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• Denver has the largest city park system in the United States, with 105 parks in the city limits, 20,000 acres of parks in the mountains, over 90 golf courses, and 650 miles of paved bike paths.

• The skyline of Denver is 140 miles long. From the State Capitol Building you can see from Pikes Peak in the south up to the Mummy Range in Rocky Mountain National Park.

• Winter Park is the ski area owned by Denver, but many more resorts are well within driving distance including Arapaho Basin, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Cooper, Keystone, Loveland, and Sunlight.

• Denver has the highest percentage of “baby boomers” in any major United States city.

• Denver makes the top 10 list for safest downtowns in America.

• From Denver you can see 200 named summits. 32 of these are 13,000 feet and higher. There is a state law which prohibits the building of anything that would block the view from the State Capitol.

• Denver International Airport is the largest airport and fifth busiest in the United States, and the second largest and tenth busiest in the world.

• Denver’s Performing Arts Complex seats 10,000 people in ten venues and is the second largest in the nation.

• The Red Rocks Amphitheatre, a beautiful natural amphitheater with a $16 million visitor center is located in Denver.

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