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| Former names | Bears Stadium (1948-1968) |
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| Location | 2755 West 17th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80204 (now demolished) |
| Opened | 1948 |
| Closed | 2001 |
| Demolished | January, 2002 |
| Owner | City and County of Denver |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $500,000 |
| Capacity | 76,273 |
| Field dimensions | Baseball Setup Left Field - 333 ft (101 m) Left-Center - 366 ft (112 m) Center Field - 423 ft (129 m) Right-Center - 420 ft (128 m) Right Field - 400 ft (122 m) |
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| Denver Bears (AAA) (1948-1984) Denver Zephyrs (AAA) (1985-1992) Denver Broncos (NFL) (1960-2000) Denver Gold (USFL) (1983-1985) Colorado Rockies (MLB) (1993-1994) Colorado Rapids (MLS) (1996-2001) Colorado Caribous (NASL) (1978) Denver Dynamos (NASL) (1974-1975) |
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Mile High Stadium (known as Bears Stadium until 1968) was a baseball, soccer and football stadium that stood in Denver, Colorado from 1948 until 2001. It hosted the Denver Broncos of the National Football League from 1960-2000, the Colorado Rockies of the National League of Major League Baseball from 1993-1994, the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer from 1996-2001, the Denver Gold of the USFL from 1983-1985, and the Denver Bears and Denver Zephyrs of minor league baseball's Western League, American Association and Pacific Coast League from its completion in 1948 until 1992.[citation needed]
For decades the stadium was considered one of the best home field advantages in the NFL.[citation needed]
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History
1940s
Mile High Stadium was originally built as Bears Stadium for minor league baseball by Bob Howsam in 1948 at the site of a former landfill. The stadium initially consisted of a single 17,000-seat grandstand stretching along the north side from the left field foul pole to the right field foul pole on the west side.[citation needed]
1950s
In the late 1950s there was an attempt to form the Continental League led by the famous Dodger General Manager, Branch Rickey. Bob Howsam joined ranks with Rickey, pleading for a major league team in Denver. Advised that to get a major league franchise Denver would need a much larger ballpark, Bears Stadium would begin the first of its many expansions. Over eight thousand seats were added to the south stands, bringing stadium capacity to 23,100. The new east stands increased seating to 34,657.[citation needed]
Major League Baseball’s answer to the Continental League was to expand the league, which would eventually lead to the folding of the Continental League. Although Denver was not awarded a franchise, MLB promised teams in the future for Denver and other cities. Howsam was now trapped with a large stadium and debt he could not afford. Frantically searching for a solution, he turned to football. After meeting Lamar Hunt, Bud Adams, and George Halas, Howsam helped form the American Football League (AFL) and Denver was awarded the Broncos.[citation needed]
1960s
A large bleacher section was added along the south side and temporary east stands were built in 1960, raising the capacity to 34,000.[citation needed]
Howsam's ownership in the AFL was short-lived as overwhelming debt forced Howsam to sell all his sports interests in 1961. His dream of major league baseball in Denver would be placed on hold for another 30 years.
Denver had to settle for the minor league Bears and the AFL Broncos who resembled football's version of the early New York Mets. The players looked comical in their yellow and black vertical striped socks and mustard yellow and brown uniforms, and the team was sometimes derided by local fans in the stadium when the Broncos would take the field. It took a few years to gain a following. In 1961 they drew fewer fans in a year than the Broncos now draw in a single game. In the middle of the 1960s uniforms changed, there were some wins, attendance turned around and more locals caught what came to be known as "Bronco Fever".[citation needed]
One condition of including Denver in the AFL-NFL merger announced in 1966 was expanding Mile High Stadium to at least 50,000 capacity. This required adding second and third decks along the west sideline (first base line). This expansion was completed in 1968, when the stadium was sold to the city of Denver, which renamed it Mile High Stadium and built the upper deck along the west side, thus raising capacity to 50,000.[citation needed].
1970s
As ticket sales increased, the stadium expanded to 51,706 seats. With a $25 million bond issue in 1974 another stadium renovation added 24,000 more seats. By 1976 seating was up to 63,000 as the upper decks construction was completed along the north end zone (third base line). An ingenious expansion that took place from 1975-1977 raised the capacity to over 75,000 by extending the upper deck along the north side and building a movable triple-decked stands along the east side. When fully extended, the stands would form a horseshoe for football, but when fully retracted by 145 feet (44 m), the stadium could still fit a normal-sized baseball field. The structure was 535 feet (163 m) long, 135 feet (41 m) tall and 200 feet (61 m) deep, weighing nearly 9 million pounds (4,500 t). In order to move the stands over more than 90,000 square feet (8,000 m²) of runways, water was pumped onto the runways and formed a .003 inch (76 micrometre) sheet upon which the stands rested. Hydraulic rams then pushed the stands forward at the rate of three feet per minute (15 mm/s), taking about two hours from start to finish.[citation needed]
1980s
In 1986, 77 luxury suites were added atop the west stands, increasing the official seating capacity to 76,123.[citation needed]
Mile High Stadium in the 1970s and 1980s was the only professional-caliber baseball facility to have an all grass infield, with sliding pits around bases. This unique feature was similar to several newer Major League Baseball stadiums that also used sliding pits, except those other stadiums all had artificial turf infields.[citation needed]
1990s
The large size of the stadium ensured that the expansion Rockies were able to set Major League Baseball attendance records before moving to Coors Field for the 1995 season. Indeed, the stadium was known for its loudness, the sound bouncing around within the horseshoe. Because of the huge size of the outfield and foul territory, as well as the 30-foot (10 m) high fence in center field, the stadium was not as problematic for pitchers as Coors Field proved to be. Their 1993 season attendance total of 4,483,350 is not likely to be broken any time soon. They were actually on a pace to top that in 1994 when the ballplayers' strike occurred.[citation needed]
2000s
On October 1, 2000, Broncos fans sustained the world’s loudest roar for 10 seconds, with a reading of 128.74 decibels, beating the previous world record by 3.34 decibels.[citation needed]
Mile High Stadium was closed in 2001 after the Denver Broncos and Colorado Rapids moved to neighboring INVESCO Field at Mile High upon the completion of the new stadium. The demolition of Mile High Stadium began in January 2002, an event covered extensively by local newspapers and broadcast live on television. The demolition was performed by Spirtas Wrecking Company of St. Louis, Mo., the same group that led the demolition of stadiums in St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Seattle. Mile High Stadium was brought down in segments rather tham being imploded due to the rather complex nature of the structural steel foundation. The process took approximately three months to complete, and when the work was done on April 17, all that remained of Mile High Stadium was some concrete that became the foundation for INVESCO Field's parking lot.[citation needed]
References
- Toast of the Town: Mile High Stadium rose from a dumping ground into the symbol of the city
- Denver Bids Fond Farewell to Mile High Stadium
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Home of the Colorado Rockies 1993 – 1994 |
Succeeded by Coors Field |
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Home of the Denver Broncos 1960 – 2000 |
Succeeded by INVESCO Field at Mile High |
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Home of the Colorado Rapids 1996 – 2001 |
Succeeded by INVESCO Field at Mile High |
| Preceded by Franklin Field |
Host of the Drum Corps International World Championship 1977 – 1978 |
Succeeded by Legion Field |
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