Concerts, sports and shows: drive times

Times are for normal traffic from the house; add time for show nights, and know that Red Rocks shows go on in the rain.

The big ones

• Red Rocks Amphitheatre: about 16 minutes, 12 miles. Take I-70 west to C-470 south. The season runs roughly April to October.
• Ball Arena (Nuggets, Avalanche, arena shows): about 15 minutes, 9 miles.
• Empower Field at Mile High (Broncos, stadium concerts): about 15 minutes, 8 miles.
• Coors Field (Rockies): about 17 minutes, 10 miles; it is a mile from Ball Arena, and the G Line to Union Station skips the parking.
• Mission Ballroom, RiNo: about 20 minutes, 12 miles.
• Denver Performing Arts Complex (Broadway tours, symphony, opera, ballet): about 18 minutes, 10 miles.
• Paramount Theatre: about 18 minutes, 10 miles.

Colfax and beyond

• Fillmore Auditorium: about 20 minutes, 11 miles.
• Ogden Theatre: about 20 minutes, 11 miles.
• Bluebird Theater: about 22 minutes, 12 miles.
• Gothic Theatre, Englewood: about 25 minutes, 15 miles.
• Levitt Pavilion Denver (outdoor stage in Ruby Hill Park): about 20 minutes, 13 miles.
• Meow Wolf Denver (timed tickets): about 15 minutes, 9 miles.
• Dick's Sporting Goods Park (Rapids, festivals): about 25 minutes, 20 miles.
• Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre: about 35 minutes, 24 miles; it is in the Tech Center, farther than it sounds.

Boulder

• Boulder Theater and the Fox Theatre: about 40 minutes, 25 miles, up Highway 93 from Golden. Highway 93 is two lanes and slow at rush hour.