{"id":70592,"date":"2017-04-10T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/broncos-will-visit-cortez-on-april-21\/"},"modified":"2017-04-10T06:01:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T06:01:00","slug":"broncos-will-visit-cortez-on-april-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/broncos-will-visit-cortez-on-april-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos will visit Cortez on April 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3e2c0bbf-c59b-4005-a339-ba15efefa12c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1150\" height=\"1608\" alt=\"Miles, the Denver Broncos mascot, hands an autographed picture to a fan in Durango during the Broncos Country Caravan in 2011. Miles and the Broncos plan to visit Cortez on April 21.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Miles, the Denver Broncos mascot, hands an autographed picture to a fan in Durango during the Broncos Country Caravan in 2011. Miles and the Broncos plan to visit Cortez on April 21.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">The Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Cortez is the first of 11 Colorado cities on the Denver Broncos Salute to Fans tour this spring.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Broncos press release, several players and cheerleaders, along with the Broncos mascot, Miles, will arrive at Parque de Vida at 4:30 p.m. on April 21. The two-hour event will include opportunities to get autographs and photos of the players. The tour stop is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos said the event includes \u201cBroncos-themed activities\u201d and giveaways. Other details will be up to the city.<\/p>\n<p>Marisol Villagomez, the team\u2019s manager of fan development who is helping to organize the tour, wouldn\u2019t disclose which players would come. She said Cortez was chosen because the Broncos haven\u2019t visited here in recent years, and city officials reached out to the team during the planning phases of the tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for us to thank the fans for supporting us throughout the year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Cortez special events coordinator Jonathon Brooks took credit for inviting the Broncos to include Cortez. He said it\u2019s the city\u2019s biggest event for the next few months.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos also will hold a private \u201cjunior training camp\u201d through El Pomar Foundation for a few local youth programs.<\/p>\n<p>Villagomez said Parque de Vida suits the tour, \u201cbecause it\u2019s a very lively event.\u201d She said she hoped to see a large turnout.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fifth annual Salute to Fans tour. Last year\u2019s tour had only five stops, including Durango and Montrose.<\/p>\n<p>The tour is sponsored by U.S. Bank, El Pomar Foundation and Lazydays RV, which will provide the RV in which Broncos players will arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Other stops on the tour, which lasts through June 3, will include Del Norte, Trinidad, Fort Morgan, Woodland Park, Aurora, Gunnison, Canon City, Steamboat Springs, Aspen and Fort Collins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-scoreboard\">\n<h4 class=\"scoreboard-title\">If you go<\/h4>\n<p>What: Broncos Salute to Fans tour stop<br>\n                When: 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 21<br>\n                Where: Parque de Vida, Cortez<br>\n                Cost: Free<br>\n                More info: denverbroncos.com\/salute<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheerleaders, mascot, players on Salute to Fans tour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,1545,29,346,810],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-70592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-denver-broncos","tag-newsletter","tag-sports","tag-tourism-recreation"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70592"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=70592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}