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Denver Zoo seeking to hike admission fees as city’s rising costs felt by even its animal inhabitants

Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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The Denver Zoo considers itself a city within a city, with animal citizens whose upkeep is subject to the same rising costs many people in the metro area are facing.

That’s why the zoo is seeking an admission increase — the first since 2014.

The zoo wants to raise the price of tickets to $20 from $17 for those 12 and older; to $14 from $12 for children; to $17 from $14 for folks 65 and older. Children under age 3 get in free.

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Winter admission fees, which are a couple of dollars cheaper, would also increase slightly under the proposal, as would rental fees for the zoo’s various spaces.

“Just like what many are experiencing in the city — rising costs of goods, services, housing,” said Andrew Rowan, senior director of external relations. “We’re not immune to that, and we’ve been experiencing increases to those in the last four years.”

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Because of the zoo’s location in City Park, the price hike needs the Denver City Council’s OK. The council’s business committee on Wednesday unanimously moved the plan on to be heard April 2 by the full council.

Read the full story at denverpost.com.

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