Fireball1890000 oh yeah he did not make videos on disaster transport, son of beast, the black hole, orient express, drachen fire or big bad wolf. He has completely moved away from JUST disney videos
Exactly, how can the city even do that, someone who knows how should set up a petition, everybody who wants the park to stay, call Colorado’s state representatives and tell them you don’t want the park to go, the city shouldn’t be able to just take property that they don’t own.
@@jameyb8433 being a citizen of colorado, the only reason people ever go to denver is for sixteenth street and elitch gardens, and quite a lot of people go there per day. it attracted mostly everyone.
Actually the comment about Elitch Garden’s originally opening in 1980 is false. Elitch Gardens has been a fully operational amusement, zoological and botanical park since really the year 1900. It originally actually opened as a zoological gardens in 1890, and in a different part of town (off of Tennyson). It was 1900 that they first brought in rides. Elitch Gardens would more than likely be relocated, and many locals such as myself, couldn’t be happier with that idea.
Theme Park Kingdom it's possible, the problem is that it got approved 12-0, and the first phase is beginning really soon. So I doubt this is one that will get forgotten.
When the park moved there in 1995, the land was bought with city bonds. It will be the second time and a second location that they close Elitch Gardens which first opened its gates in 1890. I worked at the old park in 1989. I never liked the new park, it just didn't have the same feel as the old west Denver location.
My dad worked in the Games department from 1990 until the move, and then worked the whole first season at the new park in 1995. He was the games supervisor from 1992/1993-1995. He has told me many stories about the move and how the last four years at the original location were since I was born in 2000 and never got to visit the original. Its truly sad how they let it go during that time and then left what remained to rot until 1999. My dad never liked the new park much either. It definitely is nothing like the original, especially after Premier/Six Flags took ownership in 1997 and sold it in 2007. Even some of the rides that made the move are different now. I wish I had grown up with the original as it seemed to be something truly special to much of Denver and Colorado's residents. I hope they can relocate somewhere bigger where they can recapture some charm and stay around as Colorado's oldest amusement park.
Yea, and also give it some better rides. The mind eraser and boomerang are really fun, sidewinder and the drop tower are great. But I really hope they don’t remove the park forever, it would be amazing if they expand.
Demolishing the old Elitches and putting up this monstrosity was a horrible idea. I previously worked at this Eltiches and I am not sure they ever turned a profit. It has been sold many times. They don't own the land they are on and have to lease it from the city of Denver for around $250,000 a month. They told me the only thing they make money on is the parking. I remember at the end of the season they would throw everything in 4 huge dumpsters. All the prizes. all the candy, all the beer, all the soda, all the food, all of Subways food I couldn't believe it. Hundreds of pounds of still good meat and cheese. I filled my car up and the security guard told me to put everything back. You would think at the end of the season they would have just given it away as a public relations tool when the people were leaving. No way they have to throw it in the garbage. Greedy fools. I say good riddance! As far as the city of Denver goes. They will have that place out of there and demolished so quickly it will make your head spin.
Why are they always closing these parks just for stupid houses, that's the worst possible reason for closing theme parks. There was once an indoor theme park in Newcastle England called metroland, situated in the metrocenter shopping centre on the south banks of the River Tyne. They only had about 12 rides including just 1 coaster. But the park was so well themed that everyone who went there remembers it. I had a lot of fond memories going there as a 3 year old. But back then I was not really into theme parks. And I was terrified of roller coasters back then so I never got the chance to ride the coaster. So I just spent much of my time there hanging out on the train ride or the helicopter ride. The park first opened in February 1988 2 years after the shopping centre itself opened. And lasted for over 20 years. But then Newcastle City Council decided to convert the park into more shops, restaurants and a cinema. The locals were understandably not happy, but despite protests and a pertition that received over 5000 signatures the park did indeed end up closing down, operating for the last time on Sunday April 20th 2008. Closing forever at 8pm UK time that day. It is such a shame that metroland is gone and that this park may also be gone soon too.
I forgot to mention that all the rides were sold after the closure but the roller coaster remained in storage behind the newly opened cenima until 2015, when it was sold to the Big Sheep Adventure park down in Devon. Opening there in May 2016 under the new name of Rampage. The coaster still operates there to this day.
0:43 A nice area that really encourages tourism? What's that theme park doing if not attracting tourists? Also, "affordable" housing is almost never truly affordable. Investors will buy the apartments in order to rent them out, and the value of the property skyrockets.
There is another option for the rides if Elitch Gardens close permanently and don't reopen at another spot. Some of the rides and coasters could go to nearby Lakeside Amusement Park, which is also in Denver.
