Denver boasts world-class cultural amenities, seven professional sports teams, and unlimited recreational opportunities for city dwellers, outdoors people, and everyone in between.
Arts and Sciences
Denver is a culturally vibrant city with over 300 large and small arts and cultural organizations. With the second largest performing arts complex under one roof in the United States, more than 11.3 million people take advantage of the arts every year.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) regularly presents Broadway touring productions, long-running cabaret shows and classical, American, and new plays each season. Several arts organizations, such as the Colorado Symphony, Opera Colorado and The Colorado Ballet also call the complex home.
The Ellie Calkins Opera House provides the beauty of a renovated historic auditorium and a modern, 2200 seat opera and ballet center. In 2006, the new 146,000 square foot Frederic C. Hamilton Building, an addition to the Denver Art Museum will open with a geometric explosion of glass and titanium designed by Daniel Libeskind, is an internationally significant work of architecture will a new signature landmark for the City of Denver.
Under the leadership of the citizens of the City and County of Denver, an adopted city ordinance requires that capital improvement projects and bond monies with construction and design budgets over $1,000,000 must allocate 1% of the estimated construction budget for the acquisition of public art. As a result, hundreds of pieces of beautiful art is enjoyed by the public at no extra cost to them.
Red Rocks Amphitheater, nestled in the foothills of metro Denver, is a world renowned outdoor concert and event venue with walls of natural red rock. Owned and managed by the City of Denver, Red Rocks hosts summer concerts, an Easter sunrise service, and many other special events. This is a local treasure like no other venue you have experienced
The Great Outdoors
With so much sunshine, folks in Denver definitely like to get out and enjoy it. In the early 20th century, Denver’s mayor saw the need for urban dwellers to leave the city for rest and relaxation, and purchased what is now known as the ski resort of Winter Park. For those who want to stay in the city, over 200 parks within the city await them.
Ten ski resorts are within just two hours of Denver and include Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail and Winter Park. Colorado’s mountain resorts offer year-round sports such as hiking, mountain biking, and golfing on some of the most scenic and challenging courses in the world. Mountain climbers love Colorado because there are 54 “14ers” in the state, making up 75% of all 14,000-foot-tall peaks in North America.
World Class Sports
Denver’s professional sports teams include the Denver Nuggets (NBA), Denver Broncos (NFL), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), and the Colorado Rockies (NBL). In addition, Denver is home to the Rapids (soccer) and Mammoth (lacrosse) teams, as well as the Grand Prix of Denver. The International at Castle Pines, a unique professional golf tournament, is played every year within 30 minutes of downtown Denver. These all are a part of what makes Denver an action-packed metropolis where you are never at a loss for something fun to do.
Top Rated Medical Facilities
The City and County of Denver is home to eight full-service hospitals and medical centers, with access to more than 40 others in the broader metropolitan area, including:
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University of Colorado Hospital, the Rocky Mountain region’s only academic medical center, which ranks among the top hospitals in the country in 11 out of 17 medical specialties.
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Children’s Hospital, ranked one of the best children’s hospitals in America for more than a decade.
The new Fitzsimons campus is the future home of the new Children’s Hospital, UCHSC, Anschutz Cancer Pavilion, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, Ben Nighthorse Campbell Center, as well as a planned biomedical incubator.
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