{"id":7687,"date":"2013-04-20T10:03:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T17:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2013-04-20T13:31:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T20:31:05","slug":"pot-fans-prepare-to-descend-on-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=7687","title":{"rendered":"Pot Fans Prepare to Descend on Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"\"facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>
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A series of events could bring 50,000 people to Denver<\/strong>
\nApr 15, 2013, 11:38 am EDT | By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer<\/em><\/p>\n

Events meant to celebrate the state\u2019s recent legalization of marijuana use could bring more than 50,000 pot users to Denver this weekend. After lightning up at the city\u2019s Civic Park Center, fans can attend the Cannabis Cup at the Denver Convention Center, the Associated Press notes.<\/p>\n

This weekend\u2019s event are also tied to April 20, a day traditionally tied to celebrating pot use, though no one can recall exactly why.<\/p>\n

My 420 Tours, operating out of Denver, has sold 160 package tours starting at $499 to marijuana aficionados looking to visit the state for the celebrations. The tours do not include airfare or actual pot. The commercial sale of marijuana does not become legal in Colorado until January read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Legal Pot Draws Snoop Dogg, Tourists To Colorado For 4\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n

DENVER (AP) \u2013 Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend, including out-of staters and even packaged tours. The events and crowds will test the limits of new laws permitting pot use by adults.<\/p>\n

More than 50,000 are expected to light up outdoors in Denver\u2019s Civic Center Park on April 20 to celebrate marijuana legalization. Thousands more are headed here for the nation\u2019s first open-to-all Cannabis Cup, April 20-21, a domestic version of an annual marijuana contest and celebration in Amsterdam. Expected guests at the Cannabis Cup, a ticketed event taking place inside the Denver Convention Center, include Snoop Lion, the new reggae- and marijuana-loving persona for the rapper better known as Snoop Dogg read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

CU-Boulder closes campus to deter 4\/20 crowd<\/strong>
\nSecurity officers warn early-morning dog walkers, joggers about closure<\/p>\n

POSTED: 04\/20\/2013 07:55:38 AM MDT
\nUPDATED: 04\/20\/2013 11:40:53 AM MDT By Brittany Anas, Camera Staff Writer
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University of Colorado security officers warned early-morning dog walkers and joggers about the campus being closed to the public today \u2013 a 4\/20 shut-down that is in its second year and is an effort to end the unsanctioned pot smoke-out that had grown beyond 10,000 people in past years.<\/p>\n

This is the second year that CU officials have shut down the Boulder campus and the closure is a continuation of the school’s efforts to end the pot smoke-out that had been staged on Norlin Quad in past years.<\/p>\n

By 6 a.m. this morning, signs were posted throughout the campus warning of the closure and Norlin Quad is scheduled to be closed off later today. Those who violate the closure can be arrested on trespassing charges, a misdemeanor that carries up to a $750 fine and six months in jail read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Snoop Lion kicks off 4\/20 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver<\/strong>
\nBy Seth A. McConnell | April 20th, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n

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As the clock struck midnight on April 20, Snoop Lion tossed joints to the crowd, balloons fell from the ceiling and the first legal 4\/20 in Denver had officially begun.<\/p>\n

The evening at the Fillmore Auditorium started with a screening of Snoop\u2019s film, \u201cReincarnated\u201d and a question and answer session with the rapper. After a montage about Snoop\u2019s marijuana advocacy, he was awarded the High Times Lester Grinspoon Lifetime Achievement Award. Fitting for both the honor and the celebration, Snoop\u2019s acceptance speech was a bong rip from the award itself (because it doubled as a bong).<\/p>\n

Fans showered the stage with marijuana laced gifts, including a brownie that someone had taken a bite out of.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow the hell you going to give me a brownie that you took a bite out of, man?,\u201d Snoop said. He left the stage for a number of DJs to warm up the crowd before 4\/20.<\/p>\n

At approximately 11:55 p.m., DJ Snoopalicious took the stage to start a countdown to 4\/20. He played until about 1 a.m., smoking with the crowd and filling the Fillmore with a 4\/20-induced haze read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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