Glendale, Colorado This article is about the town/city in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
City of Glendale, Colorado Official seal of City of Glendale, Colorado Location in Arapahoe County and the state of Colorado Location in Arapahoe County and the state of Colorado Location of Colorado in the United States Location of Colorado in the United States State State of Colorado Website City of Glendale The City of Glendale is a Home Rule Municipality positioned in an exclave of Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States.
The town/city is an enclave of (i.e., surrounded by) the City and County of Denver.
Glendale's fire and medical services have been provided by the Denver Fire Department and Denver Paramedics through a contract by the City and County of Denver since 2005.
Glendale is policed by the Glendale Police Department.
Glendale, Colorado, is positioned at 39 42 9 N 104 56 2 W (39.702546, -104.933866). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it territory (other than a short length of Cherry Creek which bisects the City from East to West).
More than 40% of Glendale's housing units were assembled in the 1970s. In the city, the populace was spread out with 13.3% under the age of 18, 21.2% from 18 to 24, 50.4% from 25 to 44, 12.5% from 45 to 64, and 2.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Infinity Park is an event sports and entertainment complex adjoining to the Glendale municipal buildings and courthouse.
The nearly 16 acres of Infinity Park are positioned between Cherry St and Birch St (east/west), and E Kentucky Ave and E Mississippi Ave (north/south) and include an Event Center, Stadium, Park, Sports Center and High Altitude Training Center.
The rugby stadium is home to the city's nationally ranked and 2011 D1 Champion rugby team known as the Glendale Raptors and the Women's Premier Leagues latest members, the Glendale Lady Raptors.
In July 2008, the town/city opened a 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) recreation and sports center, is managed by the YMCA of Metropolitan Denver. In November 2008, the state-of-the-art Event Center opened with accommodation for 750 guests in a banquet-style setting. The Park, an 8-acre open space evolution adjoining to and just south of The Stadium opened in May, 2010.
An interesting site on the edge of Glendale is Four Mile Historic Park.
This 12-acre (49,000 m2) non-urban site is home to urbane Denver's earliest home, the Four Mile House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Built in 1859 along Cherry Creek, the Four Mile House once served as a stage stop, wayside inn, and tavern for travelers on their way to Denver City via the Cherokee Trail.
Today Four Mile Historic Park homes a exhibition, summer camp, and affairs center.
The park is situated just outside Glendale's town/city limits, in the Washington Virginia Vale neighborhood of Denver. In the 1970s, Glendale was the entertainment and evening life center of urbane Denver. The Glendale of that era is often compared to Denver's Lo - Do neighborhood today. As an indication of its former popularity, at one point Glendale had more than 50 tavern licenses. Glendale civic leaders hope to restore this reputation and atmosphere in the coming years through projects such as an improved water front. Mayor Pro Tem Mike Dunafon leads the accomplishment to restore reputation and atmosphere by example managing Shotgun Willie's, the self-proclaimed "best strip club in Denver", despite being in Glendale.
Glendale was formerly home to Celebrity Sports Center, a small-town landmark and family activeness center established by Walt Disney and other celebrity investors.
The town/city of Glendale hosts an elaborate 4 July fireworks show each year. The city's populace swells to nearly 50,000 amid the show. The town/city also sponsors no-charge outside movies in the Infinity Park stadium.
Colorado metros/cities and suburbs "Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
Denver Post article on Infinity Park Glendale municipal press release on Infinity Park Infinity Park Event Center Four Mile Historic Park official website City of Glendale (official site) CDOT map of the City of Glendale Infinity Park at Glendale Municipalities and communities of Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States
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