City of Denver Puts Brakes on Park Hill Golf Club Purchase

Current lease agreement puts 86-year-old Park Hill’s future in limbo.   The drama surrounding another one of Denver’s historic courses continues. With City Park Golf Course shuttered for at least 18 months as it undergoes a controversial overhaul to accommodate stormwater detention, Park Hill Golf Club could close for good at the end of next … Read more

Is Colorado’s Growth Putting Golf at Risk?

Fitzsimons Golf Course

  Ever since the Great Recession of 2008, we’ve heard that five times as many courses have closed than have opened across the United States—a trend from which Colorado found itself largely immune. Although during that period, we rued the demise of Denver’s private Green Gables Country Club and the public Gleneagle (Colorado Springs) and … Read more

Overland Will Indeed Host Music Festival Next Year

Outside Lands

  After seven months of contentious debate and community meetings, the Denver City Council approved bringing a three-day music festival to Overland Park Golf Course in South Denver. The vote was 10-3. The first edition of the yet-to-be-named festival will take place next September. Plans call for Superfly Productions—famous for festivals like Bonnaroo in Tennessee … Read more