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Commerce City

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Joe Sandoval, city council candidate, when stopped for DUI: "Don't you know who I am?"

    Former cop and current state investigator Joe Sandoval is still a candidate for city council in Commerce City, according to the city clerk's office. But if he stays in the race, he'll have some uncomfortable questions to answer about being busted for driving under the influence -- and the way a poli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Gruesome fight in parking lot at Phish show captured on video, inspires Facebook outrage

    Still from YouTube clip uploaded by digiprez77 There's a gruesome video making the rounds on Facebook right now. Seriously. It's gruesome. If you haven't seen it yet, in fact, you may want to wait until your lunch digests before having a look -- or avoid it altogether if you're even the slightest bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Review: Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Night Three, 09/04/11

    PHISH at DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK | NIGHT THREE, 9/4/11Brandon MarshallMike Gordon of Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City last night during the first show of a three-night run. See tons more pics in the full Phish at Dick's, 9/2/11 slide show.​Sunday night's show at Dick's s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Commerce City buys Mile High Greyhound Park: There goes Rusty!

    ​Commerce City is no longer going to the dogs. A few years ago, the industry-heavy town north of Denver thought it was in such need of a new image that it considered changing its name. Instead, it's now aggressively working on a physical makeover -- and has just purchased the former Mile High ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Commerce City is tough on its food trucks

    Potential food-truck customers in Commerce City.​While food trucks are on a roll in Denver, Commerce City has been putting the brakes on the business. A few years ago, when construction in Commerce City was picking up, especially on the north end of town, there was a related rise in complain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    88 Drive-In Theatre is open for business, all is right with the world

    ​Hot damn, winter is over. It's not the grass shoots sprouting up on lawns, the smell of barbecue in the air, or even the yellow tickets we're finding on our windshields because street sweeping has started up again and we all forgot to move our cars. It's the fact that the 88 Drive-In Theatre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Government shutdown threat nixes Commerce City fishing event: 400 kids, families affected

    Sorry, Junior.​At this writing, the possibility of a federal government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow still looms. But even if a deal is made before the deadline, the mere threat has already led to the postponement of a free Commerce City family fishing event attended annually by more than ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2011

    Ashes of Ruin, January 8 at Cervantes' Other Side

    Sorry, Junior.​At this writing, the possibility of a federal government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow still looms. But even if a deal is made before the deadline, the mere threat has already led to the postponement of a free Commerce City family fishing event attended annually by more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Commerce City is dead end for dueling decorations: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

    click image to enlarge​ The photograph above features a decorative dead end in the Reunion subdivision of Commerce City. The center of the picture looks out into the future of planned suburban expansion. Until then, the nearly identical homes face off in a duel of nearly identical holiday deco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Commerce City approves an incentive package to grow a King Soopers

    ​Food deserts -- that's what areas without grocery stores are called. And Commerce City is ready to provide some irrigation for the desert area around Reunion, a planned community whose plan has so far lacked a supermarket. The result? About 16,000 people in the northern range of Commerce Ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Commerce City voted down a name change: Will Victory Crossing be victorious?

    Commerce City.​A campaign to change the name of Commerce City fell flat back in 2007. Will the current back-to-the-future attempt to rebrand the town's 917-acre Prairie Gateway -- home of the Commerce City Civic Center as well as Dick's Sporting Goods Park -- as Victory Crossing even the scor ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 12, 2010

    BREAD ALERT!

    Commerce City.​A campaign to change the name of Commerce City fell flat back in 2007. Will the current back-to-the-future attempt to rebrand the town's 917-acre Prairie Gateway -- home of the Commerce City Civic Center as well as Dick's Sporting Goods Park -- as Victory Crossing even the scor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Win tickets to this weekend's Mile High Music Festival!

    ​Update: We have a winner. Congratulations to Melissa Taylor! She and a guest will be our guests at Mile High Music Festival this weekend. Check the blog later today. While we don't have any more tickets to the fest itself, we will have plenty of tickets up for grabs to the preparty on Friday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Roofers not waiting to cash in on high wind in Commerce City

    A Flickr photoIt's hammer time!​DIA wasn't the only place that experienced high winds and hail yesterday. Commerce City also got pounded, to the apparent delight of every roofer within a hundred miles. A resident of the Reunion neighborhood who shall remain nameless (because he doesn't want t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Commerce City fight: Editor takes on town over strange deal involving city manager's house

    Kathy McIntyre believes she's found some muck -- and she's determined to rake it. The editor of Gateway News, she has devoted considerable resources to an investigation of a housing deal given to Jerry Flannery, city manager for Commerce City. As McIntyre writes in her summary of the story, entitl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Youth coaches changing the game of footbrawl

    Recent news accounts from Eaton, Commerce City and Aurora, demonstrate that social behaviors and youth coaching practices are changing, and all will have a profound impact on the evolution of youth football... ​ #1. For starters, the customary coin toss, used to determine which team will kic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Mile High Murder, No. 25: Jaime Moore charged with killing Jimmy Harmon

    Jamie Moore.​ Playing some catch-up on violence that took place over the past couple of weeks.... A July 20 blog noted that a murder had taken place 3602 Leyden Street -- but it didn't note the name of the victim or the identity of the individual accused of the crime. The dead man was Jimmy ... More >>

  • News

    July 23, 2009

    While India.Arie rocked the Mile High Music Fest, her brother nearly rocked the big house

    Jamie Moore.​ Playing some catch-up on violence that took place over the past couple of weeks.... A July 20 blog noted that a murder had taken place 3602 Leyden Street -- but it didn't note the name of the victim or the identity of the individual accused of the crime. The dead man was Jimmy ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2009

    Gone to Potter

    Celebrate the opening of the sixth Harry Potter movie in Commerce City.

