Seven Things to Know About DIA’s New Welcome Sign

DIA is putting the finishing touches on a new $14.5 million welcome sign that serves as a gateway for newcomers and residents alike. While Denverites have a love-hate relationship with the airport’s previous installations, the kinetic LED sign may help residents turn over a new leaf. Here’s what you should know.

Skiing Safety Expert: Less Snow Means More Risk of Injuries, Death

As we’ve reported, two people, Collin Zak and Nathan Enright, have died as a result of injuries sustained at Colorado ski resorts during the 2017-2018 season to date. Their fatal accidents occurred weeks earlier than the first and second Colorado ski area deaths last year, when fourteen skiers or snowboarders died, despite a lack of snow that has resulted in numerous resorts in the state delaying their openings or keeping some runs off-limits. That doesn’t surprise a national expert on resort safety, who believes snow shortages or surpluses can increase the danger for those who hit the slopes under such circumstances.

Top White Elephant Gifts of 2017

Each year around this time since 2010, we’ve spotlighted the top White Elephant gifts as chosen by the folks at ARC Thrift Stores. And this year, the five selections, pictured below, contain a twist for yours truly. Turns out I already own an item just like the number one choice and consider it to be a treasure than transcends the White Elephant concept.

See the Most Expensive Homes for Sale in Denver Right Now

Over the years in this space, we’ve periodically offered mini-tours of the most expensive homes for sale in Denver. And comparing the six priciest listings at present to the ones in our previous roundup, published in October 2016, demonstrates that the prices for luxury properties in the Mile High City remain sky high, even if they’ve moderated a bit.

Denver Rent Increases in 2017 Were Even Worse Than You Thought

As we’ve reported, rent prices have finally started to moderate in Denver. But these shifts follow a long period in which rental costs have continued to go up and up and up in the Mile High City’s red-hot housing market. Even with recent improvements, rents for one-bedroom apartments during the course of 2017 have increased by well over 15 percent, a rate that’s the third highest out of one-hundred large and mid-size cities across the country.

How Long You Can Live in Denver on $1 Million

Once upon a time, the average person thought of $1 million as an enormous sum on which members of a family could live in luxury for the rest of their lives if only such an amount was within their reach, which it wasn’t. But times have changed. A new study suggests that $1 million is now a reasonable total to set aside for retirement, and even those who manage to do so may eventually run out of cash. That includes people who settle in Denver, which is ranked in the lower half of major cities when it comes to stretching these seven figures.

The Colorado Cities Home Buyers Would Rather Move to Than Denver

In recent years, people have been moving to Denver in droves, lighting an even larger fire under the already red hot housing housing market in the Mile High City. And even though local home prices have moderated to some degree in recent months, a new analysis suggests that Colorado Springs and Boulder are currently more appealing to potential buyers than is Denver.

How You Can Get a Black Friday Deal on a New House

Black Friday bargains don’t typically include discounts on real estate in Colorado or anywhere else. But one company is making just such an offer from Thanksgiving afternoon through Cyber Monday in Denver, where the head of the firm predicts costs will remain high for the foreseeable future.

Alan Roach Could Be Delaying the Departure of This Train

In mid-November, Denver International Airport announced a contest to find replacements for train announcers Adele Arakawa and Alan Roach. Just one problem: Unlike Arakawa, who retired this summer, Roach still lives in Denver, despite his high-profile gig as announcer of the Minnesota Vikings.

The One Thing Hyperloop Must Do to Avoid Becoming a Disaster

In September, Hyperloop One, whose high-tech tube transportation concept is central to a firm affiliated with billionaire Elon Musk, of Tesla Motors and SolarCity fame, identified a route largely based in Colorado as one of the ten strongest in the world and entered into a public-private partnership with the Colorado Department of Transportation to launch a feasibility study here. An author who promoted a similar concept in a book published fourteen years ago, cheers this development, but he argues that if the system is built above ground, as opposed to employing tunnels, it won’t succeed and could turn into a disaster.