First, Denver is one of the fastest growing cities in the US as a result property values and taxes have greatly increased. As a result many companies have moved to less expensive locations in the metro area. Caboose Hobbies has announced that as a result of increased lease costs they too are having to look for a new location and they are having a sale to reduce inventory.
I am merely a loyal customer and not a representative of this business.
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Another pot shop will most likely replace it.
Wow that sucks! I hope they find a bigger and better place. Better yet buy the building!
Wow they have a lot of stuff. For some reason, Micro engineering O scale came up when I searched all the G scale. I bet it will take some time to look at everything.
I wish them good luck. It looks like a good sale to me!
Does this mean it'll be a smaller store soon?
I've only ever been there once, the only time I've ever been to Denver, back when Gary Coleman still worked there.
CHOO-CHOO MIKE posted:Another pot shop will most likely replace it.
Well you know...
Actually only time will tell, could be that or a restaurant or condos
The last time I stopped...O scale was thin, so I didn't bother with the tiny lot parking hassle the next and last time I went through Denver. I hope they get a nice place out in the 'burbs with real parking, and permanence, maybe in one of the railroad related towns....Golden?
Golden would be a great place for it.
I'm told the area around the store isn't a great place at night, but it's been ages since I was there last.
Wow, if I'm not mistaken they have been at that location for 35 years. I remember when they moved from 15th St downtown in the early 80's. Time to start a new era.
That's correct Elliot. I remember packing up the old store on 15th. street and moving the store and warehouse to Broadway. And you were right across the street at Downtown Hobbies. (Elliot was my replacement when I left Downtown Hobbies to work for Caboose).
Yeah Chuck, those were the days.
Caboose has always been in the top 5 brick and mortar train stores nation wide. It will be interesting to see what they come up with for a new location. Will they downsize the floor space? Time will tell.
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Big_Boy_4005 posted:Wow, if I'm not mistaken they have been at that location for 35 years. I remember when they moved from 15th St downtown in the early 80's. Time to start a new era.
I remember that time-of-transition very well. I had been to the 15th street store on a few vacations.....it did seem like it was getting a tad crowded for floorspace.....to say the least!
But when I first visited their Broadway location, I thought they'd lost their marbles! It seemed to be an old warehousey, run-down, forgotten neighborhood of Denver. BOY!....Did I ever get that wrong years later!!!! Holy-Moly....the renewal and pizazz that grew up around there......somebody had 'vision', for sure!
I've always thought of Caboose Hobbies as a sort of 'Mecca' of the hobby....when I was into HO. But after I migrated to O3R, I really enjoyed more the visit to Mizell's.....which, of course, is now (sniff!)....gone, sad to say. LOVED that Wall-of-Trains....a 3-dimensional mural of grandeur, second only to the Rocky Mountains up the road!......IMHO, of course.
I hope Caboose Hobbies finds a long-term home and survives well into this century. I wish them well.....to the benefit of all of us!
KD
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