Tag: National Western Stock Show
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Contract for National Western Center pedestrian bridge advances
Members of the South Platte River Committee voted on Wednesday to advance a $12.7 million contract with Ames Construction to construct a new pedestrian bridge at the National Western Center. City officials say the project will improve east-west campus and GES connectivity by spanning nine railroad tracks and connecting to the RTD N Line Commuter…
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EDITORIAL: A stock show for the record books — and a showcase for rural Colorado
The historic National Western Stock Show is the one place the ranchers and farmers who feed the rest of Colorado get to strut their stuff on a statewide stage. It should go without saying they have earned their 16 days in the limelight at the annual Denver event, which concluded last weekend after setting new…
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National Western Stock Show breaks attendance record
The 120th year of the National Western Stock Show was a bucking success, breaking the previous attendance record set in 2006. “This year was bigger than ever, and Denver came together to celebrate the Western way of life, helping us crush the all-time attendance record,” said Wes Allison, first-year president and CEO of the NWSS,…
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National Western Junior Livestock Auction sets record
The 120th National Western Stock Show, which closes Sunday, saw a standing-room only crowd in the CoBank auction arena at the new Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Livestock Center. Bidders set a record Friday for the top eight livestock – steers, lambs, goats and hogs – with the grand champion steer garnering a record $320,000 price. The steer,…
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Black cowboy culture celebrated at National Western Stock Show on MLK Jr. Day
Danell Tipton with Black Rodeo USA competes in bull riding and is one of only eight Black men who have qualified for the national finals in the sport. His organization produced Monday night’s MLK Jr. African American Heritage Rodeo, celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black cowboy culture in a coliseum of more than 7,000…
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Rockmount — maker of Western wear for rock stars and truckers — turns 80 this year
While most clothing labels follow the latest trends or aim to make new ones, Rockmount Ranch Wear is content with the Western style it fashioned nearly 80 years ago. Its Lower Downtown shop — showcasing the Western wear it spread around the world — is filled with embroidered denim shirts, flashy belt buckles, silk scarves,…
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New buildings debut as National Western Stock Show attractions
What used to be in the shadow of the 70-year-old Denver Coliseum is now one of the National Western Stock Show’s newest and largest attractions. Officially opening at the end of 2025 and debuting to the public during this year’s 120th year of the Stock Show, the area where the old stockyards once stood now…
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EDITORIAL: Celebrate Denver’s record-setting stock show
Who says “Cowtown’s” best days are behind her? Sure, artificial intelligence might wind up taking more time this legislative session than agriculture. And, yes, all the way up to Gov. Jared Polis’ tone-deaf “Meat Out Day” and, of course, the wolf reintroduction debacle, the Centennial State’s ag community has been overlooked at times by some…
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47th Citizen of the West: ‘Epitome of Western traditions and values’
The 47th Citizen of the West, George Eidsness, grew up on a farm in North Dakota where his appreciation for the Western way of life took shape as he rode horses, showed cattle in 4-H and shared in the often back-breaking chores necessary to maintain a farm. It was that hard work and a deep appreciation for agriculture that eventually led him to Colorado where, in 1990, he and his…