Colorado Cannabis Cup Update
February 24, 2016More news has just come in regarding the 2016 High Times Colorado Cannabis Cup, which at the moment appears to be headed to Pueblo.
This follows the denial of their permit application in Denver, despite having held a Cannabis Cup in that city for the last four years.
Channel 13 News in Pueblo Colorado reports that, "The Pueblo county attorney said that a permit has been initially approved, pending a few final details. A final decision will be made about 30 days out from the event."
Last week, High Times posted on their website that tickets for the Colorado Cannabis Cup will be available 'next week'.
As of the writing of this article, their website continues to indicate that tickets for the event will be available 'next week', which means this week. But no tickets are available yet.
High Times regularly delays updating their website with current information (for example, right now they are still advertising events that already took place in December and January), and they have a history of issuing tickets and event information late, despite promises to the contrary.
UPDATE 2/25/16: The Pueblo Chieftain reports that it is unclear whether a permit would be granted in Pueblo because county regulations state, "applications shall be submitted no less than 75 days prior to the event." High Times currently indicate on their website that the event is to commence on April 16, which is not within the 75 day minimum limit.
UPDATE 2/26/16: High Times website has now removed the dates for the event, which was posted recently as April 16-18. For quite a while before that, April was posted as the timeframe, but now even that isn't posted anymore. They've also removed the expired promise that tickets will be available 'next week'.
UPDATE 2/27/16: Channel 13 News in Pueblo reports that a full application has yet to be submitted by High Times, and event dates need to be delayed (supposedly to April 22) to meet requirements. The county is still gathering information needed to make a decision.
UPDATE 2/28/16: KOAA-TV in Colorado reports that event dates are now to be April 22-24, and that the minimum age to attend has been raised from 18 to 21. They also report of residents close to the proposed event site being unhappy with a Cannabis Cup in their neighborhood, and that residents haven't been properly informed about it. Channel 13 News in Pueblo reports that High Times has until March 1st to file a corrected and proper application, and that the county has to make a final decision by March 23. Leafly reports that Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor vowed to appeal the permit if granted.
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