the broomfield event center

denver post:

Traffic drove away some Raitt fans

Opening night at the Broomfield Event Center was marred by traffic tangles and parking problems that kept some concertgoers from reaching the venue where Bonnie Raitt performed to a sold-out crowd.

Thousands of cars converged Thursday night on the center, near U.S. 36 and Colorado 287. Multiple accidents, a malfunctioning traffic light and insufficient parking were to blame for the traffic jams that tied up some concertgoers for more than an hour, said Trey Medlock, general manager of Broomfield Event Center.

"We had more cars than we expected last night," Medlock said Friday. "But there's not a building in the country on opening night that doesn't have these issues."

For Friday night's hockey game, Medlock said police planned to direct traffic, and there was to be an overflow-parking lot with 500 spots in addition to the roughly 2,000 spots available adjacent to the building and in the parking garage. The Broomfield Event Center's capacity is 7,500.

Despite the problems, Medlock said opening night was a success.

"It's going to take a little bit of time, but we'll make it work."

well what do you expect when you open the place up with the worst traffic construction in the state surrounding you? good job you crappy city. go sweep something broomfield. your stupid event center sucks. bonnie raitt? is that the best you could do? well thanks for uglifying the landscape with your little arena. can't wait to get my season tickets to minor league hockey.

and why do celebrities get married to other celebrities? they are just going to get a divorce. can't they just date for a really long time like kurt russell and goldie hawn? most celebrities are so stupid and there are few relationships of theirs that i can't ever take seriously.

Stranger Than Fiction (2006): a long and drawn out story of how will ferrell, a boring tax guy, is going to die by some author writing a novel of his life. he hears her narrating it in his head, she has no idea that he is real. and it's never explained why this weird phenomenon is happening in the first place. in fact, later in the movie the author recalls that she has written four other novels in the past and has each time killed off the main character, therefore killing four people in real life. there is a scene where she realizes this and breaks down crying. i guess it's sad, but the thought of killing people by writing a story is so out there that i found it laughable. ferrell's big dramatic freak-out is a little much. not sure if he can pull off dramatic roles very well. most of the scenes were boring. he would go sometimes a long time without hearing the voice. why? only good reason was to move the plot along through other ways. dustin hoffman was pretty funny. and how weird was it to see him sing? hoffman did good. hoffman and ferrell were watching a ten year old interview of the author, and in it she talks about the same book she is writing about ferrell. is she still writing that same story ten years later or is this a plot hole? spoilers: in the end he feels all great and noble to die and save some kid's life. but would the kid have almost died if she hadn't had written that part into the story? eh, not that great of a movie. don't see.
disappointing, C-

Bully (2001): a group of misfits try to kill their misfit dick of a friend. i wonder if there are really kids like this. like the kids in that movie kids, which by the way is the same director as this movie. a lot of the acting is just mediocre. a lot of cheesy shots. the characters are very complex, as well as their relationships so that was cool. there is a point in a movie where there is just enough more sex than there is plot, which we usually call a porno. then there are those that have just enough more plot than sex, and it's called a movie. bully is barely a movie. my favorite person was easily donny. it ends well and you start thinking to yourself, "what a cool movie that was. i'm going to buy that for sure." then you remember all the sex and how kim won't even let me buy boogie nights. how would i explain this one to her? oh well. buy it.
good, B