I attended a breakfast meeting at the J.W. Marriott on March 5, 2009. The hotel is across the street from the Cherry Creek Mall. My meeting started at 7:00 in the morning. Several attendees of the meeting parked in a surface lot of the mall, directly in front of a restaurant.
Mall security noticed what was going on, and they called the folks at the Marriott and said they would start towing cars if they weren't moved. The Marriott folks told the mall people that the meeting people were attending would be over by 8:30.
Mall security was not swayed by this knowledge. They put these stickers on at least 20 cars.
These "FINAL WARNING" signs were deemed necessary, notwithstanding that the restaurant spaces we were using did not serve breakfast. Even if it did, the restuarant was out of business. Completely closed. It wasn't going to be serving lunch or dinner on March 5 or any day soon. It is still closed as of today.
The Cherry Creek Mall itself does not open until 10:00 in the morning.
I am going to do my part to help solve the Cherry Creek Mall parking problem. I will not use any of their spaces. March 5, 2009 was the last time I will take up a parking spot at the Cherry Creek Mall.
The next time I chose to frequent a mall, I will use the ample parking provided by the Town Center of Aurora or the ample parking provided by the Park Meadows Mall.
Retail is a competitive business. Cherry Creek Mall has landed in the loser's column.
Whenever I take my motorcycle to a mall, I try to park it off to the side to allow cars to use the parking stalls. The bike is never in anyone way, does not obstruct traffic, and is in a place that is safe. For many years now I have been going to Cherry Creek Mall in Denver and parking in the same place. The other day I got a ticket for parking in a Handicap parking area! Where I parked there were no signs about handicap parking, just off to either side. I even asked one handicapped person if where I parked the bike would impinge on her, and she replied NO. She seemed confused as to why I got the ticket. That is the last time I will shop or even get near Cherry Creek Mall. Plus, I will do all of my shopping online from now on, no state sales tax, no chance of trumped up parking tickets, and no more revenue for Colorado.
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