Coors Field Insider: Welcome to Coors Field

I have not been to Coors yet :(

Not bad for a fan 3,000 miles away.

I’ll patiently wait for the first topic :)

Been to Coors twice, but will be going much more often after we move to CO next year. Two important questions that perhaps future segments can address:

1. Parking: other than the extremely long & distant official lots, and parking garages near Union Station (where, we discovered, you can get trapped for an hour after a game),
are there any recommended locations, particularly for early arrivers?

2. Non-Coors beer? I know the name of the field, but one of the highlights of visiting most other parks is one or two locations to sample local microbrews. Colo. is microbrew heaven, but we could find none offered at Coors. If Coors has locked up a monopoly on beer sales at the park, that’s a shame and detracts from what should be a great baseball venue. But maybe exclusive beer sales rights went with the naming rights. If so, what a pity.

My one and only visit was fantastic in 2007 and the seats were in center field. I would like to know how to get those fancy seats behind home plate etc .:0

Great job Dan (remind me to give you a raise in the near future). We need to print this on some shirts eh RMN?

A tip at any sports venue: If your seats are over here, and the exit is way over there, wait a couple minutes after the final out/horn/buzzer, then make your way toward the exit by walking through the seats, not the concourse where all the jillions of people are. You’ll never have to stop for anyone.

There is nothing like walking onto the concourse after getting your ticket scanned, hearing the baseballs hitting the bat before you even see the field. Then, when you see that beautiful green grass and the boys of summer out on the field. The excitement builds more and more. Only thing I can think of is"Man, I can’t believe I’m here. After the 2 dozen or so games I’ve been to. There is nothing else like it. Hearing the PA announcer calling out the rules and regulations, chatting with other fans, taking pictures, waiting down by the dugout hoping to get the chance for an autograph and watching all the other fans slowly stream in towards their seats. Watching the scoreboard for lineups, or other interesting info they may show. Or, heading over the Pavillion in hopes of getting a ball during batting practice. Then, 15 minutes before game time, you finally get sat down, waiting for the National Anthem, the player introductions, and then finally. You get to root on OUR COLORADO ROCKIES. Then, you get to the 7th inning stretch, sing one of the greatest baseball songs ever, and then try to sing along with HEY BABY. There is nothing like a ball game in Denver on a warm beautiful summer night.

I knew there was a purple row but I’m embarrassed to say I Googled LoDo a couple weeks ago to find out its meaning.. awesome article series I can’t wait to read these

And sometimes, there will be Jim Beam girls there giving out free shots.

And sometimes, a girl at the end of the bar will say she wants to break your nose if you offer her your free shot.

I believe the count is 34 Major League Parks and Coors is right up there. Love the wide concourses and the fairly mellow crowd (usually). In 98 before our wedding, we took 30 of our guests (many out of towners) to a game saw the roider Sosa hit one of his homers during the chase and sat in the purple seats – got our group name on the scoreboard. My other Coors highlights were being there on a real crappy night and seeing Nomo no hit us. Was at the clinchers vs the Phils and the DBax in 07. My broom made it on TV when Holidays shot went over us in the bleachers but I did not. A couple of opening days and the playoff clincher in 09 were great also. Was picked for the trivia game with packed house during an Ubaldo/Lincecum matchup in 09 – I think they just wanted to get my son on the big board. I smile every time we walk through the turnstiles and wonder what we will get to watch that evening.

So many stadiums and so many stories. Wrigley might be my favorite because of all the history and unlike Fenway, you actually have some room in your seats. Hitting Wrigley for a matinee and driving to the Old County Stadium in Milwaukee for a night game was a great day but when the Brew Crew went extra innings we were tired campers. Befriending a bunch of locals and playing mound ball in Riverfront……the list goes on and on. Need to write a book.

Moral of the story – if you are on the board and have not come out to Coors then come out and do it. You never know what will happen (though I can pretty much assure you Lopez won’t have a multi hit game!) and will have great memories of a damn good time!!

I made it a point to come back for the 2007 and 2009 first round playoff games, however. In 2007 I bought tickets in the right-field box, right over the out of town scoreboard, right when they went on sale, when no one else bought them because making the playoffs was so improbable. Result? I drove up from Santa Fe for the weekend and missed some class, and I got to see game 3 of the Phillies sweep with my roommate (also a Rockies fan) from the second row.

2009 was similar, but I was flying over from Palo Alto instead of driving up. The same roommate got tickets in the upper deck on the last drawing, and I flew out and attended both games in Denver. Both were good games, but both were frustrating and, above all, extremely cold. As you may recall, the first game in Colorado was canceled because it was so cold, so I actually changed my plane ticket back a day so I could make it to the second game, only to watch the Phillies celebrate on our field.

In all honesty, though, much as I love playoff baseball, going to a sparsely attended regular season game is awesome, too, and I miss it more. Not only is it much cheaper, but there’s a kind of relaxed atmosphere that is very different from October baseball. Both have their virtues, but ironically I’ve gotten more of the intensity in recent seasons.

especially on the thursday, friday night and weekend games, park at a light rail station and ride from there. $4.50 for a round trip light rail ticket and usually free parking, depending on what station you leave from. i live next to the englewood station and that’s free parking, about a 15 minute ride and 10 minute walk to the stadium.

I’ve been blessed to have sat nearly everywhere- from the upper deck to the suites to the bleachers to behind the dugout, parked in a lot of places, and eaten a few things, in all different kinds of weather.
Looking forward to the series!

photo taken Father’s Day 2010