Stadium Inn

Just steps from the University of Denver campus, the Stadium Inn has long been DU’s favorite dive. The building served as a drugstore and a creamery before becoming a beer-pouring outpost for DU sports fans and neighborhood residents. The Stadium was among the first bars in Denver to desegregate following protests by returning veterans in 1947. By the 1970’s the bar had become home to a biker crowd, but returned to its roots after it was purchased in the early 80’s by the Saliman family.
Today, the Stadium Inn provides a cozy, yet unrefined atmosphere of vinyl booths, Jameson swag, and bathroom graffiti. Students and locals play pool, watch sports, play the jukebox, and unwind in its friendly confines. With school ties both eponymous and sentimental, The Stadium has taken its place along the city’s most beloved landmarks.