Baseball is a slow game compared to most sports, but the action inside Coors Field will seem positively breathless on Friday next to the logjam created by tens of thousands of fans streaming into Lower Downtown for the Colorado Rockies’ home opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 5.
Long before the first pitch at 2:10 p.m., LoDo bars and restaurants will throw open their doors with food and drink specials as live bands, street vendors and others add to the circus-like atmosphere. That also means congestion around the sold-out Coors Field (capacity 50,000), with slower traffic, less parking and other headaches for downtown workers and visitors.