Denver is the largest city in a 600-mile radius. For more than 125 years it has been the cultural, shopping and entertainment capital of this vast region. The city is continuing its leadership into the next century by building the world's largest airport - DIA, a light rail system, a 50,000-seat Major League baseball stadium - Coors Field, a downtown theme park - Elitches, a new library to house five million volumes, and a new exhibit at the zoo to enclose a complete two acre tropical rain forest. Denver really is exactly one mile high. You can stand exactly 5,280 feet above sea level on the west steps of the State Capitol.

The Denver area offers a variety of recreational opportunities which include over 100 parks, several museums, two amusement parks and two water parks, the U.S. Mint, the Botanic Gardens, and the second largest performing arts complex in the country. Denver is located just a few minutes from the beautiful Rocky Mountains, which offer some of the best camping, skiing and other outdoor recreation opportunities in the nation. For avid sports spectators, Denver boasts the NFL's 1998 World Champion Denver Broncos, the NBA Denver Nuggets, the Major League Baseball Colorado Rockies, and the NHL's 1996 Stanley Cup Winners, Colorado Avalanche team, the Major League Soccer Colorado Rapids and the ABL's Colorado Xplosion.