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Volume 31 • Number 37 • August 8, 2013

What’s Inside Page 3

Trader Joe’s signs lease space in Cherry Hills Marketplace

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Cherry Hills Village declares Alan Hutto Day, Aug. 1

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FASB Fitness Festival names high school coaches Grand Marshals

Don’t Miss:

Brauchler addresses • DApotential guv’s bid Page 6 Funeral Services • Heflebower opens in Highlands Ranch Page 13 Bar & Grill opens with • Sportsbook unbeatable happy hour prices

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Index

Page 5..................................Opinion Page 8............................. Classifieds Page 10................. Service Directory Pages 12-18........................Fleurish Pages 21-25..........................Legals

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Broncos look to build

$30M facility at Dove Valley By Tom Barry The Denver Broncos could use some good news – and now they have it. The team has been the favorite NFL team to win the Super Bowl this season, but in just this last month, the team has been in a self-destruct mode. Two top assistants have been charged with DUIs, a star player is facing an NFL four-game suspension, while other top players are out for the season from training camp after suffering injuries. The good news is out of Dove Valley. According to a trusted source aware of the development plans who requested anonymity, the Broncos are intending to construct a $30 million indoor practice facility and other structures on land immediately west of the team’s current training center. The vacant land is just west of the Broncos practice fields and next to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Administration Building. The landowner, Dove Valley Business Park Associates and the Denver Broncos Football Club, have hired David Berwanger of DAB Engineering to represent them before the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners. County commissioners have already approved a right-of-way on the vacant property. Berwanger requested a delay to modify the plan, said Carol Kuhn, a planner with Arapahoe County Planning Division.

Broncos slow to comment

The Villager initially con-

The vacant land just west of the Broncos facility was recently posted with two zoning-related signs. Photo by Tom Barry

tacted Patrick Smyth, executive director of media relations for the Denver Broncos Football Club, who said he was unaware of two zoning-related signs adjacent the Broncos property that noted public hearings. “This does not involve the Denver Broncos,” said Smyth, who denied knowing anything about any potential development or zoning issues. Smyth later called The Villager four times within three minutes. “Our organization is continuing to explore the possibility of expanding our training facility [at Dove Valley] and we are currently going through the appropriate process with Arapahoe County,”

he said in a later phone interview. “… The Broncos are going through the steps to build an indoor training facility, including a full indoor field for us to practice indoors in case of inclement weather and expand the overall space of our facility. This is a preliminary stage of this process and nothing has been finalized.” The Broncos executive said he would verify that the land was owned by the Broncos and not leased, but had not followed up, nor returned calls and messages at press time.

A $1 billion team

John Elway is now at the helm of managing players and coaches,

Centennial under the rain Centennial had planned for an evening of live music and family fun topped off with a laser light

show on Aug. 3 in Center Park. But the best-laid plans got all wet when a heavy downpour put a sudden

and torrential end to the 8th annual Centennial Under the Stars. It was a disappointing day for the com-

along with business operations for the team that began in 1960. The former quarterback and twotime Super Bowl winner directs the day-to-day operation of the team owned by Pat Bowlen. According to Forbes.com, in August 2012 the team was valued at just over $1 billion with per-fan revenue at $46 – earning gate receipts of $60 million. When the Broncos began playing in the old American Football League, they practiced at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden for a couple of years, according to a pro-football-reference.com. Over the years, the popular NFL team has had training camps Continued on page 4

Downpour dampens city’s ‘Under the Stars’ event munity and the city staff, which had put a lot of hard work into Centennial’s signature summer event. See more photos on page 2

Come hell or high water, a few hardcore festivalgoers try to wait out the rain as the band tries to protect its equipment. Photo by Peter Jones


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