Don’t stay at home: Event bookings boom at fairground

The date was set, the invites were sent out, and after much planning, Destiny Jensen was ready to marry her then-fiancé, Dell Jensen, on June 23, 2020, at the fairground in Boulder. However, the coronavirus pandemic had other plans for the Jensens: Restrictions on gatherings forced them to cancel their wedding.

Almost a year later, the weekend of May 23, 2021, sported freezing temperatures and several inches of snow. Many people remained indoors to avoid slippery roads and chattering teeth.

But not the Jensens. This was their day, and after a year of putting it off, nothing could stop them from making the most of it. They finally tied the knot at the Jefferson County Recreation Park—the formal facility name for the county’s fairground south of Boulder.