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The date was Nov. 9, 2006. The venue was the Broomfield Event Center. The place was packed. Then-Mayor Karen Stuart took the stage with a music legend and christened the $45 million, 6,500-seat venue — a gleaming arena built to anchor the nascent Arista development, Broomfield’s ambitious foray into urban living. “I stood on stage with Bonnie Raitt and introduced her as the first act,” said Stuart, who along with her Broomfield City Council colleagues decided to give the guitarist-singer, who had turned 57 the day before,…

The Broomfield City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to end the management and operations contract with the 1stBANK Center due to years of underperforming and underutilization. Originally known as the Broomfield Event Center in 2006, the 1stBANK Center was intended to house events from minor league hockey and basketball games to concerts and other community events. But since its inception, the event center has underperformed, according to city and county staff. The center was built to host 180 to 190 events per…