It wasn't really a typical shopping mall.
The arena is a standalone building that was constructed several years ago.
In the surrounding blocks, they are building condos/apartments that are 2-3 stories high with retail shops/small restaurants on the ground floor. There is also a boutique-type hotel 2 blocks away. There is a parking garage nearby and a stop for the train system.
There were bunny rabbits everywhere around the arena, which has some native plants along the east side that faces out on a roadway. They provided entertainment while waiting for the show.
It is only 10 miles or so from downtown Denver.
As you can see from the next night's setlist, BIA replaced Haul Away on this night. Not sure why. I was quite surprised to hear it, but the audience of Bob fans seemed to enjoy hearing something they were familiar with.
Kind of a strange thing happened for me both nights of the Broomfield show. I bought my tickets on MK.com and purchased the less expensive ones because I figured Bob fans would get all the best seats anyway, which is what happened. The tickets I was to have were on the side, 7 and 8 rows up.
But when I picked up my tickets, I was upgraded the first night to Row 2 on the floor right in front of John McCusker and the second night to Row 11 on the floor, almost dead center even with MK.
Some other people were also upgraded next to me the first night, but then ushers came and told them someone else had those seats so they were to be moved. They had somehow rearranged seats that morning. The people who were moved into Row 2 next to me had also been upgraded, ao I'm not sure why the others had to move as they all had upgraded tickets. The staff then filled in the center aisle with seats in Row 3 and put the people who were relocated a second time there, right behind us. They left me in the Row 2 seat, which was wonderful for me.
The guy next to me on the other side, in Row 2 the first night, was a Bob fan and member of his fan club but chose to buy his ticket through the venue rather than through the fan club, and he got the second row, amongst those who bought through the fan club. They all knew each other. But he thought he was better off having bought from the arena than he would have been if he'd gotten his ticket online from the fan club. I don't know. That's just what he said.
The arena staff was busy stopping people from taking cellphone pictures, but people kept doing it anyway, though I didn't see any larger cameras.
