This is "The Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille" inside Coors Field. It is located down in the Right Field corner. Pretty snazzy place.
This is "The Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille" inside Coors Field. It is located down in the Right Field corner. Pretty snazzy place.
Couple of views from The Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille. OK? But I believe I'd prefer out in the open air & seats myself.
And yet . . . a couple more from The Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille. I don't really care for the tinted windows but I guess you gotta have it . . . the sun would be brutal in the late afternoon.
I could kind of get into sitting out on the deck of The Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille. I guess all this luxary quirks of a ballpark is sort of like my analogy of winning the lotto . . . "it would probably be a pain the arse, long unknown relatives showing up and such, but I wouldn't mind giving it a whirl".
Thats my old season tickets (2) just to the left of the foul pole in the middle of Row 1 of the upper right field deck.
A stroll down the hallway just outside The Mountain Ranch Bar & Grille towards the "Club Level" section . . . passing by the "SOL" again.....
. . . and into another bar! I could really get to liking this place! Ha! This is on the "Club Level". They weren't serving on this particular day.
Grass is looking pretty good for mid March huh? (read that on another thread . . . couldn't resist). Of course, it's been established for a spell . . . it should.
I inadvertanly posted this photo and note to the "Yankee Stadium construction" thread . . . and was being a wizenheimer at the time. I hate that when that happens!
Extreme Prejudice
My choice of words was because you guys filled that gigantic football stadium up every day for that first year-plus of the franchise before moving into Coors. Sure seemed like the city was thrilled to finally have a baseball team. And let's face it, MHS was an atrocity for baseball in the traditional sense, but Denver fans didn't care. The three level grandstand sliding out on a bed of water like a hovercraft (or something like that?), awesome. I was almost sad to see it go. A ballpark is only as good as those who fill it up. For example, who ever talked about the majesty of Wrigley during the 60s and 70s when it was a ghost town? At least half of what makes a ballpark good are the memories/fans. Looks only go so far.Originally Posted by DiggerODell
It just seemed like the team wanted to continue with the imposing horseshoe design when they moved into a real ballpark. Coors is peculiarly "football ready" if like I said, you were to pull out a bunch of retractable seating in right field. Keep in mind none of this is intended to be criticism on my part. Check out this crude seating chart to know what I'm talking about:
Coors Field dimensions: Left field: 347 ft.; left-center: 390 ft.; center field: 415 ft.; right-center: 375 ft.; right field: 350 ft.; backstop: 56 ft. Yea? You could hold a football game here, but again I would ask . . .why??? The dimensions are obviously for the altitude. Even that didn't work at first, but now that they keep the balls in a humidor things (runs scored per game) have tapered off a bit these past few years. Even before the humidor the problem to me has always been the humungous/expansive outfield and not the amount of homeruns hit.
I'm certainly not going to defend the city for expanding Coors capacity seating wise back in '94 because of the success of the Mile High crowds . . .I'm sure the powers that be figured those 50k plus crowds would last forever. They didn't. I haven't read attendance stats recently, but I would think they only fill the joint up about 10 times per year these days, with crowds of 20k - 30k more likely most other games. You are correct when you say "At least half of what makes a ballpark good are the memories/fans". All we can hope for here is a good product on the field . . . in 2007 the seats were filled every night/day in the latter part of the season. 50k makes it nice to know you "might be able to get a ticket" when things are going good . . . but the downfall is a half empty ballpark when things aren't.
Thanks for the replies Zoso . . I was beginning to feel like the ole Maytag man on occasions . . ha!
Down the hallways and out of the Club level. Getting closer to the field . .and I could feel it!
Display case for the Rockies minor league system.
Exactly 2 years after the groundbreaking, this was the progress of Coors Field.
A look down Blake Street. Gate C's cantilever fully installed. The clock "bed" in the brickwork beginning to form.
A look in from the 20th Street HOV overpass. Not much had changed in two weeks.
Closer look of the brick design.
The new 22nd street offramp to Blake Street. The back wall of Coors behind the right field portion of the park. Not that hot a photo, I think there were too much overcast that day . . . ha!
Peak in at the scoreboard framing and the very initial stages of the Rock Pile framing.
Another photo of Gate C entrance.
Things are looking better! 160 days, give or take a week or two. Next shots will be of Dec 18, 1994.
On into the Press Booth. I reckon they're spoiled compared to the old parks . . . Polo Grounds, Ebbets, Shibe, etc.
View of the field from the Press Room. The tour guide says that the former Rockies PA, Allan Roach used to work from this room, but that the new guy works upstairs near the radio broadcasters. We didn't get to see KOA's radio booth either. They still have "Rocky Mountains News" welcome on the table. It printed it's last edition on February 27, 2009. Oldest established business in Denver . . . Gone.
"Glory days, yeah they'll pass you by, glory days, in the wink of a young girls eye . . ." Couple of plaques showing the local newspapers on October 16, 2007, year of the National League Championship.
What a run!!!
Annual Branch Rickey Award Plaque.
Bleeds Pinstripes
I love the way this looks. I wish the yanks would do something like this, like a hallway with all the WS newspapers hanging in it. That would be really sick. If only those rocks could have been held on! I was rootin for 'em so hard!
That would be cool. Damn! They could have a hallway around the ballpark showing NY newspapers through the years. They always miss it . . . that is what fans like. Even these are in a hallway "typical Rockie Fans" would never see unless on the tour.
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