The Colorado Springs Flea Market
Where can you go on the weekends that will please every generation in the family? Try out the Colorado Springs Flea Market. Plenty of room to roam, live music, beer, and a kid's bouncy house turns shopping for collectibles into a family outing. 
In an article by CSBJ.com published on July 8th, Ms. Sweet says:
Every weekend — except when the snow flies — thousands of people fill a 35-acre site off East Platte Avenue, buying, selling and bartering for antiques, books, clothes and furniture on the grounds of the Colorado Springs Flea Market. But it’s not an overgrown yard sale. The flea market has a restaurant, liquor license and entertainment. Customers can sip a margarita or a beer while perusing used books, one-of-a-kind antiques, vintage dishes or a variety of other items, from the odd to the mundane. “Over the years, it’s changed from selling things people didn’t want to being the place to go if you’re looking for something collectible,” said Randy Cloud, third-generation owner of the flea market. “Buyers come here with something in mind that they might resell later. Sellers do the same thing — it moves back and forth. It’s kind of amazing to think we’re supporting 600 small businesses every weekend.” One customer started selling photographs at the market, Cloud said. After a few years, he opened a shop in The Citadel mall. “A flea market is a wonderful place to test the market for your product,” he said. “If you can’t make it at a flea market, you won’t make it somewhere else. It’s different from a garage sale. There’s the opportunity here to sell new things as well. It’s a neat mix of new and old.” On Platte Avenue since 1993, the flea market got its start at another family managed business, the former Rocky Mountain Greyhound Park on North Nevada Avenue.
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