In case you missed it, the city announced the security plans for Senator Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco / Mile High and Thursday, August 28 (a week from this Thursday). The stadium parking lots are all going to be closed as a security measure, so people will have to park elsewhere — and most of them will park in District 9. The city is encouraging them to do that, by offering free shuttles to the stadium from three locations in our district: Coors Field, the Auraria campus, and the upper Broadway corridor. Many other people undoubtedly will park in LoDo and ride the light rail to Invesco. It’s going to be a busy night in all of those neighborhoods, so plan accordingly.
In addition, I-25 will be closed between U.S. 6 and I-70 on that evening beginning at 5:30 p.m. That probably will mean a lot of extra traffic on District 9 surface roads; Federal, Speer, Park / 38th, and other main thoroughfares will have to absorb a lot of that traffic. The word’s getting out early, so a lot of commuters will probably plan to stay off the roads altogether. That will help keep the traffic down somewhat.
But District 9 neighbors should plan ahead too. Try to avoid driving that night, and be prepared for crowded streets, crowded parking lots, and lots of foot traffic.
