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Coors Field
Location	2001 Blake Street Denver, Colorado 80204
Broke ground	October 16, 1992
Opened	April 26, 1995
Owner	Denver Metropolitan Baseball Stadium District
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$300 million
Architect	HOK Sport
Tenants
Colorado Rockies (1995-present)
Capacity
50,200 (1995)
Dimensions
Left Field - 347 ft / 106 m Left-Center - 390 ft / 119 m Center Field - 415 ft / 126.5 m Right-Center - 375 ft / 114 m Right Field - 350 ft / 107 m Backstop - 56 ft / 17 m

Coors Field, located in Denver, Colorado is the home field of the National League's Colorado Rockies. It is named for the Coors Brewing Company of Golden, Colorado, which purchased the naming rights to the park prior to its completion in 1995. The Rockies played their first two seasons, 1993 and 1994, in Mile High Stadium before moving to Coors Field, two blocks from Union Station in Denver's Lower Downtown (or LoDo) neighborhood. The park includes 63 luxury suites and 4,500 club seats.

Coors Field has a reputation as a home run-friendly park that, arguably, equals Chicago's venerable Wrigley Field, and earned it the nickname "Coors Canaveral" among critics [1] (a reference to Cape Canaveral, from where NASA launches spacecraft). Though the fences are actually more distant than in most other facilities, the high elevation of the city (which is indeed about one mile above sea level) results in decreased air resistance on batted balls. Perhaps even more significantly, the low air pressure also causes pitches to break less severely and are hence easier to hit. Other factors include the relatively low height of the fences and very limited foul territory area. In an attempt to limit the number of home runs, balls are placed in a humidor before games in order to increase their weight. [2]

Coors Field was the first new stadium added in a six year plan to improve Denver's sports venues, along with the Pepsi Center and INVESCO Field at Mile High stadium. As with the other new venues, Coors Field was constructed with accessibility in mind. It sits near Interstate 25 and has direct access to the 20th Street and Park Avenue exits. Nearby Union Station also provides light rail access.

Coors Field was originally planned to be somewhat smaller, seating only 43,800. However, after the Rockies' first season, plans were altered during construction, and new seats, mostly in the center field bleacher section, were added. This section has its own informal name: "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.

The only no-hitter at Coors Field was thrown by Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 17, 1996. Another game of note was the 1998 MLB All-Star Game.

There have been four 1-0 games in Coors Field history, all since the humidor was in use:

• July 9, 2005, when the Rockies beat the San Diego Padres
• April 16, 2006, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Rockies
• July 25, 2006, when the St Louis Cardinals beat the Rockies
• August 1, 2006, when the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Rockies

Alan Roach was the main PA announcer since Coors Field opened in 1995. In the spring preceding the 2007 Rockies season, Roach announced his retirement from his post at Coors Field to spend more time over the summer with his family.[3] Roach is also the PA announcer for the nearby Colorado Avalanche and provides voice-overs for local sports introductions in the region, in addition to hosting a local sports talk radio show. Reed Saunders, 23, was chosen to be the new voice of Coors Field on March 16, 2007.

• Ballpark Digest visit to Coors Field
• Ballparks of Baseball
• Coors Field images and information
• Aerial photo of Coors Field from Microsoft TerraServer
• Aerial Views of Coors Field, StadiumFind.com

Preceded by Mile High Stadium 1993–1994	Home of the Colorado Rockies 1995–present	Succeeded by Current
Preceded by Jacobs Field	Host of the All-Star Game 1998	Succeeded by Fenway Park

Coordinates: 39°45′21.14″N, 104°59′39.02″W

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