Coors Field

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Quick facts

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Architect

HOK Sport (now Populous)

The deepest outfield in MLB to compensate for Denver's thin air, which adds roughly 9% to fly ball distance.

A row of purple seats in the upper deck — 5,280 feet (one mile) above sea level.
Largest playing surface and outfield in MLB by area, designed to combat the thin-air home run boost.
A humidor was installed in 2002 to store baseballs at controlled humidity, dampening the offensive environment.
Built in LoDo (Lower Downtown) and helped trigger the neighborhood's revitalization.

Game 163 in 2007 — Matt Holliday's slide home (or, debated, his hand never touched the plate) to beat the Padres and send the Rockies to the playoffs.
The 2007 'Rocktober' run — winning 21 of 22 to reach the World Series.
Todd Helton's 2,519 career hits, all in a Rockies uniform — culminating in a Hall of Fame induction in 2024.
The first All-Star Game played at Coors, in 1998.

1995
Coors Field opens
After two seasons at the Mile High Stadium (a converted football stadium), the Rockies moved into a permanent home in LoDo. Eric Young hit the first pitch for a home run.
2002
The humidor era begins
The Rockies began storing baseballs in a climate-controlled humidor to reduce the home run-boosting effects of dry, thin air. Run-scoring dropped meaningfully.
2007
Rocktober
The Rockies won 21 of their final 22 games — including the famous Game 163 vs the Padres — to reach their first World Series. They were swept by Boston.
2017
Wild Card return
Colorado made the playoffs for the first time in eight years. They lost the Wild Card game in extras at Arizona.
2024
Helton enters Cooperstown
Todd Helton was inducted into the Hall of Fame — the first long-tenured Rockie to be enshrined.