The Mile High Experience


Tomorrow I will do my usual game re-cap for the old Broncos. But today's post is devoted to the Mile High experience after Lindsay and I attended our first game in person. Below are some thoughts I have after experiencing a game in person.

* The Hotel VQ is awesome. Last August we toured the stadium and noticed a little hotel nearby. When we got the chance to go to the game, we remembered the hotel and got a room. It was a fantastic idea. First, you get free parking. Second, it's about 10 minutes from the stadium. So it was easy to walk into the game and easy to get back to our room, and a bed, shortly after the game.

* The seats are tiny. This seems to be a trend at professional sports. Somehow the seats at professional sporting events are designed to make commercial airlines roomy.

* There is a lot that happens during TV timeouts. I never really thought about what happens at the stadium during a TV time out, but there are performances, dance parties in the stands, fun trivia, and special fan appreciation events. In fact, at half time, there was 700 youth cheerleaders. It's all kind of charming.

* It is really loud there. I mean really loud. And it wasn't even full. There was about 69,000 people. It was awesome.

* The atmosphere is electric. There really is nothing like being at a real game.

* The stadium is huge. I know, we accidentally walked all the way around it because we missed our gate the first time around. It is massive. It is impressive. There are a lot of stairs...

* My wife has knicknames for the players. This isn't related to the stadium, per se, just that she got so into the game that the knicknames came out. This is a surprising development.

Overall, it was an incredible night. Sure, it was preseason. Sure, the Broncos looked off at times. And, sure, it poured in the fourth quarter. But it was a great experience, and we stayed in our seats for all of it!

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