Denver Zoo wants to raise admission fees.
wants to raise its general admission fees by 20 percent over the next two years.
"To continue to effectively maintain and manage our world-class zoological and cultural institution, we [are] requesting a one-time admission fee increase of $4 — $2 in 2022 and $2 in 2023 — and a modest increase in facility rentals to support rising costs for staffing, capital construction and animal care," says Jake Kubié, director of communications for the Denver Zoo.
Located on 84 acres within City Park, the Denver Zoo houses over 3,000 wild animals who"serve as ambassadors for their wild counterparts all over the world," according to theThe zoo last raised its entry fees by $1 in 2018; it now contends that it needs to increase all of its admission fees by two dollars over each of the next two years because of Denver's increasing minimum wage, which will have gone from $11.10 in 2019 to $17.29 in 2023.
The price increases would raise the adult entry pass from $20 this year to $24 by March 1, 2023. Senior tickets would move from $17 to $21 by March 2023, and youth tickets would move from $14 now to $18 in 2023.These admission increases will bring the Denver Zoo's prices closer to those of the
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