Dinosaur Journey roars back to life

Dinosaur fans give museum welcome boost in ‘09 visitation

Fifteen months ago, the administrators in charge of Dinosaur Journey were as desperate and distraught as a Tyrannosaurus rex roaming a land filled only with ferns and cycads.

The mechanical components of the Fruita museum’s dinosaurs that allowed them to spit, hiss and growl were breaking down. The building’s stained, threadbare carpet was showing its 16-year-old age. The number of paid visitors slipped more than 5 percent from 43,600 in 2007 to 41,200 in 2008, as the recession choked off discretionary spending…

Read the whole article in The Daily Sentinel here.