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Colorado’s NIL collective hosting “Prime Time” fundraiser dinner
Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes are making this year’s Spring Game an extraordinary event.
The newly-established 5430 Alliance NIL collective announced plans for its “Prime Time Elite Dinner,” which bring Coach Prime front and center to “break bread” with boosters. This will happen on the evening of Friday, April 26 with individual tickets priced just above $1K. It will cost $17,543 per person to sit at the table with Sanders and others. Fans who cannot attend can sponsor a plate for $250.
Here’s a breakdown of the different tiers for the dinner, according to a press release by 5430 Alliance.
Prime Table: With a $17,543 price, boosters will be seated at a VIP table in Sanders’ section. All Prime Tables will get a group photo. Ten tickets are included with the purchase.
Elite Table: A table with two Colorado athletes. Eight tickets for $17,543
Black & Gold Table: Seated at a table with two Colorado coaches or athletes. Eight tickets for $12,543
Buffs Table: For 10 donors to attend the event and a table costs $7,543
This is the latest event on the books for the Buffs over the true “Homecoming” weekend. Sanders and Nike will be releasing the Diamond Turf 3’s ‘Varsity Maize’ in stores on Thursday, April 25. It kicks off the ‘Black and Gold’ affair with a talent show, fashion show, and concert by five-time Grammy-winner Lil Wayne.
The entire “Prime Weekend” raises the bar for the rest of the nation when it comes to NIL avenues. One of the key objectives for Rick George and CU athletics at-large. “NIL is a critical component of our athletics programs as we support our student-athletes and compete for national championships,” Colorado athletic director Rick George said last month when the collective was formed. “5430 Alliance ushers in a new chapter of NIL at Colorado and allows all our fans and alumni to support our student-athletes through one avenue.”
A sculpture that currently sits inside a now-closed Aurora recreation center may get a new lease on life if the Aurora City Council approves a move.
The Beck Recreation Center closed last summer, and part of the building is scheduled for demolition. The remaining portion will serve as a golf shop for the nearby SpringHill Golf Course. That means a huge glass and metal sculpture installed in 2014 needs to be moved.
On Monday, Aurora’s city council will vote on a proposal to move it to Tallyn’s Reach Library. The artist, Reven Marie Swanson, has art installations across the country, and even some overseas.
“Without sounding like I’m bragging, my artwork is in 26 states, 38 municipalities in Colorado and in three countries, ” said Swanson.
She’s a sculptor who combines metalwork and glasswork to create unique pieces, like the one that currently sits inside the shuttered Beck Recreation Center.
“It’s called ‘Under the Swimming Pool,’ and it’s the idea about when you walk into the vestibule. It felt like I could create something that you could actually be under the water and looking up through the surface of the water as if you’re walking on the bottom of the pool,” said Swanson.
In the summer of 2025, structural issues shut the doors at Beck for good, and since then, Swanson’s sculpture has been stuck there.
“I was a little nervous because city governments are very quick to do what they call ‘de-access’ artwork. And I was really hoping that this piece wouldn’t get de-accessed,” said Swanson.
Luckily, the City of Aurora has other plans. They want to move the piece from Beck to Tallyn’s Reach Library.
Swanson says it should be a simple move, but the sculpture, which hangs from the ceiling, will have to be attached to the library’s ceiling in a new way, using new materials. But Swanson says she likes the new location.
“It’s a really beautiful building. It’s got wonderful light, which is going to interact really nicely with the glass,” said Swanson.
And she is glad it will live on, continuing to inspire and enchant Aurorans.
“When I walked into the library, the librarian, she was like, ‘I am so excited to get this art!’ And it makes an artist feel good. Like you accomplished something,” said Swanson.
The proposal, which will be heard at Monday’s city council meeting, is estimated by the city to cost between $15,000 and $25,000, primarily because of the cost of materials needed to suspend it at the new location. The initial cost to install it at Beck Recreation Center in 2014 was nearly $35,000 dollars.
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