Watering down the high costs of Invesco Field at Mile High

Quench your thirst on the way to Invesco. First things first: No beer. But all other concessions will be open for business at Invesco Field at Mile High on Thursday, August 28, as documented in this Rocky Mountain News piece -- and they'll be the only option for people who...

By Patricia Calhoun

August 22, 2008

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Quench your thirst on the way to Invesco.

First things first: No beer.

But all other concessions will be open for business at Invesco Field at Mile High on Thursday, August 28, as documented in this Rocky Mountain News piece -- and they'll be the only option for people who may have been standing in line for hours, prohibited from bringing in any food or liquids. Including bottled water.

One refreshing break that the News missed: The Denver Democratic Convention Host Committee,' which is encouraging green drinking habits by giving delegates commemorative water bottles and setting up Denver Water stations around the city throughout the convention for refills, will set up at water station on the Bronco Bridge leading from Elitch's to Invesco on Thursday. So you'll be able to quench your thirst there for free -- but you may have to abandon that water bottle at Invesco.

Such are the trickle-down economics of going green. -- Patricia Calhoun

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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