Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette
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AutoNation plans first Colorado Springs location
AutoNation, the nation’s largest vehicle dealership group, is planning to expand Colorado Springs with a used vehicle dealership near Woodmen Road and Powers Boulevard. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company filed plans with the city of Colorado Springs this month to build an 18,500-square-foot used vehicle sales complex on a 3.4-acre site at 7456 Targa Drive.…
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‘Mattress Mack:’ I’ll be back for another bet in Colorado Springs
Jim McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack,” has flown to the Colorado Springs Airport twice this year to make giant bets on major sporting events, and he expects to return this year or early next year to do it again. McIngvale, who owns Houston’s biggest furniture store, is the most high-profile gambler in the first…
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Betting limits at Colorado casinos will soon be history
Colorado voters gave casinos and three mountain gambling towns an early Christmas Saturday with the debut of no-limit betting. Don’t expect bet limits to completely disappear — they will be set by individual casinos instead of state law. Most casinos are expected to adopt limits between $500 and $1,000 per wager, but likely will allow…
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March Madness helps Colorado sports betting recover in March
March Madness and the surging Denver Nuggets helped sports wagering in Colorado recover in March after declining in February from the previous month for the first time. The $301 million bet in March was up 12.9% from February’s total, fueled by nearly $71 million bet on college basketball and nearly $107 million wagered on professional…
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2021 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs will be hybrid event
The Space Symposium will be a hybrid in-person and online event in August to comply with state COVID-19 pandemic restrictions limiting attendance to nearly 6,000, the Space Foundation announced Wednesday. The Colorado Springs-based foundation opened registration Friday for in-person attendance at the event, scheduled for Aug. 23-26 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. It will…
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Southwest pushes passenger numbers at Colorado Springs Airport to 13-month high
The arrival of Southwest Airlines at the Colorado Springs Airport last month pushed passenger numbers to the highest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic slowed air travel, the airport announced Wednesday. The 57,758 passengers on outbound flights in March surged 67% from March 2020, when the pandemic cut passenger numbers by more than 25,000 from…
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Amazon buys property for second Colorado Springs delivery station
Amazon continued its expansion in Colorado Springs last week by paying $9.1 million to buy the former Western Forge manufacturing plant, where the online giant plans to build a second local delivery station. The company plans to demolish the former hand tool manufacturing complex at 4607 Forge Road, which closed last year after more than…
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Sky’s the (betting) limit come Saturday
Colorado voters gave casinos and three mountain gambling towns an early Christmas on Saturday with the debut of no-limit betting. Don’t expect bet limits to completely disappear — they will be set by individual casinos instead of state law. Most casinos are expected to adopt limits between $500 and $1,000 per wager, but likely will…
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Venture capital funding sets record for Colorado Springs, nation
A $200 million investment this year in Colorado Springs software developer Quantum Metric set a record for local venture capital funding during the first quarter, according to a new report. The deal was the largest ever in Colorado Springs and will put this year’s total in record territory, surpassing the $197 million invested in local…
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Colorado Springs insulation company sold to Installed Building Products
Alpine Construction Services, a Colorado Springs company that installs fiberglass and spray foam insulation in homes and multifamily housing complexes, has been acquired by Installed Building Products. Alpine was started in 2015 and has grown to nearly 50 employees and $9.4 million in annual revenue, according to an Installed Building Products news release. Installed Building…