Miniature Mile High Stadium coming to Sports Authority Field parking lot
There’s a home plate painted in the middle of Lot J at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. It’s a small tribute to Mile High Stadium, which hosted baseball’s Denver Bears, before the Denver Broncos played in the noisy bowl from 1960 to 2000.
The Denver Broncos think it’s time for a better monument.
“Something to celebrate where the Mile High magic was born,” said Mac Freeman, the Broncos’ head of business development.
Freeman on Wednesday showed the Metropolitan Football Stadium District board the team’s plans to build a mini Mile High. The 11-foot-tall Mile High Monument will be a one-eighth replica of the old Mile High Stadium centered in the middle of Lot J northwest of Sports Authority Field.
Read more at DenverPost.com.
An bicyclist takes a break to watch demolition work on the west stands of Mile High Stadium on Feb. 7, 2002, in Denver. The Broncos routed the 49ers in the final NFL game at the stadium. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)