GC7B8A2 Before
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: AirDrone @ | Hide Date: 08/24/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 44.841 W105° 01.394 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                 

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Before, Elway, Manning, and 3 Super Bowl Trophies. .... Before the south stands, Mile High Stadium, McNichols, and today's *.* at Mile High Field. .... Before the Broncos, Rockies, Nuggets, Avs, Spurs and even the Zephyrs, ... there was another stadium here and it was the birthplace of the Mile High Magic

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It was originally known as Bears Stadium, after the Denver Bears, AAA baseball club. This stadium was one of the largest venues in history to host minor league baseball on a routine basis, and had the additional draw of being in one of the largest minor league markets at the time. For many years, the biggest crowds were on 4th of July fireworks nights, and every year the American Association scheduled the Bears for a home game. Crowds of 45,000 and more watched the fireworks game, easily the biggest crowds most minor league teams had ever played in front of. The Denver Bears were 1957 Minor League World Champions, along with being the New York Yankees farm team. The 1980 Bears were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.It is gone now... but you can still go to a SPOT [close to the old entrance] and look out and view what 70+ years has brought. Also you can remember when parking was free, when watching a ballgame and a hot dog was a less than a quarter. Once you have found the SPOT, email me with the unique number from it, to claim your smile.

Virtual Reward - 2017/2018

This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.

06/25/2019 By PastorChris
First of eight virtuals found in town today. I was in town for business and had some extra time. Nice to visit the home of the Broncos. Thank you

06/15/2019 By SpanDino
1050a , fs 2.0 , go bronco , $10 to park

06/05/2019 By aaevergreen
Answers sent. Thanks for the fun.

05/31/2019 By TFulton42
My first trip to the original Mile High was in 1977 when I was a member of a drum and bugle corps. It was nice to visit the site again!

Thanks!

05/25/2019 By Denali41
I came down from Wellington today with my puppies Orizaba and Chimborazo, hoping to finish up the great wherigo Selentic Age and then come farther south to get the "neon" wherigos along Colfax Avenue as well as the two virtual reward caches in Denver that I had not previously recorded. Things worked out well, and I worked my way through three cartridges, including Vintage Neon-East Colfax and Vintage Neon--West Colfax and both virtuals.

It was a super day of sun and warmth, such a change from the past week of cold, cloudy, rainy weather. Thanks for this virtual, AirDrone. An email is on its way.

08/23/2018 By Snooking Good
Visiting Denver on a short trip... being an NFL fan I had to make a find near the stadium and take some pics. I’m concentrating in different types of caches before I go get the traditionals. Thanks for the virtual and the history lesson. Would have never known otherwise.

08/20/2018 By skip1v
Neat!

08/13/2018 By TRUROKR
Visiting from California, this was only my second time visiting the stadium area. My first? AFC championship game in what would end up being the last Manning vs Brady game, on our way to Superbowl 50. I may live in California, but I bleed blue and orange! It was a lot quieter here today. Thanks for the history lesson, and thanks for the destination!

08/06/2018 By Alpenist
TFTC Certainly an interesting bit of history.

08/04/2018 By billkat
Been here long ago. Now just watch on TV. Tftc!

11/12/2017 By dustyriver
A find with BriGuy prior to an event. Was a surprise to see so many people in the area so early, so many hours before the game. But a good cache (hours prior to the game)