06.22.15 Denver Rockie’s Coors Field tour

Monday, June 22, 2015 – Roy and I love professional baseball and football so traveling to Denver to see Coors Field and Mile High Stadium was a must do on our schedule. Roy wanted to see Mile High Stadium and I wanted to go to Coors Field and watch a game there. We compromised and are going to tour both stadium for less than the cost of a ticket to see the Rockies play. We started the day at the Denver Rockie’s Coors Field for the 10 am tour.

The center field bleacher section is named “The Rockpile”.

While most of the seats in Coors Field are dark green, the seats in the 20th row of the upper deck are purple. This marks the city’s one mile elevation point.

Behind the center field wall is a landscape decoration that reflects the typical environment of the Rocky Mountains. This landscape area consists of a waterfall, fountains, and pine trees. After a Rockies home run or win the fountains shoot high into the air.

Built in 1999, Coors Field has a capacity of 50,398 sitting on 76 acres. Fans sitting in the first-base and right-field areas are treated to a spectacular view of the Rocky Mountains.

The exterior of the stadium:

The field, dug outs and stands

Markings being hand painted on the field The Rockies big screen

The visitors dug out.  We made a call to the bullpen while we were there!!The press box from the field

A small part of the press box from inside –

The visitor’s locker room and training room – check out the free sunflower seeds and bubble gum!

  

Visitors batting cage

Part of the visitor’s snack room

Part of the visitor’s bathroom.  All sorts of products laid for them to use.  Colorado Rockies All Stars      One of the many suites

The Rooftop – a standing room only area that can hold 2000 people.  Miscellaneous pictures!

We then traveled over to the Denver Bronco’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High.  I’ll continue today’s adventure in tomorrow’s blog post.  Ya’ll come back now, ya’ hear!!

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