Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the largest city and capital of the state of Colorado, United States of America. It is the largest city along the Front Range and forms the heart of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area.

Culture

Landmarks

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• Brown Palace Hotel, the city's oldest hotel
• Buckhorn Exchange, Denver's oldest restaurant, a historic old-west steakhouse
• Civic Center, a neoclassical park, and the cultural, art and governmental center of Denver
• Colorado State Capitol
• Confluence Park, where the city started at the confluence of the South Platte and Cherry Creek.
• D&F Tower, when it was built in 1910 the tallest building west of the Mississippi
• Denver Art Museum
• Denver Botanic Gardens
• Denver Mint
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science
• Denver Performing Arts Complex - The second largest performing arts center in the US after New York City's Lincoln Center.
• Denver Public Library, serving Denver's educational and entertainment needs from 23 locations and a bookmobile.
• Four Mile House, an important stop on the Cherokee Trail and the oldest standing residential building in the metropolitan area
• Molly Brown House, where Molly Brown lived in Denver
• Denver Aquarium
• Red Rocks, This Denver owned park and outdoor amphitheater 15 miles west of Denver near Morrison, CO is world famous for its awe-inspiring red rock formations and its amphitheater with near perfect acoustics that has featured famous concerts by U2, The Beatles, Neil Young and others.
• Richthofen Castle, a castle built by the uncle and godfather of the Red Baron
• Six Flags Elitch Gardens - A rare downtown Amusement Park
• Tattered Cover, a very popular independent bookstore with two locations in Denver (LoDo, and Cherry Creek), and one in the suburb of Highlands Ranch.
• Union Station, a magnificent three-story building and the hub of the new FasTracks commuter rail network.
• Wells Fargo Center, a.k.a. the "cash register" or "mailbox" building.

Sports

See also: U.S. cities with teams from four major sports

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Sports teams

• Denver Broncos of the National Football League (American football) (1960-)
• Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (1967-)
• Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (1993-)
• Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (1996-)
• Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer (1996-)
• Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League (2003-)
• Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League (2003-)
• Denver Gaels of the North American County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1996-)
• Denver Bears former minor league (AAA) baseball team (1948-1992)
• Denver Zephyrs originally, the Denver Bears (moved to New Orleans, 1992)
• Denver Spurs former World Hockey Association team (1975-76)
• Colorado Rockies former National Hockey League team (1976-82); now known as the New Jersey Devils
• Denver Gold former United States Football League team (1983-1985)
• Denver Dynamite former Arena Football League team (1987, 1989-1991)
• Denver Grizzlies former International Hockey League team (1994-1995)

Hosting

• Awarded the 1976 Winter Olympics, which voters rejected due to a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact
• The 1998 Major League All-Star Game at Coors Field
• The 2001 NHL All-Star Game and FanFest at Pepsi Center
• 2005 NBA All-Star Game at the Pepsi Center
• 2008 NCAA Frozen Four Tournament
• Denver is host to a yearly race on the Champ Car World Series circuit, the Grand Prix of Denver

Hostels

• Denver International Youth Hostel
• InnKeeper of the Rockies
• Melbourne International Hotel & Hostel