Hotels in Denver, Colorado

A little about Denver...

The City and County of Denver is the most populous city and the capital of the State of Colorado. Denver is located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver has a consolidated city and county government. Residents of Denver are known as Denverites.

Colleges and Universities:
University of Denver
Metropolitan State College of Denver
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Johnson & Wales University
Regis University
Community College of Denver
Heritage College
National American University
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary
Iliff School of Theology
Denver Seminary
The Art Institute of Colorado
Lincoln College of Technology FKA Denver Automotive and Diesel College
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

Landmarks:
16th Street Mall, a street restricted to pedestrians and free shuttles, located in the middle of Downtown Denver and home to many shopping, residential, and office buildings.
Black American West Museum, which reflects the history of African Americans in the West and Denver.
Brown Palace Hotel, proclaimed by Elvis as "The best hotel in the world", a historic hotel that has hosted many celebrities, dignitaries, and other important people.
Civic Center, a neoclassical park, and the cultural, art and governmental center of Denver.
Colorado Convention Center, the newly renovated large convention center often hosts major events held in Denver.
Denver's Downtown Aquarium, a full-sized public aquarium.
Denver Art Museum, the largest art museum between Kansas City and San Francisco.
Denver Botanic Gardens, which made a Hollywood debut in Woody Allen's Sleepers.
Denver Mint, the single largest producer of coins in the world.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science, one of America's premier museums exhibiting world culture.
Denver Performing Arts Complex, the second largest performing arts center in the US after New York City's Lincoln Center.
Six Flags Elitch Gardens, a rare downtown Amusement Park.
Denver is the home for a variety of sports teams. The Denver Broncos of the NFL have been able to draw crowds of nearly 70,000 since their AFL origins in the early 1960s and continue to draw fans today to their current home Sports Authority Field.
Denver is also home to the NHL team, the Colorado Avalanche (who relocated from Quebec City in 1995), who have won two Stanley Cups (1996 and 2001) while in Denver, as well as the NBA team, the Denver Nuggets.
The home arena of both the Avalanche and the Nuggets is the Pepsi Center as well as the Colorado Mammoth of the NLL and the Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League.