Photos: Pioneer unveils its new rooftop deck complete with mascot -- Boone!

Denver Boone, the University of Denver's mascot from 1968 to 1998, has been officially banished from the currently mascot-free campus. But Boone's not gone altogether. Today a seven-foot-high replica of Boone was installed on top of the Pioneer, which has been renovating both its interior and exterior this summer, and...

By Westword Staff

September 30, 2013

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Denver Boone, the University of Denver's mascot from 1968 to 1998, has been officially banished from the currently mascot-free campus. But Boone's not gone altogether. Today a seven-foot-high replica of Boone was installed on top of the Pioneer, which has been renovating both its interior and exterior this summer, and just unveiled its new deck.

Lori Midson stopped in this afternoon to take a look at the Pioneer, and sent these photos of the new deck -- and its official mascot, Denver Boone.

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