Elitch Gardens

Elitch Gardens Theme Park, locally known as "Elitch's", is an amusement park in Denver, Colorado. It is owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties and operated by Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation. It is a seasonal park usually opening in late April and closing around Halloween. As space was getting scarce at the original location of Elitch Gardens at 38th Avenue and Tennyson Street, the Gurtler family and their financial partners purchased a 67.7-acre (274,000 m) plot of land in the Platte River valley near downtown Denver for the price of $6.1 million in June 1994. $90 Million was spent relocating some rides from the original park and construction of the new park. The money was from a mix of public and private dollars and various...