current rides and attractions. In January 2016, the Royal Gorge Company of Colorado paid the city a record high $2.1 million lease payment. Attendance in 2015 was the highest in the park's history at nearly 350,000 visitors. The attendance figure represented an increase of 20% from the attendance of about 292,000 in 2012, the last full year of operations before the 2013 fire. For the 2013 season the city was paid $1.68 million by the park's operating company, mostly from business continuation insurance. Park officials estimated after the fire that more than 26 million people had visited the park since it opened in 1929. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Fremont County, Colorado List of bridges in the United States by height Notes References External links Royal Gorge Bridge & Park Royal Gorge Bridge at HighestBridges.com Suspension bridges in the United States Bridges completed in 1929 Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Tourist attractions in Fremont County, Colorado Pedestrian bridges in Colorado Transportation in Fremont County, Colorado Buildings and structures in Cañon City, Colorado Bridges over the Arkansas River Bungee jumping sites National Register of Historic Places in Fremont County, Colorado Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Pedestrian bridges on the National Register of Historic Places Towers in Colorado Steel bridges in the United States 1929 establishments in Colorado