When the renovated Denver Union Station was unveiled in 2014, there were bands, food trucks, and plenty of activities for families with children. The $500 million project was designed to be the “crown jewel” of lower downtown. And for a number of years, it was.

Unfortunately, Union Station has become a “lawless hellhole,” according to the president of the city’s bus drivers union. Homeless people use drugs, urinate, and pass out all throughout the once-beautiful indoor corridor. The public restrooms have been closed. Benches have been removed. The police have arrested over 1,000 people at Union Station in just the first five months of 2022 alone.