By the late 1950’s, the “Jet Age” had dawned, causing traffic problems at the airport. Land at the adjacent Rocky Mountain Arsenal was acquired for runway expansion, and the airport became Stapleton International Airport in 1964. Relentless growth of both the City of Denver and air travel and Denver’s status as an airline “hub” forced more expansion onto the Arsenal, and noise became an issue for surrounding neighborhoods.

New home construction in Stapleton

“Stapleton’s Folly’, which had contributed so much to the growth and success of Denver, had become obsolete.  In 1985, Denver reached an agreement with Adams County on a proposed airport site Northwest of Stapleton. After considerable controversy and 2 elections, construction began on Denver’s new airport, while at the same time, the first planning for the old airport’s future was undertaken by the citizen group, Stapleton Tomorrow. By 1993 the city had formed a partnership with the Stapleton Development Foundation, and the future started moving toward the present.

In January of 2002, the new Visitor Center opened at Syracuse and Martin Luther King Boulevard. By the summer of 2002 the first residents moved into the first of the newly constructed homes, and the first retail business opened for business. As many as nine builders are building a diverse range of homes at Stapleton, with prices ranging from the mid $100,000.’s to the low $1,000,000.’s. With Walmart and Home Depot open, immense tracts reserved for parks and urban systems and some of the nations best builders, Stapleton promises to offer the best in new urban living, only 6.5 miles from Downtown Denver.
 

Stapleton commerce center

Driving Time To Major Destinations
From Stapleton

Boulder

50 minutes

Denver Tech Center

40 minutes

Downtown

15 minutes

Castle Rock

60 minutes

Inverness

50 minutes