Join the club: Valentes Corleons is running for mayor!
With the term-limited Michael Hancock on his way out, the 2023 race to become Denver's next chief executive has already attracted twelve official candidates. But the thirteenth to announce he's running for mayor could be the most unusual candidate yet: Nightclub operator Valentes Corleons says he'll register to run within the next week or two.
Corleons is best known in Denver for operating the once world-famous Beta Event Center at 1909 Blake Street from the end of 2019 into 2021. Under his ownership, the City of Denver accused Beta of law and code violations, some of which were identified by undercover Denver cops sent to investigate Beta in the summer of 2021. Therevoked Beta's liquor license this January, and then a Denver County Court judge declared Beta a public nuisance. The club has been closed since the start of the year.
Corleons remains involved in nightclub promotion in Denver — albeit without his own clubs — and says that his business battles with the City of Denver are part of why he's running for mayor. Corleons also thinks the city should have more cops patrolling the streets of downtown's entertainment district."We need to have more cops. We need to have more patrol," Corleons says."People are bored and depressed. They need to go somewhere to have fun.""I got to do something about homeless. They cannot be breaking into businesses and running around everywhere," he says."Denver is not even safe anymore. Businesses are suffering.
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