The Denver Broncos are looking for some help from a handful of youngsters, and Greenwood Village-based Red Robin Gourmet Burgers hopes to help make that happen.
The restaurant chain is preparing to begin the second annual Denver Broncos Kickoff Kid Sweepstakes. Starting Monday, youngsters ages 6 to 12 can submit applications for the contest at any Colorado Red Robin location.
Ten kids will be selected as Kickoff Kids, who are responsible for removing the tee from the field after each Broncos kickoff. In addition to that duty, each of the 10 winners will receive two sideline passes, on-the-field access one hour before the game, two additional tickets for guests and a Denver Broncos jersey.
The deadline to enter the contest is Dec. 16.
Developer “urban hero”
You’ve heard of urban legends and urban myths. Now Denver has its own urban hero.
The Downtown Denver Partnership is distributing buttons reading “EVAN an urban hero” made by the Denver Pavilions to honor developer Evan Makovsky, who purchased the long-vacant Fontius building from Gary Cook and his family.
The Cook family had long been criticized for letting the building at 16th and Welton streets fall into disrepair after the Fontius Shoe store closed its doors in 1988.
Makovsky is making the Fontius a priority. He plans to start work on the building before turning his attention to the 75,000 square feet of property he assembled between the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center and the 16th Street Mall, where he plans to spend about $350 million developing 1 million square feet of shops, offices, residences and hotel rooms.
Have another (energy) drink
Apparently, Coloradans are either sleepy or so active that they always need an energy boost because yet another Colorado-based beverage company is coming out with an energy drink.
Last month, a Boulder-based company made a national push for its beverage, Mix1, which is described as a nutritional drink with the “optimal balance of carbs and protein to provide balanced energy.”
That’s downright tame compared with Colorado’s newest energy drink, Turn Left. Wheat Ridge-based DC Brands touts the concoction as “liquid horsepower.”
The beverage is for human, not vehicular, consumption.
Turn Left joins Denver-based companies Boa and Go Fast in the state’s crowded energy-beverage market. The more subtle Mix1 launched in October 2006.
