Tag: The Broadmoor
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Where legends are made: A history of golf at The Broadmoor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To follow the history of golf at The Broadmoor is to follow the rise of one of the game’s most legendary sites. And it’s to follow the rise of some of the game’s most legendary…
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U.S. Senior Open brings another summer of golf magic to The Broadmoor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In fall of 2015, a special occasion returned Jack Nicklaus to The Broadmoor’s golf clubhouse. He was chatting with a group of hosts and admirers that included Jack Damioli, the hotel’s president and CEO. They…
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‘I can’t imagine anything luckier’: Colorado Springs locals remember Ski Broadmoor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Whenever he’s back in Colorado Springs, Steve Wilmot’s gaze turns south to Cheyenne Mountain, to the pair of wide lanes running down the mountain’s foot — especially visible after snowfall. “I look all the time,” Wilmot, 72, says from his home now in Fort Collins.…
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Annual gingerbread display debuts at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Santa has come to town — and he’s riding in a golf cart. This is the scene of The Broadmoor’s annual life-size gingerbread display, which opened Wednesday in the festive main mezzanine at the five-star, internationally known hotel and resort on Colorado Springs’ southwest side. Ice…
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From family bar to Broadmoor brass: Meet the hotel’s new GM
As a mid-March snow pummeled The Broadmoor and the rest of Colorado Springs, Ann Alba was found smiling and laughing with guests and colleagues at the hotel, upbeat as ever. She seemed to relish the gray, hazardous day. “I like the management of it,” she said of such storms. “It’s kind of like, OK everybody,…
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Polo comes home: The sport is reborn in Colorado Springs, where it once thrived
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cynthia Leonard has been sifting through yellowed pages of brochures, reading the fading ink of newspapers and collecting grainy photos — all of it helping to paint the picture of a sport’s heyday in Colorado Springs. Here in the 1920s, some of the nation’s top…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
FRIDAY One of the most unique annual events during National Western Stock Show for 78 years: the Grand Champion Steer walks the red carpet through the lobby of Denver’s regal Brown Palace Hotel just in time for high tea. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Reservations for free general admission. A VIP viewing and barbeque luncheon $150.…
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Pikes Peak Cog Railway starts selling tickets after years-long remake
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tourists and Coloradans have waited several years to resume riding The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, but the wait is coming to an end. Mountain and train lovers alike can start buying tickets. The Pikes Peak Cog Railway, the highest train in the…
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Series between CC hockey and Denver, which included The Broadmoor World Arena finale, canceled
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado College’s regular season and tenure at The Broadmoor World Arena ended a week earlier than expected due to more COVID-19 woes. “Due to a combination of positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Colorado College hockey program,” the final…