PHOTOS: Mines celebrates entrepreneurship with opening of Beck Venture Center
31,000-square-foot facility is a key part of the new Mines Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem
![Crowd gathered outside Beck Venture Center for grand opening](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_340/public/2024-04/beck-grand-opening_april2024_abogucka-2029.jpg?itok=LbGzPgc1)
Mines President Paul C. Johnson addresses the crowd gathered outside the Beck Venture Center on April 4 for the grand opening of the new entrepreneurship-focused facility. Hundreds of people attended the ribbon cutting and Third Annual Mines Entrepreneurship Showcase. (Photos by Agata Bogucka/Colorado School of Mines)
![Rep. Brittany Pettersen speaks at Beck Venture Center grand opening](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_340/public/2024-04/beck-grand-opening_april2024_abogucka-2101.jpg?itok=VUJ6Glgs)
![President Johnson and Mike Beck cut ribbon on Beck Venture Center](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_340/public/2024-04/beck-grand-opening_april2024_abogucka-2126.jpg?itok=IS3nY4Ap)
![Zack Bennett leads a tour during opening of Beck](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_340/public/2024-04/beck-grand-opening_april2024_abogucka-1859.jpg?itok=k4BNXZDy)
![Daniel Johnson discusses his startup at Mines Entrepreneurship Showcase](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_340/public/2024-04/beckei_mclotdebroissia-2689.jpg?itok=_SjmP-nT)
![Mike Beck talks at Entrepreneurship Showcase](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_340/public/2024-04/beckei_mclotdebroissia-2928.jpg?itok=YucIdf9h)
![Beck Venture Center at night](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_340/public/2024-04/beckei_mclotdebroissia-3080.jpg?itok=DwhmIfTt)
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