Coors may refer to:

Companies

Coors Brewing Company The Coors Brewing Company is an American brewery and beer company based in Golden, Colorado, that was founded in 1873. In 2005, Adolph Coors Company, the holding company that owned Coors Brewing, merged with Molson, Inc. to become Molson Coor ...

, part of the Molson Coors Beverage Company *

Adolph Coors Company The Adolph Coors Company was formerly a holding company in Golden, Colorado controlled by the heirs of founder Adolph Coors. Its principal subsidiary was the Coors Brewing Company. The brewery was founded in 1873. In 2005, Adolph Coors Co. me ...

, a former holding company controlled by the heirs of founder Adolph Coors *

Coors Brewers Coors Brewers Limited, later known as Molson Coors Brewing Company (UK) Limited, is the UK arm of Molson Coors Beverage Company. Its headquarters is in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The company originates from Bass Brewers Limited. The compa ...

, the UK arm of the Coors Brewing Company *

CoorsTek CoorsTek, Inc. is a privately owned manufacturer of technical ceramics for aerospace, automotive, chemical, electronics, medical, metallurgical, oil and gas, semiconductor and many other industries. CoorsTek headquarters and primary factories a ...

, and its precursors Coors Porcelain and Coors Ceramics, a privately owned manufacturer of industrial products *

MillerCoors MillerCoors was a beer brewing company in the United States. MillerCoors was formed in 2008 as a joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors to combine their brewing, marketing and sales operations in the United States. The company was acqu ...

, a joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Company

People

Adolph Coors Adolph Herman Joseph Coors Sr. (February 4, 1847 – June 5, 1929) was a German-American brewer who founded the Adolph Coors Company in Golden, Colorado, in 1873. Early life Adolph Hermann Joseph Kuhrs was born in Barmen in Rhenish Prus ...

(formerly "Kuhrs", 1847–1929), founded Coors Brewing Company in 1873 * Adolph Coors II (1884–1970), son of Adolph Coors, second chairman of the Coors Brewing Company * Adolph Coors III (1916–1960), grandson of Adolph Coors, was kidnapped and murdered * Coors Light Twins, models and actresses *Herman Frederik Coors, son of Adolph Coors, founded the H.F. Coors China Company in 1925 and owned the Herman Coors House *

Joseph Coors Joseph Coors Sr. (November 12, 1917 – March 15, 2003), was the grandson of brewer Adolph Coors and president of Coors Brewing Company. Early life and education Coors was born on November 12, 1917, in Golden, Colorado, to Alice May Kistler ...

(1917–2003), grandson of Adolph Coors * Pete Coors (born 1946), great-grandson of Adolph Coors, chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Company * William Coors (1916–2018), grandson of Adolph Coors, former president and chairman of the Coors Brewing Company *

Holly Coors Edith Holland "Holly" Coors (née Hanson; August 25, 1920 – January 18, 2009) was an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative political activist and philanthropist who had been married to Joseph Coors, the president of Coors Brewi ...

(1920–2009), American conservative political activist and philanthropist * D. Stanley Coors (1889–1960), bishop of the Methodist Church

Places

Coors Amphitheatre (Greenwood Village, Colorado) Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre (formerly Comfort Dental Amphitheatre and Coors Amphitheatre) is an 18,000-person capacity amphitheatre located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States. It is the largest outdoor amphitheatre in the Denver me ...

, former name of an amphitheatre in Denver *

Coors Events Center The CU Events Center is an 11,064-seat multi-purpose arena in the Western United States, on the main campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Opened in 1979, it is home to the Colorado Buffaloes men's and women's basketball ...

, an arena in Boulder *

Coors Field Coors Field is a baseball stadium in downtown Denver, Colorado. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies. Opened in 1995 Major League Baseball season, 1995, the park is located in Denver's LoDo, Lower Downtown neighborhood, ...

,a baseball field in Denver *

Coors Visitor Centre The National Brewery Centre (formerly the Bass Museum of Brewing and later the Coors Visitor Center) was a museum and tourist attraction adjacent to the Bass Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The centre celebrated the brewing ...

, former name of a museum in Burton upon Trent, UK

Sports

Coors 200 (disambiguation) There have been two races named Coors 200: * Coors 200 (USAC): a USAC National Championship Citicorp Cup Champ Car race held at Texas World Speedway in 1978 * Coors 200 (South Boston), a NASCAR Busch Series race held at South Boston Speedway fr ...

, car races * Coors Light 300, a NASCAR stock car race held in South Boston, Virginia *

Coors 420 The Coors 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held at Nashville International Raceway. It was held annually from 1959 to 1984. Past winners *1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis An energy crisis or energy shortage is ...

, a NASCAR stock car race held in Nashville * Coors Classic, a bicycle race * Coors Light Cash Spiel, a curling tournament held in Duluth

Other uses

* Coors Boulevard, a highway in New Mexico * Coors Cutter, a beer brand *

Coors Light Coors Light is a 4.2% ABV light American lager beer sold by Coors (currently Molson Coors) of Chicago, Illinois. It was first produced in 1978 by the Coors Brewing Company. They had briefly produced a different low-alcohol beer by the same n ...

, a beer brand * Coors Light Pole Award, a NASCAR racing award

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