Tag: Mile High Stadium
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Brighton to fund youth programs with $450,000 from Denver Broncos sale
The City of Brighton received over $450,000 from the recent sale of the Denver Broncos, according to a news release. The stadium lease agreement requires the Metropolitan Football Stadium District to give a portion of the sale proceeds to communities, including Brighton’s taxpayers, that paid the stadium by taxing themselves. Until 2011, a sales tax…
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20 curiosities along Interstate 25 in Colorado — from ancient cone, to ‘Batman building,’ to Natural Fort
Coming from New Mexico or Wyoming, Interstate 25 travelers into Colorado are greeted by that familiar sign. “Welcome to Colorful Colorado.” Travel the extent of that interstate running through the Front Range, and it’s easy to understand the moniker. From Fishers Peak in Trinidad, to Greenhorn Mountain closer to Pueblo, to Castle Rock and the…
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Empower Field fire deemed accidental
A fire that destroyed several suites and seats at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium earlier this week has been ruled accidental, according to the Denver Fire Department. Officials have not determined an official cause of the blaze and are continuing to investigate the incident, said Capt. Greg Pixley, a spokesman for the department. Fire…
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This Denver gourmet hot dog restaurant serves up ostrich, rattlesnake, rabbit and more | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Did he ever think he would be the name in hot dogs known all around Denver? No, says the ponytailed Biker Jim of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, putting it more bluntly in his common language that we can’t print: “(Expletive) no!” Jim Pittenger says. “I…
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2020 Census | Bucking the trend: As nation, state get more diverse, Denver gets whiter
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Census Bureau’s decennial census data, released last week, show that Colorado, like most of the rest of the country, saw a shift toward greater diversity, as the population became more Hispanic, Black and Asian. But in Denver, that wasn’t the case. Some parts…
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Bustang to Broncos to return starting with preseason home opener
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While the BroncosRide program is suspended for a second consecutive season, the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Bustang to Broncos program will return after a year of hiatus and will brings fans in orange and blue…
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Broncos, Rockies to have full capacity at Empower Field, Coors Field
The Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies will soon be able to welcome full-capacity crowds to Empower Field and Coors Field, the teams announced Wednesday. The venues were approved for full capacity by the city, state and respective leagues Tuesday. Health orders designed to prevent the spread of coronavirus that limited capacity at events were lifted…
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Denver Broncos Hall of Famer Floyd Little in hospice care, according to former teammate
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Denver Bronco and Hall of Fame running back Floyd Little is in hospice care after battling cancer since May, according to his former Syracuse teammate Patrick Killorin. Killorin shared the news on Facebook on Saturday night. “Today we are going to talk about a…