Trivia: What Colorado Springs hotel is dubbed the “Grand Dame of the Rockies”?
The Broadmoor
The Hermitage
The Hay-Adams
Twin Farms Resort
The correct answer is The Broadmoor
So why is this answer correct? : Wealthy mining entrepreneur Spencer Penrose opened the Broadmoor overlooking Cheyenne Lake in 1918, modeling it after 19th-century European alpine resorts. The hotel — nicknamed “the Grand Dame of the Rockies” — boasts 784 guest rooms, 3,000-acre grounds with two championship golf courses, an award-winning spa, a movie theater, and a bowling alley adorned with chandeliers.