dollars in revenue during the 2021/22 season, while the team’s operating income for that same season stood at approximately 67 million U.S. dollars. The team’s franchise value stands at about 1.93 billion U.S. dollars and the Nuggets are currently owned by American real-estate mogul Stan Kroenke.
The Nuggets have never made it to an NBA championship final in their history, although they have made it to the playoffs in the last four seasons. They made it to the Conference Finals in the 2019/20 season before being eliminated by eventual champions the Los Angeles Lakers. The Nuggets have a combined total of approximately 3.3 million fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter.
