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DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL - Colorado is known for its breweries and has many fine wineries. How about the first marijuana "weedery?"

That's what entrepreneur Christian Hageseth wants to bring to the state. He says he's going to open something similar to a brewery or a winery, which will "help demystify and normalize legal marijuana by providing a unique cultural and educational experience."

Hageseth and his company, American Cannabis Partners, said the $35 million "weedery," Cannabis Ranch, will open next year and will include a marijuana cultivation facility, a 3,000-seat amphitheater, a restaurant and rooftop bar, a dispensary, a gift shop, and "sweeping views of Colorado's Rocky Mountains." The facility will be located within 30 minutes from downtown Denver, materials for Cannabis Ranch explained.

Hageseth said the Colorado weedery will be the first of five he's planning to build and he's trying to raise $100 million for the effort.

He told the New York Times this week that his next weederies will be in Nevada and Massachusetts and then California and Washington.