Getting Close To The Grand Opening!

Yesterday afternoon I walked past the Tattered Cover Bookstore's new location in McGregor Square, located just to the south of Coors Field, and saw through the window that the bookcases were in place, and the staff was beginning to put books on the shelves. This Denver area bookstore chain was forced to close their Lower Downtown (LoDo) location on the 16th Street Mall due to prohibitive rent increases, and hoped to open the new store, three blocks to the north, this weekend.  I don't think they are ready to open quite yet, but I believe they are pretty close. However, the coffee bar, seen under construction in the photograph on the left, does look like it needs a bit of work. 

And actually, at this point, besides the Rally Hotel, only a single restaurant is currently open for business at the complex. On game days, the Colorado Rockies set up tables and chairs in the center of the square, beneath a huge television screen, and sell cans of Coors and Budweiser beer (no doubt at stadium prices), which attracts a modest crowd. However, to generate foot traffic on non-game days, all the other restaurants and shops need to open, too. Until that happens, let's hope the Tattered Cover's loyal customers will make the extra three block trek to the store, anyway.