>>5556125
I've been to/through Denver a few times, but only once by plane back in the 90's.
It just so happened that when leaving I was on one of the last departing planes out of Stapleton (old airport).
So, I missed out on using the new airport by like a day or 2 tops.
I do have a memory of talking to the cabbie taking me from downtown to Stapleton.
He said he loved the new one because it meant more $ for him since the new one was out in the boonies.
But, all the locals were pissed about it since it was so far out from what they were used to.
However, he did mention that it was privately funded so the voters couldn't attack it from the waste of taxpayer money angle - it was basically shoved down their throats like it or not.
I also remember that the local news was covering how bad the new state of the art luggage movement system was operating during testing.
There were calls for delaying the opening due to that but local govt just said tough shit we'll just wing it until it gets fixed.