Life-sized Monopoly game hits Colorado | Arts & Entertainment [Video]

Everyone’s got a strategy when it comes to Monopoly.

Some players scoop up the high-rolling Park Place and Boardwalk properties. Others love to litter their properties with hotels. Some people prefer to stay in jail to escape moving around the board and paying rent.

Now’s your chance to put those schemes to work in “Monopoly Lifesized: Travel Edition,” an immersive and interactive experience based on the popular Parker Brothers board game that was first published in 1935. It’s open Tuesdays through Sundays through Feb. 9 at DCPA Off-Center at Broadway Park in Denver. It’s the first version of the experience in the U.S.

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“Denver audiences have an appetite and love for immersive work,” said Courtney Ozaki-Durgin, Off-Center creative producer. “Many people have some sort of connection to Monopoly — it’s a favorite pastime of America, but to be able to explode that out into more of a realistic experience is what people are looking for. It also helps with …