Author: By Wayne Heilman [email protected]

Colorado Springs Airport wants to double the number of gates to its passenger terminal from 12 to 24, according to a draft copy of the airport’s master plan. The addition could cost $75 million to $125 million and probably would be built in two phases, depending on passenger traffic during the next 20 years, said…

Despite more than 100 flights being canceled last month, passenger numbers at the Colorado Springs Airport jumped to a 14-year high for January. The 66,694 passengers leaving on outbound flights in January was the most for that month since 2008, airport officials reported Wednesday. The January total is more than double the number of passengers…

The cost of living in Colorado Springs jumped a record amount last year, bringing it closer to its larger neighbor to the north, according to a national survey. Surging housing and other costs pushed the cost of living in Colorado Springs last year to 108.2% of the national average from 103.2% in 2020, according to…

The Colorado Springs Airport will hike its parking fees March 1, the first increase since 2019 and just the second time the fees have gone up since 1998, officials announced Tuesday. Frontier merger could benefit Colorado Springs Airport, city aviation director says The daily maximum charge for short-term parking will increase from $9 to $12…

A Denver area-based hotel management company envisions a hotel to be built adjacent to the Air Force Academy’s planned new visitors center as a “one-of-a- kind iconic property” that will pay tribute to flight. André Fournier, executive vice president of CoralTree Hospitality, which will manage the 375-room hotel, said the company hopes the hotel will…

It appears to have been a happy holiday season for Colorado Springs hotels, with December’s occupancy rate hitting a 31-year high. The 51.8% occupancy rate in December broke the record of 50.5% set in December 1996, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report, an industry publication. December’s rate was up from 36.2% a year earlier,…

The arrival of Southwest Airlines at the Colorado Springs Airport lifted passenger numbers last year to a 13-year high. The 935,952 passengers on outgoing flights in 2021 was up more than 150% from 2020, when air travel nearly came to a stop in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic before slowly recovering the rest…

Full House Resorts, the parent company of Bronco Billy’s Casino in Cripple Creek, has increased its budget for its Chamonix Casino Hotel, now under construction, to $250 million. Bronco Billy’s considering 70 more rooms for hotel project The Las Vegas-based company had estimated the project’s cost at nearly $200 million in August, but said the…