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Denver’s Tourism History by Decade

The 2000s

  • 2001: September 11 terrorist attacks
  • 2001: Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup
  • 2001: Lufthansa begins service to Frankfurt
  • 2001: INVESCO Field at Mile High opens
  • 2003: Denver opens $15 million Visitor Center at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
  • 2003: Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art opens
  • 2003: Voters approve restoration of Auditorium Theatre and the building of a new opera house inside
  • 2004: Voters approve $6 billion FasTracks Light Rail Expansion, the largest such project in the country.
  • 2004: Voters approve continuing SCFD
  • 2004: Colorado Convention Center Phase II Expansion opens
  • 2004: First Mile High Holidays campaign
  • 2005: Voters approve increase in Denver’s lodger’s tax as funding for the Bureau
  • 2005: Colorado Heritage Tourism created by Colorado Historical Society’s State Historical Fund and Colorado Tourism Office
  • 2005: Hyatt Regency at the Convention Center opens
  • 2005: Ellie Caulkins Opera House opens
  • 2005: Denver hosts NBA All-Star Game
  • 2005: Colorado Crush win Arena Bowl
  • 2005: Southwest Airlines begins service to Denver
  • 2005: Daniels & Fisher Tower restored
  • 2005: First annual Denver Restaurant Week
  • 2006: Legislature passes HB-1201 creating tourism funding for the Colorado Tourism Office
  • 2006: Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Wing Expansion opens
  • 2006: Colorado Mammoth win National Lacrosse League Championship
  • 2006: National Western Stock Show celebrates its 100th year
  • 2007: Light Rail service on I-25 and Southwest metro corridor opens
  • 2007: First Denver Arts Week
  • 2007: Colorado Rockies win National League Championship, bringing the World Series to Denver
  • 2008: Denver hosts Democratic National Convention
  • 2008: Denver hosts NCAA Frozen Four Hockey
  • 2008: 150 Year Anniversary of Denver’s founding
  • 2009: VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau celebrates its 100 year anniversary
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UNITED AIRLINES

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Décor Sponsor
JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY
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SUPERSHUTTLE/YELLOW CAB/EXECUCAR
Awards Sponsor
MILLERCOORS
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SWOOZIES
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VECTRA BANK
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