Location & Parking

The commencement ceremony will take place at the Colorado Convention Center (700 14th St., Denver, CO 80202) and will be held in Exhibit Hall A. Graduates will line up before the ceremony in Exhibit Hall B.

To enter: Use Entrance F on the east side of the Colorado Convention Center building (near the "Big Blue Bear" statue).

The following items are prohibited:

• Outside food and/or beverages
• Glass bottles
• Weapons (e.g. toys, guns, knives, chains, studded jewelry) and/or objects that may be considered a weapon
• Drugs and/or alcohol
• Laser pointers and/or noise makers
• Helium balloons, stickers, adhesive backed decals, and/or chewing gum
• Audio/video recording equipment
• Pets of any kind. Qualified service animals are permitted.
• Smoking of any kind (including e-cigarettes)

Please contact the Commencement Office for more information.

Graduates should arrive no later than 7:45 a.m. at Exhibit Hall B in the Colorado Convention Center, which is reached by crossing through Exhibit Hall A (where the ceremony is held). We know this is early, but it takes some time to check in more than 1,000 graduates! Come dressed in your regalia. Undergraduates wear tassels on the right side of the cap until instructed during the ceremony to move the tassel to the left side. Master's degree candidates wear hoods. Doctoral candidates drape hoods over their left arms until they are hooded during the ceremony.

Free parking is available in the Maple and Nutmeg lots on the Auraria Campus (it is approximately an 11-minute walk from these lots to the Colorado Convention Center). Click here to view the Auraria Campus Parking Map.

Rates for parking around the Colorado Convention Center area can be found on the convention center's website. Due to an expansion project at the Colorado Convention Center, the parking garage capacity is reduced. You can also find alternative parking in the many lots and garages around the Colorado Convention Center.

The following items are prohibited:

• Outside food and/or beverages
• Glass bottles
• Weapons (e.g. toys, guns, knives, chains, studded jewelry) and/or objects that may be considered a weapon
• Drugs and/or alcohol
• Laser pointers and/or noise makers
• Helium balloons, stickers, adhesive backed decals, and/or chewing gum
• Audio/video recording equipment
• Pets of any kind. Qualified service animals are permitted.
• Smoking of any kind (including e-cigarettes)