Nightline (ABC) - 1995-02-27

Name: Nightline (ABC) - 1995-02-27
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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] on your side.

[0:05] >> February 27th, 1995.

[0:12] >> It's overdue, over budget, and under

[0:15] investigation.

[0:17] >> Every set of numbers, every claim made

[0:20] about this airport, how wonderful it's

[0:22] going to be, what the costs are, or

[0:23] whatnot, has proven to be a lie.

[0:26] >> Build as state-of-the-art.

[0:28] This problemplagued airport may make it

[0:32] cost more for you to fly.

[0:34] >> It's basically going to be the most

[0:35] expensive airport to operate at in the

[0:37] United States.

[0:38] >> This is a very good investment for

[0:39] Colorado. It is a very good investment

[0:41] for the country.

[0:42] >> Tonight, the storm over Denver

[0:45] International Airport on the eve of

[0:48] opening.

[0:58] This is ABC News Night Line,

[1:01] substituting for Ted Coppel and

[1:03] reporting from Washington, Koki Roberts.

[1:06] >> A thick fog hangs over Denver tonight,

[1:09] serving as a fitting metaphor while the

[1:11] city gears up finally, finally to open

[1:14] the new high techch, high trouble Denver

[1:18] International Airport. Almost everything

[1:20] that could go wrong with the

[1:22] construction of this multi-billion

[1:23] dollar facility has. And today, just as

[1:26] the fanfare is about to begin, the

[1:28] people who hold the paper, the bond

[1:30] holders, went to court, accusing the

[1:33] city of withholding information about

[1:35] the airport's problems from the

[1:37] investors. When it was conceived,

[1:39] Denver's business and political

[1:41] community saw the new airport as the way

[1:43] to get the city growing, to give it

[1:45] first class status. Instead, even before

[1:49] one scheduled flight has taken off,

[1:51] Denver International has become a

[1:53] running joke with TV comedians and a

[1:56] ready target for