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Article: GHOSTS IN THE COASTERS MEMORIES OF BIG BANDS, FIRST JOBS AND YOUNG LOVE WILL LIVE LONG AFTER THE OLD ELITCH GARDENS IS GONE.(TRAVEL)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- September 25, 1994
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Byline: RICHARD MATTURRO
DENVER, Colo. The end came on Labor Day. The last wisps of cotton candy were spun onto a paper cone; the last Skeeball rolled up a ramp in the penny arcade. And for the last time the trains of the two great wooden roller coasters thundered into the station, then fell silent. At the conclusion of business on Sept. 5, Elitch Gardens, a 104-year-old amusement park in the northwest suburbs of Denver, closed forever.
The owners of the park, of course, will be quick to point out that this is not really the end. With the necessary heartiness of boosters, they will trumpet the all-new Elitch Gardens, which is already taking shape ...