Fort Collins DOOH · Old Town · CSU · Horsetooth · I-25 · June 2026
A craft-beer and Colorado State college city near 170,000 in a Larimer County of 370,000, from Old Town to CSU to Horsetooth, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Fort Collins actually moves.
Fort Collins billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Old Town, I-25 corridor and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Fort Collins screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.28, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart Fort Collins play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.
Billboard ranking points
Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.
Old Town and College Avenue, the historic district said to have inspired Disney's Main Street, pack the city's densest walkable dining, brewery and going-out crowd.
Colorado State University and Canvas Stadium pack a dense student, faculty and game-day crowd, the city's largest employer and audience engine.
The New Belgium and Odell tap rooms along the Poudre River anchor the city's signature craft-beer visitor and event flow.
I-25, the Front Range spine linking Fort Collins to Denver and Cheyenne, carries the heaviest daily commuter and through traffic in northern Colorado.
Harmony Road, the south commercial and technology corridor toward I-25, anchors a heavy daytime workforce and shopper intercept.
Horsetooth Reservoir and the foothills trailheads anchor a heavy outdoor, cyclist and weekend-recreation flow on the west edge.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Fort Collins's media owners, Lamar Advertising, Clear Channel Outdoor, Mile High Outdoor among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Fort Collins's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:
Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.
Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.
Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.
High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.
Transfort bus and the MAX Bus Rapid Transit line screens on the Mason Corridor plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.
Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.
Location insights
Fort Collins is the Choice City, a craft-beer and Colorado State college town at the foot of the Rockies, its historic Old Town said to have inspired Disney's Main Street USA. Mornings load I-25, US-287 College Avenue and Harmony Road with commuters bound for the campus, the tech and semiconductor employers and the northern Colorado job centers; evenings pull crowds to Old Town, the New Belgium and Odell tap rooms and the College Avenue blocks; weekends fill Horsetooth Reservoir, the foothills trails and Canvas Stadium on CSU game days. Transfort runs the MAX Bus Rapid Transit line down the Mason Corridor. Buy the morning I-25 push and the Old Town evening peak.
Colorado State University and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.
I-25 corridor and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.
Old Town shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.
Location intelligence summary
Fort Collins doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch | Old Town + Colorado State University | 6–11 PM |
| Commuter frequency | The breweries district, Colorado State University | 7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM |
| Retail foot traffic | I-25 corridor, Old Town | 12–8 PM |
| B2B / decision-makers | Harmony Road, Colorado State University | Weekdays 9 AM–6 PM |
| Tourism & events | Old Town, Horsetooth | 10 AM–8 PM |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Fort Collins’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadside & freeway digital | from ~$0.28 per play | $100 buys hourly bursts on I-25 and College Avenue | drive-time commuter reach |
| Old Town digital spectacular | from ~$0.43 per play | the historic dining and brewery core | going-out and visitor dwell |
| CSU campus digital | from ~$0.40 per play | the university and Canvas Stadium | student and game-day reach |
| Harmony Road corridor digital | from ~$0.32 per play | the south tech and retail spine | workforce and shopper crowd |
| Transfort MAX screens | from ~$0.29 per play | the Mason Corridor BRT line | walk-up and student riders |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
What a campaign costs
Because pricing is per play and hourly, there's no minimum, but here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Commute test
A week of morning and evening bursts on the I-25 corridor into Old Town.
Multi-zone Fort Collins push
Old Town, CSU and the breweries district running together across peak dayparts.
Choice City flagship
Full Old Town and campus saturation timed to the CSU football season and the craft-beer festival calendar.
FAQ
From a few cents per play on urban panels to premium boulevard, transit and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Fort Collins screens are priced per play and booked by the hour, entry plays start around $0.28, with no contracts or minimums.
Old Town ranks #1 for reach and dwell. For premium and B2B audiences, Colorado State University leads; for retail intent, I-25 corridor; for mass commuter frequency, the city's busiest transit arteries.
Yes, on Blindspot every Fort Collins screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.
Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across Fort Collins onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as Lamar Advertising, Clear Channel Outdoor, Mile High Outdoor.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic Colorado State University corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.
No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Fort Collins campaign.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
01
Open the map, filter Fort Collins by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
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Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
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Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
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