Denver International Airport

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It's National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! And to celebrate, Woody Creek Bakery & Cafe -- formerly Paradise Bakery & Cafe -- is giving away free chocolate chip cookies to anyone who stops by any of its seven area stores. See also: - Milk and cookies with Lefthand's nitro stout and some Chocolove - Ve ... More >>

Domestic violence episode (and arrest) on Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Denver

Update below: Over the years, we've written about plenty of strange things that happened on planes, including the ex-priest arrested for pleasuring himself or the guy accused of groping a pregnant woman. But what happened last night on a Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Denver is a first for us - ... More >>

"Mustang," aka Blucifer: No one's asking for it to be removed despite DIA conspiracy theory

Even before Denver International Airport opened in 1995, conspiracy theories were taking off -- and they show no sign of coming down to earth today. "You know there are dormitories under Denver International Airport to house all the world leaders in case of catastrophe?" After an hour of funeral-re ... More >>

After five years, it might be time for "Mustang" to mosey on

See also: An ode to DIA's beleaguered blue horse

Photos: Oregon man follows Denver woman's lead, strips naked in airport

In the news business, three similar incidents are considered a trend -- and if that's true, stripping at airports is on the cusp of becoming a thing. Mere days after a woman took off her clothes at Denver International Airport, a man in Oregon has done the same. But while the woman still hasn't bee ... More >>

Reader: The naked truth about the naked woman at DIA

Overnight, the unnamed woman who stripped at Denver International Airport has become Colorado's biggest celebrity, responsible for the most-viewed item on TMZ. The would-be traveler, who was taken to Denver Health for evalution, allegedly stripped down in protest after being told to put out a cigare ... More >>

Photos: Naked DIA lady throughout history

Yesterday we offered the bare facts on the woman taken to Denver Health after she stripped naked at Denver International Airport -- allegedly after she was told to extinguish the cigarette she'd lit up on the concourse. People at DIA were shocked by the sight, but as these historical photos indica ... More >>

Photos: Naked woman at Denver International Airport becomes TMZ celeb

Today, we're aswim in a culture crowded with folks seeking fame. So how the hell did an unknown woman in Denver outstrip Khloe Kardashian and Beyonce to become the subject of the most viewed item on TMZ? By stripping at Denver International Airport. Yep, a woman reportedly gave DIA security an easy ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: Dry Dock brings back a seasonal favorite

The third annual Denver International Beer Competition takes place this weekend at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, a contest that last year received more than 190 entries from brewers in more than twenty states and six countries. The gold-medal winners will be showcased at the Taste of El ... More >>

Blue Mustang is DIA's most famous artwork, but there are other pieces to love... or hate

​"Mustang," Luis Jimenez's killer horse at Denver International Airport, just placed third in a recent survey of the country's most bizarre public art. But it definitely ranks first in the hearts and minds of Denver residents, who either really love or really, really hate the sculpture.

DIA Blue Mustang only the third most bizarre piece of public art in USA? Really? (PHOTOS)

Pics below.​The folks at the Yahoo! travel feature Wanderlust have come up with a list of the five most bizarre public art displays in these United States, and, predictably, the Blue Mustang at Denver International Airport made the final cut. More surprisingly, it only places third. This, my f ... More >>

Que Bueno celebrates its official grand opening at DIA

For years, Que Bueno -- by gate 52 on Concourse B -- was the best reason to get through security early at Denver International Airport. And when this locally owned joint closed last fall for a rehab and expansion -- from 1,118 square feet to 1,490 square feet, with a full bar -- it left a lot of tra ... More >>

Icelandair has a cool photo contest to launch its Denver International Airport flights

Who put the "international" in Denver International Airport? Not just the Martians living in those underground tunnels at DIA. Next May, Icelandair will introduce non-stop flights from Denver to Reykjavik, Iceland -- and the airline just launched a photo contest for two round-trip tickets on that in ... More >>

New World Order! Conspiracy theories keep landing at Denver International Airport

If these walls could talk. Barack Obama left town yesterday without going anywhere near Denver International Airport. After barely three hours on the ground in Denver, which was part of a three-state Western swing, the President headed back to Washington, D.C., without even a drive-by tour of the ... More >>

Barack Obama Colo. conspiracy theories: Is he avoiding Comet Elenin or leading nuclear test?

​Conspiracy or coincidence? President Barack Obama will be returning to Denver on Tuesday, September 27 -- just four days after a major Homeland Security terrorism-emergency exercise in this city. And already, the web is running wild with conspiracy theories that Obama is coming here to 1) avo ... More >>

Denver International Airport snow can be caused by planes inadvertently seeding clouds?

