Denver Colorado Shopping
Park Meadows Mall.
More than 160 shops and restaurants, including top retailers Crate & Barrel, Planet Funk, John Atencio, and Janie and Jack, and dining outlets P.F. Chang's and The Cheesecake Factory, are at your beckon call at the Park Meadows Mall, located just minutes from our Englewood hotel.
www.parkmeadows.com 16th Street Mall.
A pedestrian and transit mall in Denver, Colorado. The mall, 1.25 miles (2 kilometers) long, runs along 16th Street in downtown Denver. It is home to over 300 locally owned/chain stores, over 50 restaurants, and the Denver Pavilions
Denver Colorado Attractions
Downtown Aquarium.
The Downtown aquarium is the largest of its kind between Illinois and California. Visitors flock here for the array of fascinating hands-on exhibits and to see marine animals that include river otters, sharks, sea turtles, and moray eels.
www.downtownaquarium.com The Wildlife Experience.
Located less than four miles from our Denver Tech Center hotel, this museum combines interactive exhibits, film, art, natural history and community educational programs to present information on the world's wildlife and ecosystems. There's a National Geographic Channel screening room and an interactive Children's Gallery. www.thewildlifeexperience.org
Denver Botanic Gardens.
The Gardens comprises 23 acres of outdoor and indoor displays, featuring desert, plains, mountain foothills, and alpine environments. Highlights include the tropical conservatory, a traditional Japanese garden, an herb garden, a water garden, a fragrance garden, and a garden inspired by the art of Monet. www.botanicgardens.org
Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Experience the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe through interactive exhibits, programs, and activities about topics ranging from space exploration to Egyptian mummies. http://www.dmns.org
Denver Zoo.
At the Denver Zoo, visitors can view some 3,500 different animals, representing over 650 species, including amur leopards, king cobras, black rhinos, coral reef fish, elephants, zebras, vampire bats, and gorillas. The zoo focuses on conservation and naturalistic habitats such as the new Predator Ridge exhibit. www.denverzoo.org
Denver Colorado Sports
Pepsi Center.
The Pepsi Center is hosts a wide variety of events including hockey and basketball games, musical acts, ice extravaganzas and circuses. It is home to the NBA's Denver Nuggets, NHL's Colorado Avalanche, AFL's Colorado Crush and NLL's Colorado Mammoth, the Pepsi Center. www.pepsicenter.com
Mile High Stadium.
Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium is the home of the Denver Broncos football team, as well as the Denver Outlaws lacrosse team. Bronco's home games begin in September. .
Coors Field.
The Colorado Rockies baseball team calls Coors Field home, and it is by most assessments one of the country's most exciting places to watch baseball. High altitude and prevailing winds combine to send fly balls over the fence, making Coors Field a favorite spot for homerun hitters. www.rockies.mlb.com
Denver Colorado Entertainment
Six Flags Elitch Gardens.
This amusement park offers 45-plus rides include Twister II, a 10-story rollercoaster with a 90-foot drop and the Flying Coaster, a unique experience in which passengers lie facedown. An antique restored carousel, toddler-friendly rides www.elitchgardens.com
Comfort Dental Amphitheatre.
An 18,000 capacity amphitheatre located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the largest outdoor amphitheatre in the Denver metropolitan area. The amphitheatre is generally open every year from May to September.
Red Rock Amphitheatre.
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 large outcrops angled outwards from stage left and a seating area for up to 9,450 people in between.
Denver Colorado Hospitals
Sky Ridge Medical Center.
Sky Ridge Medical Center offers the latest in medical technology in a soothing, healing environment. Combine that with world-class services and the area's top healthcare professionals and you'll understand why Sky Ridge has become a model of care for the rest of the country.
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Denver Colorado Universities.
a public university in Colorado. It is one of three schools of the University of Colorado system. The university has two campuses - one in downtown Denver at the Auraria Campus, and the other at the Anschutz Medical Campus located in neighboring Aurora The single university is the result of the 2004 consolidation of the "University of Colorado at Denver" and "University of Colorado Health Sciences Center".
Regis University -
A private, co-educational Roman Catholic, Jesuit university in Colorado. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1877, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Based in Denver, Colorado, Regis University is divided into three colleges: Regis College, The Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, and the College for Professional Studies.
University of Denver.
DU was founded in 1864, is the oldest private university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States The University of Denver is a coeducational, four-year university in Denver, Colorado. DU currently enrolls approximately 11,400 students, divided between graduate and undergraduate programs.
Arapahoe Community College.
ACC was the first community college to open in the Denver area. What began as Arapahoe Junior College with 550 students, has grown into a vibrant community college serving over 18,000 credit and non-credit students annually.
