national western complex
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Appeals court orders new trial for National Western Complex murder based on improper jury instruction
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Colorado’s second-highest court last month ordered a new trial for a man who stabbed and killed his victim during a fight at the National Western Complex, concluding the trial judge failed to give a key jury instruction. In June 2020, Christopher G. Smith and Jared Villaluz-Jones were residing at a temporary homeless shelter at the complex…
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Tips for avoiding parking stress at the National Western Stock Show
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Newsflash: Parking at the National Western Stock Show grounds remains challenging. In talking to attendees and reviewing feedback on social media, frustration mounted last weekend for the record-setting crowds at the 117th year of the Stock Show. The free parking at the Denver Coliseum filled up and was closed well before the 2 p.m. Sunday…
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Denver City Council cleans up election schedule, celebrates start of National Western Stock Show early
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With a change to when the City of Denver holds its municipal election, City Council tied up loose ends left over from the process. The bill comes as 25 candidates vie to be the next mayor. The bill, referred to as the “fair elections cleanup bill” by Andy Szekeres, the city’s campaign finance administrator, was…
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Denver says National Western is going green in billion-dollar makeover
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Renewable energy and low greenhouse gas emissions will be a part of the plan for the billion-dollar redevelopment of the National Western Complex, the city of Denver said Thursday. “Building a low-carbon campus is one of the many ways the National Western Center is seeking to pioneer innovative sustainability strategies,” Mayor Michael Hancock said in…
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Joe Garcia — remember him? — is Hancock’s pick to lead National Western authority
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Just when we thought he was out, they pulled him back in. Joe Garcia stepped down as Colorado’s lieutenant governor last year, but now he’s Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s pick to oversee reconstruction of the National Western Complex. “Standing up the work of the Authority Board marks another important milestone in the future of the…
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National Western Center study identifies ‘opportunities’
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Transforming the National Western Complex and Denver Coliseum sites into a year-round destination and regional asset could focus on companies and industries affiliated with the more traditional agricultural-based, but more technologically and globally involved, an economic study concluded. Denver City Council’s Business, Arts, Workforce & Aeronautical Services Committee recently listened to a presentation on the…
