What You Could Buy In Fort Collins & Northern Colorado If You Won the Powerball Jackpot

The 138-room neo-Georgian hotel in Estes Park is located within sight of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and offers panoramic views of the Rockies. It was built by Freelan Oscar Stanley of Stanley Steamer fame and opened on July 4, 1909, catering to the rich and famous, including the RMS Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, John Philip Sousa, Theodore Roosevelt, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and a variety of Hollywood personalities.The hotel and its surrounding lands are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Stanley Hotel also hosted the horror novelist Stephen King, inspiring him to write The Shining. The Stanley Hotel shows the uncut R-rated version of Kubrick's The Shining on a continuous loop on Channel 42 on guest room televisions.

The 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena would cost you about $31 million in today's money, so it is defiantly in our $500 million budget. It is home to the Colorado Eagles ice hockey team, the Colorado Ice indoor football team and the Colorado Lightning indoor soccer team. The Events Center has also played host to comedians Bill Cosby, Ron White, Carlos Mencia & Larry the Cable Guy, as well as Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice, The Wiggles, World Wrestling Entertainment, Sesame Street Live & The Harlem Globetrotters.

It might be hard to buy something like Horsetooth that is owned by Larimer County, but hey, money talks! Constructed in 1949, the reservoir runs north-south for approximately 6.5 miles, and is approximately one-half mile wide. According to a recent study conducted by Reclamation and the recreation manager at Horsetooth, Larimer County Parks and Open Lands, approximately 570,000 visitors come to Horsetooth every year.

The Greeley Stampede is rich in tradition and heritage dating back to the late 1800s. This community celebration that was started to honor local potato farmers, has since grown into an internationally acclaimed festival attracting close to 450,000 people annually from all parts of the United States and several foreign countries. The event spans two weekends and features pro-rodeo, bull-riding and kids rodeos, country and classic rock concerts, demolition derby, televised 4th of July parade, Carnival Midway, Western Art Show, free stage entertainment, and loads of festival grounds activities, mixed with food and fun galore.

Back in 1991 after Jeff Lebesch, the brewery's founder, took his home-brewing passion commercial. In 2009, New Belgium produced over 582,000 barrels of its various labels. As of 2010, it was the third-largest craft brewery and seventh-largest overall brewery in the United States.