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2009

    Shot in the Dark

    Rocky Mountain arsenal gives photographers a twilight show.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    A video Commerce City won't be using to improve its image

    In hopes of revamping its image as an industrial hellhole, Commerce City has hired an economic development consultancy to recast the berg as a diverse, forward-thinking municipality. The $80,000 the city is paying Texas-based AngelouEconomics should buy plenty of dreamy PowerPoint presentations. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Pickles, pick-up trucks and double features: The joys of the 88 Drive-In

    The 88 Drive-In Theatre For me, there are certain experiences that remind me inexorably of this time of year -- madeleines of spring and summertime, if you will. The smell of sunscreen, for example, and the song of the ice-cream truck echoing through the neighborhood. Over the past couple of years, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    The Pirate Signal premiers new video for "Hood Hop"

    If you haven't downloaded the Pirate Signal mixtape, Of Gods and Gangsters, Vol. 1, yet, then you are truly missing out. We recently gave it a Best of Denver nod, which should tell you all you need to know. If you still need some convincing, though, you won't after watching this video that Yonnas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Video: Come visit majestic, charming Commerce City

    This video, produced by the Yummies' Gavin Rember, has been out for a while. But it's still a great reminder of Denver's often ignored, industrial step-cousin to the north, Commerce City, which "sparkles like a jewel in the cleavage of the Rocky Mountain West." I'm already planning to relocate my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Dave Matthews Band releasing set from Mile High Music Festival

    This video, produced by the Yummies' Gavin Rember, has been out for a while. But it's still a great reminder of Denver's often ignored, industrial step-cousin to the north, Commerce City, which "sparkles like a jewel in the cleavage of the Rocky Mountain West." I'm already planning to relocate my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Voting heavenly at Nativity Lutheran Church

    This video, produced by the Yummies' Gavin Rember, has been out for a while. But it's still a great reminder of Denver's often ignored, industrial step-cousin to the north, Commerce City, which "sparkles like a jewel in the cleavage of the Rocky Mountain West." I'm already planning to relocate my ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2008

    Kicking It

    This video, produced by the Yummies' Gavin Rember, has been out for a while. But it's still a great reminder of Denver's often ignored, industrial step-cousin to the north, Commerce City, which "sparkles like a jewel in the cleavage of the Rocky Mountain West." I'm already planning to relocate my ... More >>

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Shafted Like Beckham

    It’s payback time for Posh and Becks.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2007

    Celtic F.C. vs. MLS All-Stars

    It’s payback time for Posh and Becks.

  • News

    June 7, 2007

    Kink in the System

    Commerce City is taking the Enclave BDSM club all the way to the Supreme Court.

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Legally Binding

    The Enclave gave Commerce City quite a beating in court.

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of April 12, 2007

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    No Pain, No Gain

    The Enclave has Commerce City fit to be tied.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2007

    The Ugly Truth

    The Enclave has Commerce City fit to be tied.

  • News

    March 22, 2007

    Pluck You

    Hmm. Would you rather live in Commerce City or KentuckyFriedCruelty.com?

  • Film

    May 18, 2006

    Macbeth

    Starz FilmCenter

  • Food & Drink

    March 24, 2005

    Best Chips and Salsa

    Bamboo Hut

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of April 1, 2004

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    Cruisin' for a Bustin'

    For Adams County deputies, making sex arrests was a walk in the park.

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 27, 2003

    Best Missing Link

    Sand Creek Regional Greenway

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of February 7, 2002

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Funky Town

    Even though the EPA says Denver's air is getting cleaner, the odor lingers on.

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Iced Out

    The Denver Curling Club searches for respect after five years without a home.

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Toxic Wait

    Some residents say the Rocky Mountain Arsenal still isn't clean enough to polish Commerce City's image.

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Pulling a Fast One

    A cluster of cities eager to cash in on photo-radar speed traps decides to sue the state.

  • News

    September 11, 1997

    Fightin' Words

    Two small-town newspapers find themselves in an economic war with municipal officials.

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    Letters

    Two small-town newspapers find themselves in an economic war with municipal officials.

  • News

    May 22, 1997

    Look Out, Sin City!

    Captain Mary Wamsley is her name. Commerce City vice is her game.

  • News

    April 10, 1997

    Rush to Judgment

    Commerce City lets a private company issue speeding tickets--and causes a pileup.

  • Music

    January 2, 1997

    Commerce City or Bust

    The exuberant rock of the Commerce City Rollers.

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