Calculated risk-taking
“When parking lots charged in excess of $30 or $40 during the strike, clearly a $20 parking ticket looked like a bargain to many people.”
Lindy Eichenbaum Lent, spokeswoman for Mayor John Hickenlooper, on the spike in parking citations during the RTD strike
Substance over style
“You can remodel until the cows come home, but if you don’t have the product, it doesn’t matter.”
Jennifer Black, president of retail and apparel research firm Jennifer Black & Associates, on Gap Inc.’s remodeling effort
Creatures of habit
“There are people that think that tickets aren’t available, so they go straight to where they’ve been looking for seats throughout the year.”
Dave Smrek, Denver sports business consultant, on the high prices fans paid for basketball and hockey playoff tickets through online resellers last week when tickets were still available at the box office at face value
