End of an era: Quintana Boxing knocked out of Sloan's Lake Park.
The boxing club moved into a building on the southwest corner of Sloan’s Lake Park in 1988, after Ray Quintana asked then-Mayor Federico Peña if he knew of a space where he could start a boxing program for children in the area. Peña showed him the vacant building, then arranged to let the club use it for free since it would be providing a public service.
But on January 12, 2022, Mike Quintana, Ray’s grandson, received a notice from Scott Gilmore, deputy executive director of Parks and Recreation, saying that the city would terminate its longstanding lease agreement with Quintana Boxing on May 31. The city needs the building back, Gilmore says, because thethat Denver voters approved last November include funding for a renovation of the Sloan’s Lake Boat House, currently the office for the department's Northwest Park Maintenance District.
He's now looking for a new home for the gym. He says he’s found a potential location in Westminster but is waiting for sponsorships and funding to align. In the meantime, he’s still coaching young boxers who recently graduated from high school. They are helping him take down the gym’s equipment and practicing their uppercuts on the last bag still hanging in the Sloan's Lake space.
“I love this place,” Quintana says. “I don’t want to leave. This place means a lot to me because of what we built here.”, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism.
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