About Elitch Gardens

Elitch Gardens has touched the lives of most of Colorado’s residents and is responsible for many of its best memories. Elitch Gardens was always more than a mere amusement park, it was also one of the first zoos west of Chicago, the home of Denver’s first symphony orchestra, Denver’s first botanic garden, Colorado’s first Children’s Museum and activity center, the site of Denver’s first motion picture theater, and home of the Trocadero Ballroom, where most of Denver danced and romanced.