Now it’s not unlike a game at Invesco Field at Mile High: Women will spend intermission waiting in line. Restrooms: It wasn’t terribly bad before they recently cut off patron access to the bathrooms in the Boettcher. And remember, street parking meters are free on Sundays.
Light rail now stops next door at the Convention Center, or you can park cheaper on the downtown outskirts and take the 16th Street mall shuttle, though nighttime return buses are sketchy at best. It’s still lousy to charge you $8 to park for a show, but there are alternatives. Parking: It’s better now that the Colorado Convention Center’s 1,000-space covered lot has joined the city’s 1,551-seat attached lot. For lower cost options, Sam’s Diner at 15th and Curtis streets offers lots of choices. Also close by is the Samba Room, which delivers one of downtown’s best mojitos, plus some surprisingly good Latin-fusion fare. It sends out a satisfying bowl of mussels, a rich and bacony country salad, and a solid steak frites with an especially good Roquefort sauce alongside. Not only are sightlines askew, some of the VIP boxes perched along the side walls will obstruct your view further.įood: Stop off on Larimer Street before the show and try Bistro Vendome, 1424 Larimer, one of Denver’s top French bistros. And beware of orchestra seats on either extreme side. You’re so far away and the sound is so lousy, you would be better off down at the bar watching on a closed-circuit monitor. Worst seat: Broadway houses should never exceed 2,000, so if you’re in the back balcony, you’re already an afterthought. There is actually a bit more knee room up there because at the last minute, the city got greedy and crammed in about 300 more orchestra seats than comfort can accommodate. Because the theater is so vertically built, the few rows that make up the mezzanine (second level) feel really close to the action. You want to sit in the front 30 rows, or the cost just isn’t worth it. That incorporates all 1,770 seats on the main level, and the back rows are way back. But don’t be fooled by the “orchestra” tag. Everyone complains about the sound at the Buell, but it’s the road shows that come in with their own sound systems, and it often takes them a about week to tweak it right.īest seat: Big surprise: orchestra level, in the middle. This won’t help you for concerts, but here’s your best advice for long theater runs: Don’t go until at least the second week. The place: This massive 2,880-seat theater, the largest in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, opened in 1991 as a home for touring Broadway productions, last year accommodating nearly a half-million people for shows such as “Wicked.” But it also hosts comedy and concerts such as George Carlin, Josh Groban and Nick Cave.
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