The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 3

115 cm 11 5,20 February 10. 1996 The Daily Sentinel Page 3A Around the region Denver seeks buyer for closed airport Associated Press closed last Feb, 28. the Stapleton has been International Airport Only 27 of the 4.700 acres have DENVER Since city struggling to find someone take the 4.700 acre property off its been sold, and the city hands The plan was to sell Stapleton for $100 million acknowledges it is using funds help defray construction costs for its successor. $4.9 from DIA to pay the bills at billion Denver International Airport, but things have Stapleton. not turned out that way Only 27 acres have been sold for $18 million, and the city acknowledges it is using funds from DIA to pay the bills at Stapleton Nine airlines have protested to the Federal Avia tion Administration.