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10 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

Wifey's got a 3-day conference in February, and they are offering Friday/Saturday at the downtown hotel for $99 per night prior to the conference, so we figured we would the advantage of it.

 

Any ideas for restaurants, tourist sites, etc.?

In December, I stayed a week at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center  in Denver. Is that where you will be?

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I’ve only been once (Bills game in ‘14). My college buddy who graduated early said, “I’m going to Denver and ski/tend bar for a year and figure out what I’m going to do.” That was in ‘92. He’s run a firm as an independent rep for specialty plastics for 20+ years. His license plate is “1 WRD 4 U“.

 

Anyway, he took me up to Loveland Pass (The Continental Divide). It was a long ride but it was very scenic. We stopped at Red Rocks on the way back. That was really cool. About 3/4ths of the people there were working out.

 

Saturday night we went to The Comedy Works (South at the Landmark, not Downtown) and saw Christopher Titus. It was a pretty good show and comics love working there because the crowd is usually good. https://www.comedyworks.com/
 

The game was a dud.

 

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1 hour ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

Wifey's got a 3-day conference in February, and they are offering Friday/Saturday at the downtown hotel for $99 per night prior to the conference, so we figured we would the advantage of it.

 

Any ideas for restaurants, tourist sites, etc.?

 

I've only been to the airport 

 

Myself ....  I'd find the closest MJ shop and hang out 

 

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A few favorites: 

 

Cool bars: Cooper Lounge, Cruise Room, My Brothers Bar, Millers & Rossi, El Chapultepec

Good booze: Crooked Stave, Zuni Street, Stem Cider, Denver Beer, Epic

Good food: TTW, Blue Pan, Syrup, Linger, Sushi Den, Pizzeria Locale, Milk Market (several restaurants inside) 

Local attractions: Botanical Gardens, Museum of Science, Art museum,  Zoo, Sloans Lake

Short drive attractions: Red Rocks, Coors, Boulder Mtn Park, downtown Boulder. 

1-2 hour drive attractions: Black Hawk casinos, New Belgium brewery, Echo Lake or RMNP (bring snowshoes) , skiing at numerous mountains

 

Also, edibles. 

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3 hours ago, billsfanmiami(oh) said:

Get some edibles 

i have promised myself never on these..too many horror stories

 

And to @\GoBillsInDallas/  , (sorry the @ mention can not find you), sure someone will tell you where to get the best of the pooopy wings offered in Denver. 

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7 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

i have promised myself never on these..too many horror stories

 

And to @\GoBillsInDallas/  , (sorry the @ mention can not find you), sure someone will tell you where to get the best of the pooopy wings offered in Denver. 

 

Edibles would scare me. Have friends who live there (Boulder, actually) part time and the horror stories are true. No idea where you stand with edibles....until it may be too late. 

 

We went out for my wife’s work a couple years ago, and the Cherry Creek area was VERY cool. Built a few nights in Vail into the trip. Had an awesome time! 

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