Press Release March 1, 2017
RPM Events Group LLC, a team of civic-minded investors, is bringing back professional bicycle racing to Colorado with an international 4-day professional cycling race and festival in Colorado. We will be creating a fan epicenter in Denver’s RiNo Art District and integrating the world-class race with a worldclass festival with live music, a marketplace, food, craft beer, cycling events and much more. Our vision is to cultivate a one-of-a-kind event that showcases the spirit of bicycling, the state, local communities and the RiNo Art District, while having a long-lasting economic and social impact
On March 1st, we will be announcing Velorama, a 3-day music, flea, beer and food festival in the RiNo Art District. The festival will be celebrating the Colorado Classic and bicycle culture in Colorado. We have booked headliner bands Wilco and Death Cab for Cutie, as well as musical acts Saint Motel, La Santa Cecila, and the New Pornographers for Friday and Saturday nights.
We have Denver Flea bringing in 200+ vendors, a bike expo of 150 exhibitors as well as family-friendly events happening throughout the day. We will be working with Drink RiNo (beer, wine and cider) as well as a select RiNo restaurants. Of course, the main event will be the start/finish of the Colorado Classic, a women and men’s pro bicycle race, on Saturday and Sunday. We will be transforming 12 blocks in the RiNo Art District, as well as the mile-long Rockies parking lot.
Early Bird tickets will be available starting March 3rd for $25 a day. Early Bird ticket sales will go fast at this price and then will increase to $35 a day!
Sorry to drag up an old article, but I’m having a bit of trouble finding a definitive answer. The event websites don’t show the location of the various stages for the music festival, but from what I can find, it looks like they plan to fence off much of the RINO area for the festival, and all the normal bike race-related activities one might want to see, oh, like the finish line, are within the festival area. If I’m reading things correctly, that means we’d have to buy a ticket to watch the bike race finish, whether we have any interest in the music festival or not.
Am I reading things correctly?
That is correct for the two days in Denver, the start/finish and team parking is all within the ticketed festival area. The website and new event app now have maps and much more information.
https://www.veloramacolorado.com/get-the-app/
Much as I hope this whole thing works out, I can’t see $45 to watch a bike race.