Denver trying to land NWSL franchise [Video]

DENVER — A local group bidding to bring a National Women’s Soccer League franchise to Denver is no longer considering the National Western Center north of downtown as the location for a home field where the team would play.

Earlier this month, reporting from the Sports Business Journal, a sister publication of the Denver Business Journal, revealed that Denver was one of five cities in consideration for a 16th franchise of the women’s professional soccer league. Others include Cincinnati, Nashville, Cleveland and Philadelphia. 

The Denver bidding group had multiple conversations about potentially using the National Western Center as the site where it would develop a stadium, according to public records obtained by the Denver Business Journal. But a spokesperson for the 250-acre campus, largely owned by the city, confirmed the center is …