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8500 Peña Blvd. Denver, CO 80249

303-342-2000

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8500 Peña Blvd. Denver CO 80249

2012 | Best Public Art at DIA

The creation of "Mustang," Luis Jimenez's 32-foot-tall rearing stallion in blue painted fiberglass, has all the elements of a good movie: Mature artist gets a major commission and attempts to create his masterpiece, but can't seem to complete it. More than ten years pass, with dueling lawsuits crossing between the artist and his patron, the City and County of Denver. Then, in what would be considered the climax -- if later outrageous events didn't eclipse it -- the... More »
2012 | Best DIA Conspiracy Theory

Denver International Airport has inspired many fine conspiracy theories -- that it's a creation of the New World Order, that there are Martians living underground -- but none as uplifting as the one exposed on The Colbert Report this fall. According to William Tapley, who calls himself both "Third Eagle of the Apocalypse" and "Co-Prophet of the End Times," DIA is full of phallic symbols -- not surprising, since it's designed to look like a giant penis. We don't even want to... More »
2011 | Best Unnerving Addition to Denver International Airport

The Denver International Airport has long been a hotbed of hand-wringing conspiracy theories -- the Leo Tanguma-painted mural featuring gas-masked Nazi-ghouls and multicultural children in caskets, the giant laser-eyed Mustang of Death that murdered its creator, and the Masonic capstone have all led wingnuts far and wide to speculate that our airport is in fact the future site of a New World Order-administered alien concentration camp -- and given that legacy, its isn't hard to... More »
2008 | Best Parking Amenity

You may lose your luggage at Denver International Airport, but you'll never lose your car. DIA's public-parking-lot elves do their utmost to ensure that you'll remember not only which of the eight overnight lots you parked in, but what row and spot, by handing you a reminder note as you embark on the airport shuttle. But should you lose that slip of paper and find yourself wandering among the Siberian SUV wilderness of the Mount Elbert lot, never fear. The elves log every car, by its license... More »
2008 | Best New Public Art

Even though it's been widely ridiculed -- and hated -- it's hard to deny the power of Luis Jimenez's "Mustang" on the approach to Jeppesen Terminal at DIA. The 32-foot-high outdoor piece is a perfect example of the artist's sensibility, bridging the gap between the high art of classic Western imagery and the low brow of the carnival's garishly painted fiberglass ornaments. The gigantic rearing stallion, with its luridly blue coat, bulging black veins and glowing reddish-orange... More »
2000 | Best birdwatching -- east

All right, maybe Denver International Airport isn't exactly a nature preserve, but try and tell that to the birds (not the giant steely ones). The airport has had to catch and release intrusive sparrows from Concourse C, halt construction for migrating burrowing owls on several occasions and alter flight paths to protect the sensitive ears of bald eagles at several nearby nesting areas such as Barr Lake -- a real birdwatching mecca. Compared to its other problems, though, these glitches... More »

Taking off: Santiago Calatrava has spectacular designs on DIA

By Michael Paglia | Thu, August 05, 2010

Denver made international architecture news last week when Spanish-born Santiago Calatrava came to town to unveil his designs for the expansion of Denver International Airport. An engineer and an architect, Calatrava gained fame — and respect —... More »
The art at DIA keeps rumors flying

By Patricia Calhoun | Thu, July 08, 2010

Welcome to Denver," chirps Mayor John Hickenlooper as the train pulls into the terminal at Denver International Airport. "The Mile High City." But the fun doesn't stop at 5,280 feet — because the sky's the limit for stories about DIA. The... More »
DIA Dreams: Aviation director Kim Day plans to take DIA where no airport has gone before

By Alan Prendergast | Thu, March 04, 2010

Before the late-night jokes about the baggage system, before the opening-day snowstorm and the seven-hour breakdown of the train system on Black Sunday, and long before the 9/11 attacks changed the way people fly, Denver International Airport was... More »
$This state\'s souvenirs suck. Why can\'t we Buy Mile High?$

This state's souvenirs suck. Why can't we Buy Mile High?

By Patricia Calhoun | Thu, April 30, 2009

At Greetings From Colorado, a store on the A concourse of Denver International Airport, don't expect to find many actual Colorado greetings. Yes, there are cards from Leanin' Tree, the Boulder-based Western art emporium that Edward P. Trumble... More »
Sentimental Journey

By Patricia Calhoun | Thu, April 17, 2008

What does Colorado look like to you? To American Airlines passengers stuck at Denver International Airport last week, it must have looked like the back of that fleece the guy ahead of them in line was wearing. That, and endless fast-food meals... More »
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