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The world is going crazy over Pokémon Go, and whether you love it or hate it, Pokémon Go has been helping Denver locals get active and supporting local businesses.
The Denver Ear supports contributions to local businesses as well as promoting a healthier and active lifestyle. Therefore, listed are local Denver locations and businesses where you can find Pokémon and play Pokémon Go!
But first, for those of you who have yet to get into the craze some explanations…
What is Pokémon Go?
Photograph courtesy of ©Robert Couse-Baker
Pokémon Go is a smart phone app game developed by Niantic and published by The Pokémon Company (Nintendo owns part of the Pokémon company). It’s free to download, but you can purchase Pokécoins via in-app purchases. The Pokécoins allow you to purchase Pokéballs, the in-game item you need to be able to catch Pokémon. Players can also elect to receive Pokéballs by time and energy.
Players capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokémon, who appear throughout the real world, visit special gyms and Pokéstops. The augmented-reality syncs with the real world by the smartphone’s GPS and playing the game means getting out of your house to explore the real-world.
How to Play Pokémon
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Once you download the app, you first create your own avatar (basically a virtual representation of who you are in reality or you can create an avatar of how you would prefer to look like). After you’ve created your avatar, the game shows you your current location with a map of your immediate surroundings. As you travel the real world, your avatar moves along the game’s map.
Different Pokémon species can be found in different areas around you. When you find a Pokémon, you can decide to use one of your Pokéballs to try to capture it. If you successfully catch the Pokémon, you own it and it gets added to your Pokédex, ( a database of all of your Pokémon). Simply throwing the Pokéball at it doesn’t necessarily mean you will catch it. It all depends on the right force, the right time and the type of Pokéball you decide to use.
Simply walking around searching for Pokémon isn’t the entire purpose of the game, you can also visit your local Pokémon gym, where you can battle other players’ Pokémon, and you can visit Pokéstops, a predetermined landmark, where you can receive items that further your ability to train your Pokémon.
Where to Play Pokémon Go in Denver
Since finding Pokémon, gyms and Pokéstops involves walking around town, many players have already made online databases of where to go to shorten your search time. Featured is an interactive map that notifies players of where to play Pokémon Go in Denver.
16th Street Mall
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokèmon
Location: 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO 80206
Babi Yar Memorial Park
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 10451 E Yale Ave, Denver, CO 80231
Belleview Station
What you can find: Pokéstop and Pokémon
Location: Light Rail Belleview Station, Denver, CO 80237
Cheesman Park
What you can find: Pokéstops and a gym
Location: 8th Ave & Williams St, Denver, CO 80218
Photograph courtesy of ©l.hutton
City Park
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokémon
Location: 1700 York St, Denver, CO 80206
Civic Center Park
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokémon
Location: 101 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO 80204
Cranmer Park
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 4501 E 1st Ave, Denver, CO 80220
Denver Botanic Gardens
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokémon
Location: 1007 York St, Denver, CO 80206
Photograph courtesy of ©Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos Football Club
What you can find: Pokéstops, gym and Pokémon
Location: 13655 E Broncos Pkwy, Englewood, CO 80112
Denver Country Club
What you can find: Pokémon
Location: 1700 E 1st Ave, Denver, CO 80218
Denver Health
What you can find: Pokéstops
Location: 777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokémon
Location: 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
Photograph courtesy of ©Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver Zoo
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokémon
Location: 2300 Steele St, Denver, CO 80205
Elitch Gardens Theme & Waterpark
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokémon
Location: 2000 Elitch Cir, Denver, CO 80204
Fairmount Cemetery
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokémon
Location: 430 S Quebec St, Denver, CO 80247
Feral Mountain Co.
What you can find: Pokémon
Location: 4320 Tennyson St, Denver, CO 80212
Photograph courtesy of ©Tim Crook
Garfield Lake Park
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 3600 W Mississippi Ave, Denver, CO 80219
Huston Lake Park
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 850 S Bryant St, Denver, CO 80219
Illegal Pete’s
What you can find: Pokémon
Location: 1530 16th St #101, Denver, CO 80202
Little Man Ice Cream
What you can find: Pokémon
Location: 2620 16th St, Denver, CO 80211
Lowry Sports Complex Park
What you can find: Pokémon
Location: 8200 Sports Blvd, Denver, CO 80230
National Western Complex
What you can find: Pokéstops and gyms
Location: 4655 Humboldt St, Denver, CO 80216
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 18300 W Alameda Pkwy, Morrison, CO 80465
Regis University
What you can find: Pokéstops and gyms
Location: 3333 Regis Blvd, Denver, CO 80221
Photograph courtesy of ©Mark Mathosian
Rose Medical Center
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 4567 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80220
Scruffy Murphy’s
What you can find: Pokémon
Location: 2030 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205
Sports Authority Field at Mile High
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 1701 Bryant St, Denver, CO 80204
Tennyson’s Tap
What you can find: Pokémon
Location: 4335 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO 80212
Photograph courtesy of ©NEPA Scene
The 1up – Colfax
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 717 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80203
The 1up – LoDo
What you can find: Pokéstops and Pokémon
Location: 1925 Blake St, Denver, CO 80202
Washington Park
What you can find: Pokéstops, gyms and Pokémon
Location: 701 S Franklin St, Denver, CO 80209
Yard House
What you can find: Pokémon
Location: 1555 Court Pl, Denver, CO 80202
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