Mile High Stadium (originally Bears Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium that stood in Denver, Colorado, from 1948 until 2001.
It hosted the Denver Broncos, of the AFL and the NFL, from 1960-2000; the Colorado Rockies, of the National League of MLB, from 1993-1994; the Colorado Rapids, of MLS, 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 PCL, from its completion in 1948, until 1992.
Famous quotes containing the words mile, high and/or stadium:
“For now the moon with friendless light carouses
On hill and housetop, street and marketplace,
Men will plunge, mile after mile of men,
To crush this lucent madness of the face....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“The house one story high in front, three stories
On the end it presented to the road.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“It’s no accident that of all the monuments left of the Greco- Roman culture the biggest is the ballpark, the Colosseum, the Yankee Stadium of ancient times.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)