Left Hand Brewing will stage-dive into Denver next year when it opens a huge new taproom and restaurant next to the Mission Ballroom in a burgeoning entertainment complex along Brighton Boulevard. The 7,500-square-foot taproom won't have brewing equipment, but it will include a full menu, a large covered patio, an indoor-outdoor stage for live music, and private dining and event spaces. Left Hand also hopes to coordinate with Mission Ballroom's high-powered operator, AEG Presents, on shows, VIP parties and other events that would take place before and after headline acts appear at the venue. "They're psyched that we are coming in, and we're psyched to be going in," says Left Hand president and co-founder Eric Wallace about AEG. "It opens the door to some cool possibilities there." AEG has already begun booking what it hopes will be post-pandemic shows for this fall at Mission Ballroom.