Red Rocks has become the standard that other venues aspire to:
"After Pollstar magazine awarded Red Rocks the honor of best small outdoor venue for the 11th time, the leading concert industry magazine decided to name the nationally coveted honor the Red Rocks Award--and remove Red Rocks from the running." -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rocks_AmphitheatreI saw Paul Simon there, shortly after he came out with "Graceland" - from 9th row center. Still probably the best concert I've ever seen - and I used to live in Las Vegas, saw a LOT of concerts - and to this day I won't go to a concert unless I can get a connection to great seats (Recently, Joe Cocker, 4th row center, but then I'm acquainted with Pam & Joe personally, we stayed as their houseguests in Crawford & they got the seats for me. That's really unusual & name dropping, I don't know anybody else, tho I met Jonny Lang once.) In Vegas back in the 70's I attended a lot of concerts but missed them too - back then I and most of the people around me were ripped on weed or the like. Seals & Crofts, Fleetwood Mac, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, CSN&Y... You'd catch a buzz just breathing the air...
Red Rocks is an amazing experience - you won't forget it.