The torrential downpour that struck downtown Denver on Wednesday caused massive flooding in Magness Arena and Hamilton Gymnasium at the University of Denver, causing the Joe Scott Team Camp and other upcoming activities to be relocated, according to the school.
Social media reporters from the DU community provided images and videos of the flooding (more below):
@9NEWS Flooded Magness Arena at DU. pic.twitter.com/kCTnv9qTbk
— Burke (@Beburke30) June 25, 2015
The camp, scheduled June 26-28, will now be held at the Daniel L. Ritchie Center in Gates Fieldhouse and Kent Denver High School.
Fifty-five teams from Colorado and Nebraska will take part in the three-day camp that will also run in conjunction with the Dave Hall Officials Camp.
Coach Scott and his basketball coaching staff of John Fitzgerald, Nate Rohnert, Dan Ficke and Jon Jordan will lead the instruction for the camp.
Games will be played in Gates Fieldhouse and Kent Denver High School, Gates Fieldhouse is located in the Ritchie Center, along with Magness and Hamilton, but did not suffer similar damage.
https://twitter.com/scottmayfield2/status/613862487620874240
Magness arena has about $50M of damage worth pic.twitter.com/aIes1ut7QY
— Tucker Honing (@TuckerHoning) June 25, 2015
Can't believe the flooding last night at DU Magness Arena. #9NewsMornings #flooding #denverflooding pic.twitter.com/NylQUMPDed
— Sean Kirby (@spkirby) June 25, 2015