If relocated for Elitch 3, I'd pick a place along the foothills to use that geography for coaster height. I'd also have the "trilogy" of Mister Twister (rebuilt), Twister 2 (moved or rebuilt), and a new Twister 3! Keep Mind Eraser and build a mirror image coaster called Mind Restorer! Parking would be surface and garages.
I actually work at Elitch's and I have heard whispers throughout the park amongst management during the 2018 season that they do have a new location set somewhere. Also, slight fact check, Elitch Gardens originally opened in 1890, not 1980. It used to be located closer to where Lakeside is now. It was moved Downtown for the 1995 season. The Old Elitch Theatre is still there as well as the carousel shell.
Denver City Council: Hey people, i got a plan! Why don't we prevent people from having fun by demolishing a theme park, replacing it with something less interesting! Doesen't it sound like a plan?!
Lol I live in Seattle and will probably never visit this park (actually that could change. In 8 years I might fly to Denver to watch the Seahawks play the Broncos there). Visiting this park would be a nice addition. But I seriously feel bad for the people who have this as their home park. This sucks
FarFetched I love this place. I have season passes so during summer, I go every saturday or sunday. Nobody cares about some ugly walk and apartments. I really hope the city council drops this dumb project
That's exactly what is going to happen. An abundant amount of serviceable land out there. Kroenke sports bought Elitch Gardens with that idea in mind. Hopefully we get some big rides because the amusement park game in this town is severely lacking. I went to Cedar Point this summer and the difference is night and day.
if it's being relocated then it's not closing forever i wouldn't downplay that elitch's is getting their first original dark ride this year, it sounds dope
Grew up with Eliches as my home park and I am personally not mad about this... would give Colorado a reason to build a new park that has actually good coasters in it... and don’t even start arguing with me that Minderaser and Boomerang are good coasters. Haha. Plenty of flat and open land outside of downtown Denver to develop on.
This makes me feel sad, I love this place and I’ve always gone here, even since I was little. I hope the park stays because I don’t want to see my favorite place go away... 😔
When Elitch Gardens was still 6 Flags it was awesome. After it went under new management the park got worse and worse every year, its gross honestly, it feels so run down already. If you want to go have a good time at an older historical theme park go to Lakeside.
This news makes me so glad I moved away from Denver. Those new developments will be great for the rich that can afford the ridiculous cost, but for those regular families already barely able to get by in the suburbs will get nothing it of it. A theme park is something all family's can enjoy, so with it being replaced with such high cost businesses that is one less reason for regular families to stay in Denver. At this rate as soon as that development is finished it will be over run with homeless.
Actually it's good news because not only does Denver get new tall buildings and quite possibly more tallest buildings, elitches is being relocated which means new better rides. Right?
The owners actually do have a say in the manner, because the company that bought the park a couple of years ago is the company proposing the redevelopment. They basically bought the park to eventually redevelop into a new (admittedly more profitable/valuable) housing/business center in downtown.
Well that blows. First I live in Houston and they take away my Astroworld and now the closest coasters I have are in Denver and they are taking that away too. Bummer
Who cares about community benefit for generations when a handful of people can make a short-term profit? Elitch Gardens is one of this country’s most historic parks. However, maybe this park’s doom was sealed when they first decided to move it from the original site, the site with actual GARDENS, to a dump of a site, and then fill it with clone rides. Still, a sad end of an era.
I hope we can get an actually good theme park I look at other states and wish we had a park like they have! I hope they get a large plot of land to work with.
What about the light rail station? They will have to rename it, what would that do for the city it sucks, Mind Eraser was my First inverting coaster, I love SLC’s and Boomerang’s. I am a Denver coaster enthusiast, riden 65 coasters 60 of which in this year alone, I was also at Alton towers the day before you went there on your European coaster tour. Second of all, Sidewinder was my teacher’s favorite coaster, my friends first inverting coaster, and my favorite. It is also one of 2 arrow shuttle loops in America! This park should be made a Denver landmark.
Move it by Dicks out east. Add a giga and a strata coaster and maintain it! In Denver county I think that there's a height restriction in the building code. It has to do with blocking someone's view of the rocky mountains.? There for no hyper, giga, or strata is ever coming to this location. Even Mile High Stadium was built to a certain height for that reason. We have the room for a record breaking park!
Wet n Wild Las Vegas was a different situation. The lease was up and the landowner declined to allow the park to renew it. The new Wet n Wild, while using a similar name, it is a completely different company and brand.
