The airport is in the City and County of Denver.... The City of Denver is the same as the County of Denver and vice-a-versa. Denver acquired land from Arapahoe and Adams Counties to build the airport. The Denver metro area is made up of the counties of Denver, Arapahoe, Jefferson, Boulder, Adams and Douglas. I believe all those counties supported additional taxes to fund the building of a new stadium for the Denver Broncos. I, myself didn't vote for it when I lived there, but it passed. I believe the people of Denver take great pride in their airport... as they should. What would happen to the city if UA went out of business and was unable to woo another airline? Would the city be forced just take the loss? Clay - was a 5 year resident of the Mile High City -----Original Message----- From: Allan9 [mailto:exatc@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 7:27 PM Subject: Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary Jose Don't think the folks living in Denver (proper) or county would be willing to support an airport in another County even though it serves Denver. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:42 PM Subject: Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > And my point is that DEN has very high fixed costs to make required hefty > bond payments that they sure as hell don't want to default on. They also > have substantial maintenance and labor costs to operate the airport and all > these costs come from fees assessed to the airlines, tenants, rental car > companies, limos, taxi, buses, etc. > > They can't lower the fees much for other new carriers because there won't be > enough revenue coming in to pay the bills. One scenario could be the > governing board persuading the city and/or county to tax property owners to > subsidize the airport through property taxes, which would probably cause a > firestorm of revolt against anyone voting in favor of such a measure. > > Jose Prize > Fan of COS getting Cheap LUV someday > > In a message dated 5/20/2003 7:29:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > Subj:Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > > Date:5/20/2003 7:29:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time > > From:<A HREF="mailto:jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx";>jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > > Sent from the Internet > > > My point was that if UA folds, the City Of Denver may make some sweet deals > > (like reducing those high fees) to get someone to replace UA. Under those > > conditions, Southwest may be tempted. > > > > If United stopped flying, the city would lose a heckuva lot of revenue. If > > Denver's choice was an unused airport that wasn't making money vs. a used > > airport that wasn't making money, I'm willing to bet they'd opt for the > > latter (and reduce their fees to attract business). > > > > Jon > > -- > > Jon Wright > > mailto:jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx > > 425-635-0338 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <B787300@xxxxxxx> > > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:07 PM > > Subject: Re: Airport official: replacement for United may be necessary > > > > > > > I don't think you'll ever see Southwest at a high fee airport like DEN... > > >