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DENVER — If you’ve ever wondered what that huge space of land in central downtown Denver looked like before becoming home to the now iconic amusement rides at Elitch Gardens, you’ll love this throwback Denver7 news report from the early 1990s.
He blamed the delays on problems securing financing. “And we thought that that was going to be a little bit easier and didn't quite realize the whole magnitude of it,” Gurtler said. Eventually, $95 million in financing would come through and the dreams of a new Elitch would become reality as the park opened in 1995 and the historic location closed for the final time after 104 years.
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