City and County of Denver.OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY AND COUNTY BUILDING DENVER, COLORADO * 80202-5390 TELEPHONE: 720-865-9000 * FAX: 720-865-9040 TTY/TTD: 720-865-9010 February 2006 Dear National Apartment Association Education Conference Attendees: Welcome to the Mile High City! Denver is honored to host the National Apartment Association Education Conference. In the past decade, Denver spent $8 billion to make our city a world-class meeting destination. This has included building Denver International Airport This article is about Denver International Airport. For other uses, see KDEN (disambiguation). Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often called DIA ; three new sports stadiums (for a record eight professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. teams); a new world class aquarium; the nation's only downtown theme park; doubled the size of the Colorado Convention Center The Colorado Convention Center is a multi-purpose convention center in downtown Denver, Colorado which recently underwent a major expansion. The expansion added 600,000 sq. feet of space and a 5,200 seat concert hall. The total area of the convention center is 1.2 million sq. feet. ; the second largest performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. in America with ten theatres seating 10,000 people for theatre, symphony, opera and ballet; and a completely revitalized downtown with new shopping, restaurants and nightspots. There's more to come. We are refurbishing the Denver Zoo The Denver Zoo is an 80-acre [1] facility located in City Park of Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1896, it is owned by the City and County of Denver and funded in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). with exciting new attractions, doubling the size of the Denver Art Museum The Denver Art Museum is an art museum in Denver, Colorado located in Denver's Civic Center. It is known for its collection of American Indian art, and has a comprehensive collection numbering more than 55,000 works from across the world. with an amazing new wing designed by Daniel Libeskind and building out the largest light rail initiative in American history, a massive $4.4 billion project that will add 120 miles of new track Because of Denver's unique location at the base of the Rocky Mountains, we have year-round recreational opportunities and a mild. dry climate featuring more than 300 days of sunshine a year. That means you can enjoy Denver's 90 golf courses and 650 miles of bike and jogging trails year-round. Whether you have lunch at an outdoor cafe on the 16th Street Mall, cheer on the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, shop in Cherry Creek, visit one of Denver's many museums, attend a concert at spectacular Red Rocks Amphitheatre Red Rocks Amphitheatre is a rock structure in Red Rocks Park near Morrison, Colorado (west of Denver), where concerts are given in the open air amphitheatre. There is a large, tilted, disc-shaped rock behind the stage, a huge vertical rock angled outwards from stage right, several or dance the night away in LoDo, we hope you have a safe and enjoyable stay in our city. Sincerely, John W. Hickenlooper Mayor |
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