DENVER — A Denver music venue that closed in August after a water line break flooded its basement will reopen this week.
The South Broadway venue HQ has been closed since a water main line break flooded its 3,200-square-foot basement on Aug. 15, leading to months of costly repairs.
"The water main underneath South Broadway and directly in front of HQ broke and shot high pressure water directly at our basement brick wall," HQ said in a statement. "The pressure built up caused our basement wall to bow and eventually break open, pushing a ton of dirt, mud, and water into the basement."
The independent venue had to close for three months after the flooding filled its basement with 10 to 12 feet of water.
HQ has opened an online fundraising campaign to help it rebuild after the flood. As of Wednesday, more than $9,000 has been raised of the fundraiser's $25,000 goal.
HQ said it has business insurance and its landlords have insurance, but it expects no insurance coverage because of the water exception in its policy that removes the insurance provider from liability if the water flooded from outside the building.
The venue has concerts scheduled Wednesday through Sunday for its grand re-opening week.
"As you may have seen, a water main line broke on Broadway and flooded our entire 3,200 square foot basement. Right now, it is impossible to calculate what the cost of repairs and replacing what has been destroyed will be," HQ said in August.
Denver Water said HQ's break was on the line that provides water to 60 S. Broadway.
"There was a leak on the customer-owned water service line that provides water directly to 60 S. Broadway. A Denver Water crew responded early Wednesday morning (Aug. 16) and repaired that leak," Denver Water said in a statement to 9NEWS.
"Denver Water fully understands the hardship these events create for people, which is why we helped the businesses impacted by the break to get water restored as quickly as possible, provided emergency response, and cleaned up the debris from the break."
Denver Water said the water line break was not related to an ongoing construction project on South Broadway.
"We can confirm that the broken customer-owned service line was not directly hit by the separate construction project occurring on this block," Denver Water said. "Typical reasons for pipe breaks often include a combination of the pipe’s age or material, the type of soil around it, water pressure inside the pipe, temperature fluctuations and other factors."
"We are unable to identify an exact cause for the break on the customer-owned line, as the only information we are able to gather is what we see once we arrive and/or dig down to the broken pipe."
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