Altitude executives have heard the complaints from Nuggets and Avalanche fans eager to watch their teams on TV and are working on a legal solution.

“We do not condone illegal streaming,” Altitude COO Matt Hutchings said Monday. “We are in the process of reaching a solution on a broad front, which would give restaurants and bars legal means to broadcast the games.”

The plan would involve multiple companies affected by Altitude Sports’ current TV dispute, including local bars and alcohol distributors, to provide television broadcasts of the games, according to a person familiar with the situation.

At least one bar in the Denver metro opted to show patrons a pirated transmission of Monday night’s Avalanche game against the St. Louis Blues — Blake Street Tavern in LoDo.

The downtown Denver establishment, located at 2301 Blake St., tweeted out that it was showing the game Monday night. When contacted by phone, owner Chris Fuselier said that he did not receive permission from Kroenke Sports & Entertainment to show the pirated stream, but decided to do so since there wasn’t another option available.

“I’m just frustrated that as a bar owner that we haven’t been able to show the games to our customers,” Fuselier said, “and frustrated personally because I’m an Avalanche season ticket holder.”

Brooklyn’s, located at the Pepsi Center, has also been showing games to its patrons.

“We’re getting calls every day, ‘Are you geting the Avs?'” Fuselier said. “… I didn’t mean to upset the apple cart, but I got a business to run. … I got a staff to support.”

Altitude executives are still working to reach a deal with one of the Big 3 TV distributors — Dish, DirecTV and Comcast.

Until then, the temporary solution would at least give fans a means to watch the games at bars and restaurants.

The Avalanche began its regular season earlier this month, with several games unavailable to a large number of Denver-area subscribers. The Nuggets’ regular-season schedule begins Wednesday, with their home opener Friday against the Phoenix Suns.

Denver Post deputy sports editor Matt Schubert contributed to this report.