Astroworld was worse. At least Elich's owner (Stan Kroenke, who owns the LA Rams, Denver Nuggets and the Avalanche sports teams) has the money to move a few of the classic rides, and start fresh with cheap land by the airport. Astroworld was just razed, and the land just sitting there.
Ik im Late to this like REALLY late but this is my home park and about a month ago they bought 2.5 acre’s of land so I’m not expecting it to go anywhere any time soon. They also renovated a lot of twister last year which is why it wasn’t open all of last year and is opening again this season.
Quinton Parchment I actually wanna own a theme park as a profession when I’m an adult and put theme parks in obscure places. Just wait a few (a lot) years!
This is my home park and honestly im all for it being relocated...really the only appeal was being able to say we had an amusement park downtown...but with the airport being revamped and the new resort in that area the logical site for EG would be the airport area...just dont piss off Blucifer lol
Also it gives them room to expand which was a major problem currently as to why nothing could be added and the very reason why six flags gave it up so i say do a massive overhaul with the exception of twister 2 every roller coaster in the park is a clone....give the mile high a RMC...i mean its a complete slap in the face for there not to be any RMC's in the rocky mountains
@@mistamista8524 They are more likely to close forever than to get an RMC unfortunately. They really need to move out near DIA though, but they would have to bring over most of the rides because they wouldn't be able to afford all new ones. Plus, Sidewinder and Boomerang, maybe Mind Eraser, and all the flat rides deserve to live. I say they add a GCI Twister III that recreates the original Mister Twister with a bigger drop and larger helix. Also I wouldn't mind if they ditched Half Pipe. Its a maintenance nightmare.
Closing this will not boost tourism unless its being moved. Think about disneyland or disneyworld, if they close down Cali and Florida will have less tourism because some people including myself only went there for Disney for the kids. Of course there are other things but thats up there. Also, any updates on this?
Honestly, this is really excellent news. Elitches is rather small, yet being landlocked, has no space to expand. Its limited variety of rides become restrictive after a while. With any luck, they’ll simply uproot the park, move it elsewhere where there’s plenty of room to expand, and then...well, expand.
elitches has been a special place for a lot of people in the Denver area, it's what we would look forward to in our summers, and one of the huge Colorado attractions. I'm so sad to see it go after being there my whole life, and I'm going to be HEARTBROKEN if they don't relocate it, which will take yearsss anyway.
Honestly I think Astroworld was a much bigger loss as far as urban amusement parks go. If the city of Denver helps with the relocation and the park can find a larger site this could very much be for the best all-around. The current site is hilariously small and that space isn't managed on a Blackpool or Indiana Beach level - which would be necessary for it to be an enticing regional park. As it is it's a city or "metro area" attraction, but not much more. A bigger plot of land would do them lots of good, and a new GCI honoring the Twisters would make a solid opening-day headliner. The steel coaster lineup (as ghastly as it is) can be relocated. If not... Well Elitch looks pretty charmless next to Lakeside - which is a park I'm more worried about for it's historical significance, charm, and smaller operating budget.
Since the same company that runs this manages Magic Springs in Arkansas, maybe some of those flat rides, the dark ride and that Half Pipe coaster could be relocated there. Magic Springs sadly could use it.
What I find funny is that Sidewinder (the Arrow shuttle loop) actually first opened at Magic Springs back in 1980 as Roaring Tornado then moved to Elitch Gardens in 1990. They could literally give them back their old ride! I just hope that Elitch Gardens gets to relocate in the future, rather than close forever.
As a Denver native I'm pretty excited for elitch gardens to move. Ive been several times and the park always seems so small and kind of dingy. I think if they move out to the plains somewhere, maybe green valley ranch or out by the airport they could have some space to spread out and make a really nice theme park.
All misinformation. Stop assuming. They are still going to be around for along time. Eventually they will find a new location when they want to get bigger. You should see the plans actually. It's amazing.
This video was released right when the plan was announced. I realize more information has been announced since then, but nothing in this video is "misinformation" it is exactly what we knew at the time of this release.
@@efandmk3382 Exactly my point. Its a dump because there was a powerful competitor next door (elitches), now people will go to Lakeside and they will have money to fund and modernize everything.
@@efandmk3382 It is not a dump, it is very old and doesn't have as big of a budget. Just because the rides are all older doesn't mean its a dump. Lakeside is preserved in its history, unlike Elitch Gardens. Lakeside has suffered for decades because Elitch's became popular.
