Why Lakeside’s Cyclone hasn’t run in 2 years — and what the 116-year-old park is doing to bring it back

Parkgoers walk past the shuttered Cyclone roller coaster at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside, Colorado, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

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