Introduction
Coors Field is the home ballpark of the Major League Baseball (MLB) team Colorado Rockies, situated in Denver, Colorado. Coors Field was opened on April 26, 1995, and was the first baseball-only National League Stadium since Dodger Stadium in 1962. The first baseball game was played on April 26, 1995, between the Colorado Rockies and the New York Mets, which the Rockies won 11-9.
However, the Colorado Rockies played their first two seasons during 1993 and 1994, in the Mile High Stadium before moving to Coors Fields.
Address of the Coors Field is –
2001 Blake Street,
Denver, CO 80205-2000,
(303) 762-5437,
United States.
Design
Coors Field was designed by the architect firm Populous, and the construction cost was $300 million. The majority of seats in the stadium are dark green, whereas seats in the twentieth row of the upper deck are purple. This stadium or ballpark has an old-fashioned clock tower atop its core entrance and is constructed with hand-laid brick. Coors Field is named for the Coors Brewing Company of Golden, Colorado, which purchased the naming rights in 1995. It features five seating level: the upper concourse, the suite level, the club level, the mezzanine, and the main concourse. The main scoreboard is positioned away from the left-field bleachers, while fourteen feet high out of town scoreboard makes up a part of the right-field wall. A 2,300 seat bleacher section, the Rockpile, is situated behind the center-field backdrop and offers a distinctive view of the playing field.
Dimensions
• Surface – Grass.
• Capacity – 50, 455.
• Left-Field – 347 feet (106 m).
• Right-Field – 350 feet (107 m).
• Center-Field – 415 feet (126 m).
• Left-Center – 390 feet (119 m).
• Right-Center – 375 feet (114 m).
• Backstop – 56 feet (17 m).
Features
• All the spectators must pass through security checks before entering the Coors Field.
• It maintains nine family restrooms, 29 men’s restrooms, and 32 women’s restrooms all over the stadium.
• Concessions such as Rockies Dog (a foot long beef hot dog), nachos, ice-cream, pizzas, and beer are available at Coors Field.
• Smoking is allowed only in the smoking zone marked with yellow lines. In other areas of the stadium smoking is strictly prohibited.
• It has the vast amount of facilities that includes the Roundeus at the Sandlot Brewery, Rockies merchandise store, Diamond Dry Good gift shop, and over 4,400 club seats.
• There is a heating system under the field that melts snow the time it hits the field, and the natural grass field can deplete five inches of water per hour.