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None hurt when large chunk of Denver’s Oriental Theater’s roof falls on stage just after concert

A file photo of the historic Oriental Theater in Denver's Berkeley Park neighborhood. Part of the ceiling fell just after a concert ended there on Friday night.
A file photo of the historic Oriental Theater in Denver’s Berkeley Park neighborhood. Part of the ceiling fell just after a concert ended there on Friday night.
John Moore of The Denver Post
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Part of the historic Oriental Theater ceiling collapsed onto the 84-year-old stage late Friday night, just seconds after Doug Kershaw and his band cleared the playing area at 44th Avenue and Tennyson Street in northwest Denver.

Witnesses were calling it a miracle that no one was seriously hurt. But theater booker Scott LaBarbera acknowledged that if the collapse had happened just two minutes earlier, there could have been significant injuries.

“The band was definitely at risk,” he said. “Everyone is kind of in shock, but we feel very blessed that no one was hurt.”

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