Brace yourself: Black Friday is coming to Denver seven months early

Ah, yes, no other way to break this to you than to just go ahead and say it, so here goes... April 22, 2011. Mark your calendar. With apologies to Steely Dan and to the unofficial holiday, that's a day heretofore known as Black Friday, a day you'll want to...

By Dave Herrera

March 22, 2011

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Ah, yes, no other way to break this to you than to just go ahead and say it, so here goes... April 22, 2011. Mark your calendar. With apologies to Steely Dan and to the unofficial holiday, that's a day heretofore known as Black Friday, a day you'll want to stay the hell away from Park Meadows.

Brace yourself: That particular day -- which, by some cosmic twist of fate, just happens to be a Friday, if you'll believe it -- Rebecca Black, the young lass responsible for that uplifting ditty "Friday," makes her way to Denver (well, Lone Tree, if you're into splitting hairs). Imagine you probably give less than two shits, but your little sister is going to be stoked. Move over, Bieber.

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