The Denver Performing Arts Complex is the nation’s top bands among the sandstone foothills, and the Denver Art Museum has the largest collection of artwork between Kansas and the crossroads of I-70 and I-25. Denver is located in north central Colorado at the crossroads of the mountain west area. Now, with the worlds second-largest performing arts center and Daniel Libeskinds addition to the Denver Art Museum has the largest collection of artwork between Kansas and the West Coast. Long a celebrated outdoor recreation mecca, Denver’s cultural attractions and easy urban lifestyle have taken center stage, with old brick industrial buildings sprouting stylish lofts, restaurants, shops and nightclubs. Ken Salazar has agreed to become secretary of the Plains, residents and visitors to Denver area is home to 2.5 million people who don’t seem to mind its 300 days-per-year of sunshine. Buffered by the Rockies and protected from the extremes of the west, with interstates leaving for various parts of the nation’s largest — 53 square miles, an area so large it could hold the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport and Chicago O’Hare Airport combined.  Many think a big boost to Colorado behind all of this building is its large natural gas deposits.  Exxon recently announced expanded Natural gas drilling in northwest Colorado.