Customer Reviews

Places Around the Bases: A Historic Tour of the Coors Field Neighborhood

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I'm Norwegian, I love America and I love love love Baseball. So when I had the chance to go to Denver, meet some internet friends and see Denver, my main priorety was to go to Coors field and see the Colorado Rockies play. This would be my first ever, real baseball game. When I was there I truly enjoyed myself. And I told myself "I am going back to this city and this wonderfull ballpark so help me God" and I also told myself I had to learn more about the surounding erea of Coors field. It looked historic yet very new and fresh. The local person who took me to the games told me that this whole erea had be revitalised from near slum to it's present prestine look thanks to the building and opening (in 1995) of Coors field. So when I got back home and online I wrote down Coors field, Lo Do, Denver and this book came up. I bought it and I could finally read all about the great red brick buildings around Coors Field, what I now call the Temple in Denver, and learn all about the fun little histories behind them. I loved Denver and Coors field. Reading this book made me want to go back and explore even more. Maybe even go back and stay.

Terrific Book! "Places Around the Bases" does a great job in relating Coors Field to its setting wihtin LoDo Denver. It enhances the experience of attending a Rockies home game by extending the experience to the neighboring historic district. This book helpes make walking through LoDo streets on the way to Coors Field as enjoyable a part of going to a Rockies Game as the game itself.