Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to campaign at a town hall and attend a high-priced fundraiser in Colorado Springs on Friday, the same day the wealthy Koch brothers kick off their secretive, semi-annual weekend donor gathering just across town, sources close to the Trump campaign confirm.

The Trump stop will come a day after Democrat Hillary Clinton accepts the presidential nomination at the party’s national convention in Philadelphia and the same week her campaign has put a hold on its heavy television advertising in Colorado, considered a battleground state for the last two presidential elections.

Trump is scheduled to attend a mid-day fundraiser at the Garden of the Gods home of national Trump Victory fund co-chairman Ray W. Washburne and his wife, Heather, and then appear at a 2 p.m. town hall at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs.

Trump Victory is a joint fundraising committee that raises money for the presidential campaign, the Republican National Committee and 11 state Republican parties, although the Colorado GOP isn’t among them.

The Colorado Statesman was first to report the Trump campaign’s plans to attend an event in Colorado Springs at the end of the week, although initial plans were to hold the fundraiser on Thursday.

It will be Trump’s second campaign visit to Colorado this month. On July 1, he spoke at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver and then went to a fundraiser at the home of former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan in Greenwood Village.

The event at Shanahan’s raised nearly $1 million for the Trump campaign and the Trump Victory fund, sources close to the campaign tell The Statesman.

Friday’s fundraiser is for the same Trump Victory fund and is expected to take in $250,000, an organizer says.

According to an invitation to the fundraiser obtained by The Statesman, the event’s co-chairs are Washburne and Larry A. Mizel, a Colorado co-chair of Trump Victory.

Ticket prices range from $2,700 per person for the reception alone to $10,000 per couple for the reception and a photograph with Trump and $25,000 per couple for the reception, a photograph and what is described as a “VIP meeting” with the candidate.

Local consultants the Starboard Group are handling the arrangements for the fundraiser.

According to the invitation, the state Republican parties sharing in the proceeds are: Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

A spokesman for the Colorado Republican Party said the state GOP wasn’t a part of the joint fundraising operation due to “technical reasons” and suggested asking the RNC for an explanation. A spokeswoman for the RNC didn’t respond to an inquiry from The Statesman.

Trump is campaigning in swing states this week, with events scheduled in Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio on Wednesday and two stops in Iowa on Thursday. While Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, have been appearing together at some rallies since they secured the nomination last week, Pence is scheduled to attend a rally in Ohio on Friday night and was not expected to be at the Colorado Springs event.

Earlier this week, Pence cancelled his planned appearance at the Broadmoor retreat sponsored by Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch, citing campaign scheduling conflicts, CNN reported. The Kochs, who oppose Trump, once vowed to spend nearly $1 billion on the 2016 election but have said they’re concentrating on down-ballot contests and sitting out the presidential race this year.

– ernest@coloradostatesman.com