Fields Of Dreams: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado

This week's post service visits the abode of the Rockies inward Denver, Colorado.

The Rockies started play inward 1993 equally an expansion team, along amongst the Florida Marlins.  Their first season, as well as the following year, was played at Mile High Stadium which they shared amongst the NFL's Broncos.  The novel stadium was cook for work concern inward 1995. 

Since then, the Rockies bring made it into the postseason 3 times inward 1995, 2009, as well as when they made it into the World Series entirely to lose to the Red Sox inward 2007.  The big stars on the electrical flow squad are shortstop as well as erstwhile Dirtbag Troy Tulowitski, outset baseman Todd Helton, outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, as well as 3rd baseman Ty Wiggington.

In June of 2012, they're entirely ahead of the San Diego Padres inward the western sectionalization of the National League.

Here are the stats:

Year opened: 1995

Surface: Grass

Construction cost: $300 million

Capacity:  50,445

Field dimensions: Left plain – 347 ft.; left oculus – 390 ft.; Center plain – 415 ft.; correct oculus – 375 ft.;  Right plain – 350 ft.

Home team: Colorado Rockies (National League, MLB) 1995 –present

Events attended: i game

Coors Field, sitting a mile upwards inward elevation, is known equally a abode run common because the balls go further through the sparse air.  The walls are around of the deepest inward MLB, amongst a oculus plain distance of 415 feet.  Still, many balls respect their agency into the outfield stands.

A few rows from the overstep of the upper deck, at that spot is i row of seats painted inward the team's royal color. This marks the indicate where it is truly a mile inward a higher house ocean level.

Many dinosaur fossils were unearthed during construction.  To accolade this fact, the team's mascot is a dinosaur named Dinger.

The stadium's signature nutrient is Rocky Mountain Oysters, deep fried bison testacles.  We tried it...I approximate you lot bring to when you're here...and they tasted similar a real bland Irish Gaelic patato wedge.  Hardly whatsoever gustation at all.  The hot dogs were good, long, as well as narrow.  The beer alternative is proficient as well as tends to favor the brands made past times the park's namesake, Coors.

Coors too runs the in-stadium microbrewery where the gain Blue Luna was invented.

Accessible seating abounds, starting amongst the flavor ticket seats inward the front end row behind abode plate as well as running upwards through every degree fifty-fifty into the upper deck as well as the outfield inexpensive bleachers.  We sat at the overstep of the plain level, almost straight behind the on deck circle.  The stance was first-class but was only slightly marred past times the overhang of the instant deck amongst cutting off our stance of the real overstep of the scoreboard.  We were able to encounter all of the game action, however.

Tickets were no work at all as well as Denver has enough of companion seats to larn amongst the wheelchair seating.  Ticket prices run from a depression of $4 to $85.  Our seats were $55 each for the non-premium game against San Diego that nosotros attended. Just telephone phone (800) 388-7625 to social club tickets.

Transit is OK...light runway as well as bus service serve the expanse but the closest runway station is nigh a quarter mile walk away.  When the electrical flow structure is finished, it volition soundless live on a three-block walk to the stadium.  The low-cal runway has a depression capacity for wheelchairs on the trains.  There are enough of parking lots inward the stadium area.

It's a proficient stadium, non great, but meliorate than all westward coast stadiums amongst the exception of San Francisco. Coors Field sits behind St. Louis but ahead of Cleveland on our list.

-Darryl

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