Denver Colorado Tourist Attractions

Denver Sporting Park Denver Coliseum Denver Coors Field Denver Children’s Museum Denver Arts Center

Denver’s a world-class events center, business destination, and home to great sports action and legendary teams like the Denver Broncos. For a seriously fun lineup of thrill rides, Denver’s got enough amusement parks to delight any kid. Water World, Elitch Gardens and Lakeside Amusement Park are all top Denver-area family attractions. More tourist attractions kids will love are the Denver Zoo, Denver Downtown Aquarium and the Children’s Museum of Denver, where they can get their hands on all sorts of interactive exhibits. There’s plenty of grown-up fun, from sophisticated museums like the Denver Art Museum, home to some of the world’s most spectacular man-made beauty, to the natural displays of beauty at Denver Botanic Gardens. The centrally located Denver International Hotel is close to all these top Denver, Colorado attractions, and the ideal spot for enjoying it all!

Attractions in and around Denver

Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Dick's Sporting Goods Park is one of the country’s top soccer stadiums and home to the Colorado Rapids professional soccer team and dozens of soccer fields for pro and youth soccer events. Also hosted on the Fields at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park is the annual Colorado Mile High Music Festival, usually held during the month of July. Dick’s Sporting Goods Park is located in Commerce City, Colorado. To learn more about attractions and upcoming events at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, visit www.dickssportinggoodspark.com.

National Western Complex.

The National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado is one of the nation's leading event spaces with more than 600,000 square feet of versatile space. Centrally located nearby the downtown area and Denver International Airport, National Western Complex hosts horse shows, wrestling, musicals and livestock auctions. The famous National Western Stock Show is held here annual every January. To learn more about National Western Complex, visit www.nationalwestern.com.  [Top]

Denver Coliseum.

Denver Coliseum is located in Denver, Colorado in the city’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood and has hosted some of the city’s leading events. From the WCW's Spring Stampede to multiple other events, the Denver Coliseum hosts an exciting array of events ranging from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus and Disney on Ice to cheerleading competitions and roller derbies.

For more details about attending upcoming events at Denver Coliseum, visit www.denvercoliseum.com

Invesco Field at Mile High.

Invesco Field at Mile High is the home stadium of the National Football League's Denver Broncos. Completed in September 2001, the latter part of Invesco Field's name refers to the fact that the stadium sits exactly one mile above sea level. It was here at Invesco Field on August 28, 2008, that Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination as President of the United States. To learn more about Invesco Field at Mile High and upcoming Denver Broncos football games, visit www.invescofield.com.   [Top]

Coors Field.

Coors Field is one of the MLB's newest and most state-of-the-art fields. Coors Field opened April 26, 1995 in Denver, Colorado and is home to Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies. True to Denver’s mile-high nickname, the 20th row of Coors Field is marked by purple seats, meaning you're officially at an elevation of 1 mile. To learn more about Coors Field, visit colorado.rockies.mlb.com.

Molly Brown House Museum.

The Molly Brown House Museum immortalizes the woman who is known to history as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” due to the Broadway show based on her surviving the sinking of the Titanic. Margaret “Molly” Brown’s primary residence during her lifetime, Denver’s Molly Brown House is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. To learn more about things to see at the Molly Brown House, visit www.mollybrown.org.  [Top]

The Children’s Museum of Denver.

The Children’s Museum of Denver offers a playful variety of special events, 11 interactive exhibits and special programs that give kids opportunities to learn through exploring hands-on exhibits. Even the brightly colored building-block architecture of the Children’s Museum of Denver is fun. The Children’s Museum of Denver, Colorado is located just off I-25 and 23rd Avenue. To learn more about the many fun attractions for kids and families at this Denver museum, visit www.mychildsmuseum.org.

Pepsi Center.

The Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado is home to the National Basketball Association’s Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche National Hockey League team, the Colorado Mammoth National Lacrosse League, and the Colorado Crush Arena Football League team. A top events venue, Pepsi Center hosted the 2008 Democratic National Convention. For more details about Pepsi Center, visit www.pepsicenter.com.  [Top]

Denver Center for Performing Arts.

The Denver Center for Performing Arts is a sprawling complex with 10 performances spaces covering 12 acres. Dedicated both to hosting local performances and touring Broadway shows in the Denver area, Denver Performing Arts Complex is the site of some of the area’s finest theater and performances. To learn more about the Denver Performing Arts Complex, visit www.denvercenter.org.

Denver Art Museum.

The Denver Art Museum has eight major collections: European and American painting & sculpture; Western art; textile art; modern and contemporary architecture; Asian art; design & graphics; native arts from American Indian to African and Oceanic; and pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial art. A major new building, the Frederic C. Hamilton building, was added to the Denver Art Museum in 2006 to help house the more than 60,000 works in the museum's collection. To learn more about the Denver Art Museum, visit www.denverartmuseum.org.  [Top]