Best fireworks? (Denver, Aurora, Arvada: home, buy, live in)

[EscapeCalifornia]

Is anything legal anywhere in the metro area?

[BlueWillowPlate]

I don't think any fireworks at all are allowed. It used to be you could have sparklers, but with the drought etc I think everything is now prohibited.
However, enforcing this law is difficult. Lots of people buy fireworks in Wyoming and shoot them off anyway; the cloud of smoke used to make central Denver look like some sort of battlefield.
There are many, many legal displays for the 4th of July, one of the best ones is at Denver Country Club (pull up a lawn chair) and also the Colorado Rapids used to do a nice one.

[Katarina Witt]

Every year around the 4th, the papers publish the local regs. In general, it is illegal inside the city limits of most cities to use anything, including sparklers. This inculdes the suburbs. As cil said, you can buy most anything in Wyoming. There are also fireworks stands around in the unicorporated areas of Adams and Boulder counties that sell sparklers.

[canontiger]

Originally Posted by cil

I don't think any fireworks at all are allowed. It used to be you could have sparklers, but with the drought etc I think everything is now prohibited.
However, enforcing this law is difficult. Lots of people buy fireworks in Wyoming and shoot them off anyway; the cloud of smoke used to make central Denver look like some sort of battlefield.
There are many, many legal displays for the 4th of July, one of the best ones is at Denver Country Club (pull up a lawn chair) and also the Colorado Rapids used to do a nice one.

Yes the Rapids have always had a great fireworks display. The shame is--as a soccer fan, it is a real pain to go to the game as usual and continuously people keep coming and going. Up and down, back and forth all thro the game. They don't come to enjoy the game or cheer on the teams. They are just there for the fireworks. Soon and they are over, they leave. ---Well at least people who enjoy both can quit having their feet stepped on and their view blocked. Why are people so rude? And why do they not teach their kids to sit down and stay put in public? Don't go to the State Fair to attend a rodeo on nights there is to be a concert. Same thing. The cattle are not all behind the scoots.

[MAFreeze]

Just moved to downtown Denver. I'll have a great view of the fireworks at Coors field on Tuesday and Wednesday, but am curious as to any other great shows in the area?

[McGowdog]

I'm sure there will be a number of them going off across the Metro area. I used to like to park near 84th an Federal and watch a bunch of them going off at once and not be caught in the traffic afterwards. The problem is that you're not really close to any one of them.

Behind home plate at Coors Field, Arvada, Aurora, I think there's usually one at Jefferson County Fair Grounds, Jefferson County fair grounds may be a good one. I guess the Colorado Rapids display at 60th and Quebec at 10 is supposed to be a good one.

[Katarina Witt]

Also Folsom Field in Boulder is very good. Louisville has some good ones on the golf course as well.

[Katarina Witt]

Just found this while looking for something else:

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[edesign]

I was looking at the information on this site:
4th of July 2009 in Colorado | Metromix Denver

and since I'm new in town I'm not sure which ones are more popular (can be good or bad). I like fireworks displays, more-so when I can feel the concussions in my chest, and the closer you can get to them the better. I saw one display in Winona, MN a few years back on the banks of the Mississippi River and we were able to park my car within a couple hundred feet of the launching pad (or whatever it's proper name is). The explosions from that display made my windshield jump (I was laying on the hood of the car with the windshield as a back support) and the concussions were easily felt. I doubt I'll get this experience again especially in a large city but I'm not opposed to smaller towns either.

Are there any good viewing areas west of the city near the foothills that you can watch from afar? I live in Littleton so any activities on the north side of town are a bit out of my way and I loathe holiday traffic so the less driving the better. Although taking the Light Rail in to downtown is also an option, there's a station a few blocks from my home.

Suggestions? I was kind of surprised not to see such a thread yet...then again I like to plan ahead.

[Katarina Witt]

Thanks for starting the thread. I started a similar thread on the Omaha forum b/c that is where we are going to be on the 4th. Boulder's display is really neat, but that would entail a trip to Boulder for you. There are probably as good of displays closer to you.