3 Iconic Denver Businesses Flee Downtown Despite $177M Progressive Renovation

Denver's downtown is bleeding out — and city hall is spinning the corpse. Despite pouring $177 million into a renovation project and insisting the urban core is on the mend, three iconic businesses have permanently closed: Rock Bottom Brewery, 1Up Arcade Bar, and others that defined what downtown Denver once was. The city's own numbers quietly tell the story officials won't: a vacancy rate approaching 40%, surpassing even Seattle as the benchmark for progressive urban collapse.The causes aren't mysterious. Years of defund-the-police ideology, a revolving door for criminals, and sanctuary-city status signaled to businesses — and the criminals who prey on them — that Denver's leadership had chosen a side. When a Rockies game day can't keep the bars open, the math has broken down completely.Denver officials point to falling crime statistics as proof of a comeback. But a 40% commercial vacancy rate, combined with Rock Bottom closing its doors for good, is the kind of evidence that doesn't care about press releases. Colorado was once a state people built things in. Progressive leadership has made it a state people leave.CHAPTERS0:00 The Blue City exodus hits Denver: 3…1:05 Three Downtown Denver Businesses Close2:49 One Up Arcade Closes Near Coors Field4:29 Rock Bottom Brewery Closes in Denver6:52 Crime and Pandemic Drive Denver Closures8:03 World Cup Disappoints Seattle Local…10:28 Washington State Warns on Potent…11:29 Church and Union Denver Closes Saturday12:54 Denver Office Vacancy Hits Record High14:29 Katie Wilson Backtracks on Starbucks…16:34 Revisiting Denver's Tren de Aragua…17:33 Until Next EpisodeSubscribe to @reasonablenews for daily coverage of the stories the mainstream media buries — the blue-city exodus, failed urban policy, and what's really happening in your backyard.#GavinNewsom #CaliforniaPolitics #BillionaireTaxGO PREMIUM WITH REASONABLE+ FOR UNCENSORED ACCESS 🌟https://ReasonableTV.com/🛍️ MERCH - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/💬 JOIN our FREE Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop: https://discord.com/invite/uJGWFpgDcY👍🏼 SMASH that LIKE button & SUBSCRIBE for daily videos that dive into the latest news! https://youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeopleSTAY CONNECTED:🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 Facebook - https://www.Facebook.com/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL