63,004 Fans. One Historic Night. And a CBA That Got There First.

Saturday night, 63,004 people packed Empower Field at Mile High to watch Denver Summit FC play their first home match. That's not a typo. Sixty-three thousand people showed up for women's soccer in Denver, shattering the previous NWSL attendance record of 40,091 set by Bay FC last year.

The Washington Spirit held Summit to a 0-0 draw, but nobody left disappointed. The energy inside that stadium was something else entirely.

We're proud to say Stout Law had a hand in making this moment possible.

The CBA Behind the Stadium

Before the first whistle blew, before the first ticket sold, there was a negotiation happening in Denver's Baker neighborhood that didn't make ESPN. Denver Summit FC needed community buy-in for its planned purpose-built stadium at Santa Fe Yards. The surrounding neighborhoods, organized as West East Neighborhoods United (WENU), needed guarantees that this project wouldn't just take from the community; it would give back.

Stout Law drafted the Community Benefits Agreement that brought both sides together. It's the first CBA ever executed between an NWSL team and its surrounding community for a stadium project. That's a fact worth sitting with.

Stout Law is a public interest law firm based in Colorado. We represent nonprofits, and community organizations across the state. If your organization is navigating a community benefits agreement, stadium deal, or public-private partnership, get in touch.