Officials haven’t disclosed the cost of Meow Wolf’s new building, but previously signed a $60 million, 20-year lease for the property. In Denver, the company has sold close to 100,000 tickets ahead of its opening date, said spokeswoman Erin Barnes. In Las Vegas, where Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart installation debuted in February, the company has sold about 600,000 tickets, according to Didi Bethurum, VP of marketing. A report from the New Mexico Economic Development Department projects that over the next decade the company will have had a $2.5 billion to $2.9 billion impact on the state’s economy. Meow Wolf’s Santa Fe installation has seen more than 2 million visitors since opening in 2016, the company said, including 265,000 since reopening in March. Convergence Station, Meow Wolf’s third permanent location, is set to open September 17. Stairs led up to a vaguely alien structure as part of the Numina, the swamp-themed anchor space inside Meow Wolf Denver’s Convergence Station on Aug. RELATED: Follow The Know on Instagram to get a sneak peek of Meow Wolf on Tuesday, Sept. Only 10% to 20% of the workforce has returned to the “dead zone,” The Colorado Sun reported, or about 28,000 of the 140,000 people who normally work there. Denver’s annual visitors (17 million, pre-pandemic, according to the latest data) are visiting a mostly empty downtown these days. Will Meow Wolf be good for Denver?Īll signs point to yes, more than a dozen interviewees for this article said, although the benefits may be spread unevenly. Many of us - including those who have visited Meow Wolf’s Santa Fe-based House of Eternal Return since its 2016 opening - have been wondering the same things. How, then, will its mix of art gallery and theme-park trappings fare with the public, or represent our city to outsiders?

Its four-story exhibition at Interstate 25 and West Colfax Avenue is being marketed as a bizarre, socially conscious yet family-friendly space. Yet at the moment, there are more questions than answers about Meow Wolf’s Denver entry.

The work of 120 Colorado artists - along with 200 in-house writers, sculptors, painters, designers and fabricators - makes up the Denver installation’s dreamlike sculptures, brightly colored environments and interactive, high-tech tableaus. With a projected million-plus visitors annually, according to the company, Meow Wolf’s Denver facility could also reshape the city and state’s beleaguered arts economy.

17, may quickly become one of the city’s top-selling attractions and tourist magnets, if past installations in Santa Fe and Las Vegas are any guide. Meow Wolf Denver, which opens its 90,000-square-foot new building on Sept.

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