Denver Area Attractions
Buffalo Bill’s Museum & Grave 303.526.0744 Denver Botanic Gardens 720-865-3585 http://www.buffalobill.org www.botanicgardens.org About a 20 minute ride to the top of Lookout Mountain, A botanical respite close to downtown Denver with beautiful overlooking Denver and plains, Buffalo Bill Cody lies to rest. indoor and outdoor gardens. Call for special events and The museum displays many artifacts from the life and times concerts in the gardens. of Buffalo Bill. Denver Museum of Nature and Science 303.370.6000 Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center 303.469.5441 www.dmns.org http://www.butterflies.org Visitors take in spectacular exhibits with separate admission Get up close and personal to butterflies and insects in a to Gates Planetarium and IMAX Theater. Please call beautiful botanic setting. museum for ticket prices and hours of operation.
Celestial Seasonings 303.581.1266 Denver Performing Arts Complex 303.893.4100 www.celestialseasonings.com www.denvercenter.org Free tours of the United States largest manufacturer and Denver’s premier theatrical and musical center for plays, marketer of specialty teas in the United States, which musicals, symphony, opera and ballet. Call for programs includes tea sampling and browsing through the Tea Shop and times. and Emporium. Denver Zoo 303.376.4800 Central City & Blackhawk www.denverzoo.org www.coloradocasinos.net Visitors can view nearly 4,000 different animals, Visitors enjoy gambling in two of Colorado’s oldest, representing over 700 species. Please call for ticket prices restored mountain towns. Transportation to Central City & and hours of operation. Blackhawk is available. Please see website for more information. Sports Authority 720.258.3000 http://www.sportsauthorityfieldatmilehigh.com Children’s Museum of Denver 303.433.7444 Denver’s professional football team, the Broncos, call this new www.cmdenver.org stadium their home. Tours available. Denver's best hands-on experience for children and their grown-ups is both educational and just plain fun. Please call Major League & Professional Sports 866.448.7849 for ticket prices and hours of operation. www.ticketmaster.com Colorado is home to two-time Stanley Cup champions, the History Colorado Center 303.447.8679 Colorado Avalanche and back-to-back Super Bowl http://www.historycolorado.org champions, the Denver Broncos. Other sport teams in Colorado’s colorful history comes alive at the museum in Colorado include: Colorado Rockies (baseball), Colorado downtown Denver. Rapids (soccer), Denver Nuggets (basketball),Colorado Crush (arena football), and Colorado Mammoth (lacrosse). Colorado Sports Hall of Fame 720-258-3888 Please call for ticket prices. http://coloradosports.org Colorado celebrates its local sports heroes. Molly Brown House 303.832.4092 www.mollybornw.org Colorado State Capital 303.866.2604 Visit the Denver home of the famous “Unsinkable Molly http://www.colorado.gov/capitoltour Brown.” The home of Colorado state government, below the gold dome, is adorned with a rich onyx interior mined in the Red Rocks Amphitheater 720.865.2494 Colorado mountains. www.redrocksonline.com Red Rocks is the only geologically formed, open-air Coors Brewery 303.277.2337 amphitheater in the world, hosting a Summer Concert www.coors.com Series with some of the best performers. Please call for Free brewery tour and beer tasting Monday-Saturday. concert details or park information. Please call Coors for details Elitch Gardens 303.595.4386 Coors Field Baseball Park 303.762.5437 http://www.elitchgardens.com http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=col General Admission one day passes from $31.99 to $46.99 The home of the Colorado Rockies, professional baseball per person, includes Island Kingdom Water Park (Memorial team. Tours available Day through Labor Day)