Author: Jessica Van Dyne
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Colorado Springs Airport traffic hits 20-year high
Colorado Springs Airport saw the highest level of passenger traffic in over 20 years in June following the arrival of Avelo Airlines and Sun Country Airlines to the local market. The elevated month of traffic followed three consecutive months when enplanements dropped compared to the same months prior, which airport staff attributed to the loss…
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Saltgrass Steak House opens inside Cripple Creek hotel and casino
Saltgrass Steak House, an American-food chain started in Texas, opened its fourth Colorado location Friday inside the Wildwood Hotel and Casino in Cripple Creek, according to a company new release. Saltgrass Steak House is the latest advancement of Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta’s development of 119 Carbonate Street after his Golden Nugget Hotels and Casinos brand…
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Colorado Springs tourists’ habits shift following peak year of visitation
It was hot and it was dry, yet Colorado Springs whirled with visitors during the summer of 2022, a year of record-setting tourism. And now, following several months of record-setting precipitation, the Pikes Peak region’s mountains and valleys are enlivened once again with greenery and travelers. Longwoods International, a research consultant that provides travel data…
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Colorado Springs partners with online travel site focused on helping travelers with mobility disabilities
Visit Colorado Springs, the city’s primary marketing organization for travel and tourism, announced this week that it will team up with Wheel the World, an online travel site, to help people with mobility disabilities find accessible hotels and travel spots. More than 54% of U.S. travelers with mobility disabilities were given a room at check-in…
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Thursday storms in Denver divert 11 flights to Colorado Springs Airport
Almost a dozen flights scheduled to arrive Thursday night at Denver International Airport were diverted to Colorado Springs due to severe thunderstorms in the Mile High City, said Greg Phillips, director of aviation at the Colorado Springs Airport. Colorado Springs is the primary diversion spot for flights headed to Denver, Phillips said. Between 9 p.m.…
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Hottest chicken chain around heads to Colorado Springs
America’s fastest growing restaurant chain, according to Technomic, a foodservice research firm, will join other burger and chicken joints’ craze for Colorado Springs. Dave’s Hot Chicken, a spicy, fried chicken concept that originated as a parking lot stand in Los Angeles during 2017, has since grown into a worldwide, fast-casual franchise with over 700 locations…
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Colorado Springs ripe for bustling summer tourism season
Colorado Springs tourism leaders are eager for the arrival of the region’s peak travel season with many signs pointing to a robust year of visitation. Despite elevated gas prices and rampant inflation that characterized much of summer 2022, the city continued to recuperate from pandemic-related setbacks. Colorado Springs generated a record $9.8 million from its…
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Colorado economy slowly grows amid ‘disappointing’ first quarter nationally
Colorado’s economy crept forward during the first quarter of 2023 albeit at a slower rate than the second half of 2022, signaling to economists an earlier than expected economic slowdown this year. Economists with University of Colorado Boulder Leeds Business Research Division anticipated an economic slowdown during the second half of 2023. But a slow…
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This Colorado city ranks in the top 10 places Black Americans fare best
Colorado Springs locals say there are caveats
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WATCH: Snow, wind make for ‘tricky’ rescue atop Pikes Peak
Emergency responders battled blowing snow and wind Sunday afternoon while rescuing a person from the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak. Green Mountain Falls/Chipita Park Fire Department, which was among the agencies to respond to the incident, posted a Facebook video detailing the conditions that made the rescue “tricky.” The nature of the emergency was unspecified,…