2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 25,000 Red Rocks RR Tickets Given Out [View all]Samjm
(320 posts)At City Park right in the middle of Denver. It's a HUGE park. I hope there are at least double the people there (my kids and I will make at least 3 LOL).
Red Rocks is an interesting choice for RR. Built by a gov't stimulus:
"Red Rocks was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a Depression-era public work relief program under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" that put unemployed men, ages 17-23, to work. Over a nine year span, the CCC employed 2.5 million young men which provided them with shelter, clothing, food and a small wage.
At the base of the famous shirtless "CCC Worker" statue at the venue a sign reads:
Erected in 2004 by Chapter 7, NACCCA, in cooperation with the City and County of Denver. Dedicated in honor of the 3 million workers who served in the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 to 1942 and to those members of Co 1848, SP 13-C at Morrison, Colorado who were the builders of this Red Rocks Amphitheatre from 1936 to 1941."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/23/romney-rally-at-red-rocks_n_2005621.html