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In addition to these, make sure that you visit Coors Field for a baseball game. It is a really nice stadium and you can get decent tickets at a cheap price on Stubhub.
Also, make sure that you eat at The Fort on the western edge of town. It features menu items that are fairly uncommon elsewhere, such as bear, buffalo, and Rocky Mountain Oysters. It's a super cool restaurant with really good food. (Beware: It's a little pricey!) The Fort Famous fine dining restaurant located in Morrison, Colorado, Southwest Denver
While you are in that area, walk around the 16th Street Mall. There are some good shops/restaurants through there, and if you don't feel like walking there is free shuttle service.
Be sure to tour the capitol building (this goes for Sacramento as well if you choose that city) as well as the Denver Mint, which produces the majority of coins that we use in this country. The Mint is an exceptional way to spend an afternoon, and I am confident that you and your family will really enjoy it.
If you have any specific questions, let us know. Both cities have a lot of fans on this thread, so if you want specific information on either city, just ask. You are certain to get it here!
Denver is better than Sacramento in every statistical category except weather. Denver is in a different tier compared to Sac. Sac is in the same level as Salt Lake, Columbus, and Raleigh, sorry.
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Originally Posted by Chimérique
For being the main city in a 500 mile region, Denver is underwhelming. Unlike SF or Seattle which are the main cities in their regions, Denver's vibe is vanilla.
Big D is Dallas, not Denver.
"Really this is Denver, I thought it was supposed to be like SF....... it's more like SACRAMENTO than I would have ever imagined". That's what the boss said on the last visit.
Weird. "Why did I go to Sacramento when the Bay Area was RIGHT THERE?!" is what my boss said on the last trip there.
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For being the main city in a 500 mile region, Denver is underwhelming. Unlike SF or Seattle which are the main cities in their regions, Denver's vibe is vanilla.
Big D is Dallas, not Denver.
"Really this is Denver, I thought it was supposed to be like SF....... it's more like SACRAMENTO than I would have ever imagined". That's what the boss said on the last visit.
Denver is underwhelming? How could a person who (seemingly) hasn't the smallest clue what Denver is like, know?
If Denver is underwhelming as a city, then i guess Sac is twice as underwhelming then
Who said denver was called "Big D"? I doubt Denverites think of Denver as being like San Fransisco or Seattle. Denver is simply..Denver
I'm surprised that there is not noise in Sacramento about luring the A's into town. Or maybe there is and it just has not generated any media attention.
There always has been "talk" about the A's moving to Sacramento. I don't know how serious these talks ever were. Our AAA team is the farm team for the A's.
Having two teams of every major league sports in one region is really difficult. There are really only two regions that partially do this -- and they are enormous, NYC and LA.
It's actually sorta of strange that NOR-CAL ended up with 2 baseball, 2 basketball, and 2 footballs teams. I guess its a testament to our strong sports culture.
They always rank cities on which market is ripe for a new team. I know Sacramento was 4th on the list for baseball. [/quote]
A's are moving to San Jose almost for sure at this point. Bud Selig said he wants to get the relocation issue worked out quickly, and the A's aren't a big draw at the Oakland Coliseum lately. There's a lot of money in the South Bay/Silicon Valley--and to my knowledge Sacramento was never considered as a candidate for relocation, it's always been Fremont or San Jose that's been discussed. San Jose wants another sports team downtown and realistically can get a new ballpark built in that area...
Yep, I've heard this before. But, I think about 3/4 of the South Bay are Giants fans, so it would be weird that all the A's fans from SAC and the EAST BAY would need to go down there.
Downtown San Jose is quite charming. They have the Sharks. The Captial Corridor train I've spoken about that starts in downtown Sacramento terminates in downtown San Jose.
Number #1 on some lists for baseball is Portland. I'm sure its destiny that you get either baseball or football soon. What's stopping them?
It's actually sorta of strange that NOR-CAL ended up with 2 baseball, 2 basketball, and 2 footballs teams. I guess its a testament to our strong sports culture.
They always rank cities on which market is ripe for a new team. I know Sacramento was 4th on the list for baseball.
No, it's a testament to the BAY AREA'S strong sports culture. The running joke of the NBA Kings de-value it as a whole. Norcal will barely register a change in sports culture when the Kings go to Anaheim.
After the failure of the Kings I doubt investors will give more than a cursory glance at Sac for another pro sports team.
If they go to Fremont I hope they call themselves something like the East Bay A's. Fremont A's is just stupid, I guess San Jose A's isn't that bad.
If it stays anywhere in Alameda County; it should stay the OAKLAND A'S.
If they move to San Jose, the name should change to San Jose A's.
If they move to Sacramento the name should change to Sacramento A's.
Overtime, NOR-CAL A's fans would get used to the name changes.
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" is what my boss said on the last trip there.
If by simple you mean plain.