Heymsfield.​Why is snow so common at Denver International Airport? A new study led by Andrew Heymsfield, a cloud physicist at Boulder's National Center for Atmospheric Research, and published in the journal Science suggests that planes can inadvertently seed clouds under the right conditions, ... More >>

Denver International Airport balks at $22M cost of Santiago Calatrava "signature" bridge

The Calatrava bridge.​Dramatic statements don't come cheap, but what Denver needs may be less drama. After spending upwards of $40 million in the past few years imagining -- make that "visioning" -- a great makeover, DIA manager Kim Day has decided the city really can't afford the "signature" ... More >>

Denver International Airport and Close Encounters: The freaky conspiracy link (VIDEO)

​Conspiracy forum boards are buzzing over a "mind bending" connection between Denver International Airport and geographical coordinates described in a key scene of the the alien-loving, sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In all my years of following the ever-evolving conspiracy ... More >>

Reader: Denver International Airport's Blue Mustang & other freaky public art reflects times

​Our recent post about Denver International Airport soliciting feedback on public art like the infamous Blue Mustang and other conspiracy-inspiring DIA exhibits sparked some impassioned defenses of the facility's more unusual offerings. Here's one excellent example.

CLEAR returns to Denver International Airport, backed by ex-cabinet official Michael Chertoff

Michael Chertoff.​CLEAR is back in business at Denver International Airport, helping ease travelers through the trauma of those invasive security procedures for just $179 a year. And who -- besides the prudy-pants traveler -- benefits? How about former Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff ... More >>

WeHireAliens.com not for job hunters -- or John Hickenlooper

​Amid the white-hot debates raging over Arizona's new immigration law, it's harder than ever to separate the spluttering from the substance when it comes to immigration policy. Especially if you're trying to make sense of the über-patriotic sentiments found online at Wehirealiens.com. A pro ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: High on the Mile Haiku City

Verse came to worse last night at the Central Library, where close to a hundred people gathered for last night's Fresh City Life poetry reading inspired by "Mustang," Luis Jimenez's blue horse sculpture out at Denver International Airport. We were in the depths of the basement, but spirits soared ... More >>

Union Station Advocates weigh in -- mildly -- on proposed station architecture

Courtesy of Skidmore Owings Merrill The proposed Union Station train shed As noted in the blog "New Architectural Images Released of Denver International Airport. Oh, Wait, That's Denver Union Station," the developers behind the ongoing Union Station project recently unveiled new architectural conc ... More >>

DIA's promo photo kicks ass of all other airport promo photos

Courtesy of DIASee the slideshow of DIA's promo-photo ass-kicking here. Denver International Airport's giant blue "Mustang" sculpture -- and the controversy surrounding it -- has gone national. Public debate sparked by local realtor Rachel Hultin's Facebook group "DIA's Heinous Blue Mustang Has Got ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: high-flying art at DIA

The debate took off fast last week over Luis Jimenez's "Mustang," otherwise known as "DIA's Heinous Blue Mustang," which stands outside Denver International Airport. (Read more in this Off Limits report, as well as at www.byebyebluemustang, the site started by local realtor Rachel Hultin.) But in ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Building -- and budgeting -- for the future

The holidays push most action off the public calendar this week. Tonight at 5:30 p.m., Denver City Council will start the process of stuffing someone's stocking with coal: Over the next few weeks, councilmembers will decide whether to grant landmark status to two, '60s-era Hornbein and Wh ... More >>

Ohio man threatened to kill President Bush, bomb DIA

Federal prosecutors have indicted an Ohio man who they say threatened to bomb the Denver International Airport and then shoot himself in the bathroom this October. According to the indictment, if he somehow survived the bomb and the gunshot (apparently he didn't have much confidence in his mayhem s ... More >>

Conspiracy to Have Fun

Well, I'll See a Horse's Ass!

In hindsight, "Mustang" is a real welcome to Denver.

Conspiracy to Have Fun

Conspiracy to Have Fun

Looking for Larry, #2

Thanks to Google, You Can Dive-Bomb the Cherry Creek Mall

The Truth is Out There, In East Denver, On Pena Boulevard

The Movies That Made Us

Starz FilmCenter

Peel Rubber

Longmont breaks out the bikes for winter.

Off Limits

Dollars and sense

Toys Ahoy

Classic toys help lift spirits at DIA.

Off Limits

Ready for takeoff

Take 23

The Denver Internation Film Festival opens this Thursday.

Flights of Fancy

Off Limits

CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF'95 YEAR IN REVIEW PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES IN YOUR AIR-SICKNESS BAG AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE--1995 IS OVER.

ROLL 'EM

OFF LIMITS

MEXICAN STANDOFF

THE MARATHON'S NOT OVER YET: MEXICO PRESSURES DENVER TO PAY THE RACE'S WINNERS.

LETTERS

OFF LIMITS

RUNNING ON EMPTYHOW CLOSE IS THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL MARATHON TO THE FINISH LINE?