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Spectator Sports

The Air Force Academy Falcons football team dominates the sports scene, and there are also competitive baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer teams. Call for schedules and ticket information (tel. 800/666-USAF or 719/472-1895; www.goairforcefalcons.com).

Auto Racing -- The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (tel. 719/685-4400; www.ppihc.com), known as the "Race to the Clouds," takes place annually in late June or early July. An international field of drivers negotiates the hairpin turns of the final 12 1/3 miles of the Pikes Peak Highway to the top of the 14,110-foot mountain. On the way to the top, there are 156 turns (many of them of the hairpin variety), 2,000-foot cliffs, and no guardrails.

Baseball -- The Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League, the AAA farm team for the Colorado Rockies of Denver, play a full 144-game season, with 72 home games at Sky Sox Stadium, 4385 Tutt Blvd., off Barnes Road east of Powers Boulevard (tel. 719/597-1449; www.skysox.com). The season runs from April to Labor Day. Tickets cost $7 to $9.

Hockey -- In addition to Air Force Academy hockey, the World Arena, 3185 Venetucci Blvd. (tel. 719/477-2100; www.worldarena.com), is home to the Colorado College Tigers (tel. 719/389-6324; www.cctigers.com).

Rodeo -- Held annually since 1941, the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (tel. 719/635-3547; www.coloradospringsrodeo.com), which takes place in mid-July, is a major stop on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association circuit. Its purse of more than $150,000 makes it the second-largest rodeo in Colorado, after Denver's National Western Stock Show. Events are at the Norris-Penrose Events Center, 945 W. Rio Grande St. Various events around the city, including a parade and a street breakfast, mark the rodeo.


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