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Ascent strives to clone Disney's success. (Ascent Entertainment Group)

Denver Business Journal

| July 12, 1996 | Dubroff, Henry | COPYRIGHT 1989 Denver Business Journal, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Hollywood is coming to Denver.

And Ascent Entertainment Group is writing the script.

With some coaching from former Walt Disney Co. executive Gary Wilson, Ascent CEO Charlie Lyons is taking his company on a trip that is very Disney-like in its execution. Here's a closer look.

When it comes to live entertainment, sports teams are to Ascent what theme parks are to Disney. Ascent owns the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche, and it views the proposed Pepsi Center sports facility as an entertainment venue that could extend well beyond sports.

Part of the political wrestling match being staged between the city of Denver and Ascent over the cost of …

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