THEN
Mile High Stadium
• Built in 1948 by Denver Bears minor-league baseball owner Bob Howsam on a former landfill.
• Originally known as Bears Stadium until 1968.
• Hosted the Denver Broncos from 1960-2000 and the Colorado Rockies from 1993-94; it also served as a major league soccer stadium in the 1990s.
• The first Rockies game was on April 9, 1993 and the last Rockies game was on Aug. 11, 1994.
• The stadium's capacity was 19,000 seats in 1960 and reached its maximum capacity in 1986 with 76,123; an average increase of 2,197 seats per year.
• Thanks to the size of the stadium, the Rockies set Major League Baseball attendance records before moving to Coors Field in 1995.
• Total Rockies attendance in 1993: 4,483,350.
• Largest crowd: 80,227 on April 9, 1993 (home opener).
• The center-field wall was 30 feet high.
• The east stands (21,000 seats), built in 1977, moved to help convert the field from a football to baseball stadium.
• The field was heated to prevent freezing and allow for year-round grass.
• Mile High Stadium set a world record for loudest roar before closing in 2000.

NOW
Coors Field
• Structural engineer: Martin/Martin, Inc., consulting engineers, Wheat Ridge.
• Architect: HOK Sports Facilities Group, Kansas City, Mo.
• First official game: April 26, 1995 (Colorado 11, New York Mets 9).
• 76-acre ballpark is located at 20th and Blake streets in Denver's LoDo district. The park seats 50,445 fans and offers a glorious view of the Rocky Mountains.
• Aug. 16, 1990, a year before Major League Baseball gave Colorado an expansion team, voters from Denver approved a 0.1 percent sales tax to fund Coors Field. Total cost: $215 million.
• Most seats are green, however the upper- level purple seats are the line when the stadium is exactly a "mile-high."
• A baseball travels 9 percent farther at 5,280 feet than it would at sea level. A ball would travel 48 feet farther in Denver than it would in Yankee Stadium. A curve ball will have less snap and fastballs get an extra 6 inches of momentum. Since Coors Field opened the humidor to store baseballs in 2002, home runs have decreased and Coors Field has become more pitcher friendly.