Getting your player ready...
The state Capitol dome, a downtown fixture since 1908, closes its doors to the public today to begin two years of extensive repairs.
Many sections of the drum — the cylindrical portion of the structure — are badly rusting and starting to separate in places.
Katie Carroll, development manager at Colorado Preservation — the organization in charge of restoration efforts — says it will cost a total of $17 million to restore the structure.
Throughout the project’s duration, the preservation group will raise $13 million of that total from corporate sponsorships and private donations.
Repairs are slated for completion in May 2014.