@@knightlykin1499 Modernizing Lakeside would ruin Lakeside. Its perfectly fine as it, and the owners intend on it staying that way for generations to come!
Elitch Gardens did have a say in the closing. The land and park is owned by real estate mogul Stan Kroenke and the park is operated by Premiere Parks LLC. The Denver City Council and Kroenke already had dealings planned for the land where Elitch Gardens sits because Kroenke owns the Pepsi Center arena next door. Logically, that land ever since Kroenke purchased it was subject to rezoning and redevelopment. It just happen so that the Denver City Council approved it. As far as Elitch Gardens as a theme park, it has a good chance of being relocated and rebuild in a more spacious area in the Denver Metro Area. Elitch Gardens is far from being closed forever.
This is exactly what I was going to reply with. When Stan Kroenke bought the property he had every intention on relocating the park. This shouldn't really be news.
38th and Tennyson was the best spot. Had many a ride on mister twister and wildcat. I have since relocated to Kansas City. Got world's of fun down the street. But no thrills.
Okay, I apologize in advance for how long and jumbled and potentially dry this may be, but the fact that Elitch could be moving again actually gives me a bit of excitement. So on one hand, I’m pretty sad that Denver’s only large theme park will have to move from its prime location YET AGAIN, but on the upside, if they’re able to move locations, they might actually have space to expand to their full potential if they buy up the right real estate. Just thinking, there is nearly 4.6 million people in the Front Range Urban Corridor (the pretty highly-populated region between Pueblo, CO and Cheyenne, WY). This region takes only about 3 1/2 hours to traverse from north to south, so if you plonk a theme park down just outside of the Denver metropolitan area (which is pretty much the midpoint of the urban corridor), you’ve got already got built-in population base of 4.6 million people less than an hour and 45 minutes from the park (assuming your average local is willing to travel that far for a theme park, which seems entirely feasible to me). To put this into perspective, the metropolitan area that feeds Energyłandia in Poland (the Katowice MSA) is fairly comparable in population. So despite the sad news, this relocation may actually be a blessing in disguise if Elitch Gardens plays its cards right. As cool as their downtown location is, I think it’s limiting them. With new space, I think it could really turn into one of America’s major theme parks.
I've heard that too. Somewhere in NE Aurora near E470 and/or I70. I think that's just a rumor, though. That would be expensive. Water. sewage. power, streets. a light rail line (children don't drive)...A lot of entities have to be in agreement to back this project before it could happen.
It would be better to relocate the park outside the city of Denver. They should have more land space to build at least a 200 acres park so they can build larger rides and better attractions.
Who will sign a paper with me to keep Elitches? Also fucked up because theme parks do take a long time to build so when Elitches close we probably won’t have another theme park for 2 to 4 years :/ and twister 2 is such an original like what the hell if they do move it they have to make a twister 3 🤷🏻♀️
What pisses me off is that the city just throws this at them with we are doing this and you have no say. This is why I hate the government. It is very is corrupt and power hungry.
This makes me so sad. I lived in Colorado Springs 13 years, I remember trekking the hour drive up to the park to enjoy the little coasters. Not the best park, but it will always have a spot in my heart.
it feels very similar to the closing of oceade in Brussels in Belgium, it also hat to close for stupid redevelopment, the city will be building a large shopping center on its place
Jochem van der Meulen im still pissed it was closed, i’m not a huge fan of water parks but oceade was so much fun. oh well, at least there’s still aqualibi
Denver is a bustling city with next to no amusement park competition. They will most likely move. About 45 mins outside of down town there is nothing, a lot of land.
This is definitely a big threat to the Sidewinder (the Arrow shuttle loop), but with how popular it is among guests combined with its small footprint and status as Colorado's first looping coaster opening in 1990, it hopefully would get saved when the time comes. I'm a native Coloradan and its my favorite ride at the park and I would be devastated to see it get scraped like most of the other Arrow shuttle loops over the years have been. When the time comes I'm going to try my best to save it, because it truly deserves to live on. Hopefully it is moved to the third Elitch Gardens location if they move, or it is sold to some other small park who will reconstruct it again rather than let it sit like so many other relocated rides. It deserves to live on much more than the ill-fated Half Pipe. That ride is never open and breaks down constantly. I say scrap the Half Pipe.
Maybe I should take a flight to Denver in the next couple of years. Also the idea about relocating the park would be good idea, but I feel like La Ronde would be a better park to do that.
Astroworld was another urban amusement park situated near downtown Houston, Texas. It was demolished in the 2005 with plans for office/shopping/housing re-development. It's 2021 and the land is still vacant.
