The Denver Summit said Thursday that their offseason roster rebuild is complete ahead of the franchise’s inaugural season, with owner Lila Grant also announcing a new nickname for Bennett Stadium: “The Peak.”

In a team press release, Grant said the organization’s approach was to target specific needs rather than make splash moves for their own sake. “We didn’t just want to field a team,” Grant said in the release. “We wanted to build one that belongs at the top from day one. Every move we made this offseason was about finding the piece that actually solved a problem — not just adding talent for its own sake.”

According to the release, Denver will open the season with Evander Holt at quarterback, Lawson Pike at running back, and Micah Temple on the defensive line as core pieces of the new roster. The team said additional trades around the league also brought in help along the offensive line, at linebacker, and in the defensive backfield.

The announcement offers the clearest public signal yet that Denver considers its first-year roster settled heading into Week 1. While the club did not detail every transaction in the release, it described the offseason as a broad rebuild aimed at creating balance across the lineup.

One of the team’s recent moves had already drawn attention. Prior reporting noted that Denver acquired Pike from the Atlanta Fire in a deal that sent Trevion Sutter and roughly $2 million the other way. In the new release, the Summit pointed to Pike as one of the players expected to anchor the offense as the season begins.

Grant also used the announcement to introduce “The Peak” as the branding for the club’s home field. Bennett Stadium remains the venue name, but the new nickname is meant to shape the team’s identity as it enters the DFL. “The Peak felt right the moment we heard it,” Grant said in the release. “This city has always looked upward. Now our stadium does too, and I expect visiting teams to feel it.”

The branding decision ties the franchise more closely to its mountain-themed name and to Denver’s image, a common strategy for expansion and first-year teams trying to establish a recognizable identity quickly. The team did not announce any structural changes to the stadium itself, only the new moniker.

Denver is scheduled to begin its season on the road against the Richmond Capitols on July 23, then return home on July 26 to host the Miami Beach Breakers in what will be the first game at The Peak under the new branding. Those dates make the coming week a significant one for a franchise still introducing itself to fans.

Grant said the organization believes the accelerated rebuild can translate into immediate relevance. “We built this fast, and we built it to matter,” she said in the release. “Denver’s ready to watch what this team can do.”

As with most preseason announcements, the team’s claims about roster strength will not be tested until games begin. For now, the Summit are presenting the offseason as a finished project: a reworked roster, a defined set of headline players, and a home-field identity intended to carry into the club’s debut.

The announcement arrives at a point in the sports calendar when teams across the DFL are finalizing depth charts and messaging before opening week. For Denver, the combination of personnel moves and branding underscores the pressures that come with an inaugural season, where early perception can matter nearly as much as early results.

What is publicly established at this stage is narrower: the Summit say their major offseason construction is done, Pike joins Holt and Temple as featured names on the roster, and Bennett Stadium will be marketed as The Peak as Denver enters its first DFL campaign.