South Park Creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone Say They’ve Agreed To Buy Casa Bonita

DENVER (CBS4) – “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone told Colorado’s politician they’ve tentatively agreed to acquisition Casa Bonita, the Colorado landmark successful Lakewood that is some a edifice and a beloved tiny amusement center. The speech took spot connected Friday greeting and was livestreamed by Gov. Jared Polis’ office.

“As of astir an hr ago, pending bankruptcy proceedings, we’ve travel to an statement with the proprietor and we’ve bought it,” Stone told Polis.

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One of the astir fashionable episodes of the deed animated TV amusement “South Park,” which is centered astir a fictional tiny municipality successful Colorado, takes spot astatine Casa Bonita. The amusement is celebrating its 24th anniversary.

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The edifice hasn’t been unfastened to diners since the COVID-19 pandemic started and has filed for bankruptcy protection.

The radical Save Casa Bonita had been moving to bash immoderate it tin to get the edifice afloat operational successful caller months. Right now, the arcade and acquisition store are unfastened with tours of the installation being conducted passim the day.

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“We cognize that determination person been a batch of radical successful Colorado that emotion Casa Bonita and person been moving connected this and we’re excited to enactment with everybody and marque it the spot we each privation to marque it,” said Parker, who was wearing a Colorado Rockies T-shirt during the speech with the governor.

Polis asked the originative brace if they program to amended the prime of the nutrient offerings — the edifice is known for having large sopapillas but not overmuch other worthy penning location astir — and some said that is simply a priority.

“I deliberation everyone knows the imaginable of what that spot tin beryllium and we surely do, and I deliberation it’s going to beryllium an awesome Colorado thing,” Parker said.

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Trey Parker and Matt Stone some grew up successful Colorado. The writing/producing/directing squad met erstwhile they were attending the University of Colorado astatine Boulder. Comedy Central hired the brace successful 1997 to make the fashionable animated bid “South Park,” a amusement that Steven Kroft of 60 Minutes said successful September 2011 “changed the look of cablegram TV.” Their pair’s fashionable 1999 movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut” followed. Then successful 2011 their elephantine deed Broadway philharmonic “The Book of Mormon” became a large victor astatine the Tony Awards.