Broncos Stadium Tour

When a Google Deal comes along to tour the Sports Authority Field at Mile High, home of the Broncos, you don't pass it up.  Well, we didn't pass it up.  With Oliver's LOVE of the Broncos, we thought he would LOVE LOVE LOVE it!  We went with our new friends from Primrose and had a great time.  Well... except for Oliver falling ill toward the end.  Poor guy!

As we entered, we walked down the long entry way hall.

Straight away, we got to see the Broncos two Super Bowl trophies and meet two of the cheerleaders.  Oliver was all smiles but Kellan was playing shy-guy.

We toured the halls and all of the memorabilia.

These are the very halls that the players, coaches and cheerleaders walk through to get to their locker rooms.

Then, we emerged out to the field.  Look at the big eyes on Kellan.

Owen and Oliver FINALLY made it to the field!!

Wahoo!!!

So anxious, but still striking a pose for Mommy.

Running some sprints along the sideline.  They couldn't go out on the field, but they could run up and down it over and over again.

Coming in for the finish line.

Then, they pretended to run out from the locker room.

Go Boys GO!

Oliver didn't break the rules by touching the grass.  No one said you couldn't touch it, you just couldn't stand on it.  Someday, maybe he'll get to walk out on the field, or maybe run out of the locker room suited up in his NFL uniform.  You never know where this kid will go.  The sky's the limit.

The crowd listening to the historian talk about the stadium.

Bronco Loving Brothers

This is the scoreboard at the south end of the field.  Take note, they were working on taking it down while we were there and they are installing a new and improved scoreboard.

Back in the hallway, we headed to the visitors locker room.

Before going in, we stopped at the keg locker.  This guy talked about the capacity of the keg lockers, how many there were and how many feet of keg lines there were.  Maybe it's because I have spent most of my career in the beer business in the world's largest brewery, or maybe it's because their primary beer sponsor is not us (boo hiss), but I was under impressed.  Yes, it's a lot, but I would be more impressed if they were MillerCoors beer lines.

Inside the visitors locker room was the cold and hot therapy tubs.  We heard there were several of these in the Broncos locker room.

Kellan was ready to take a dip.

Visitors lockers.

Kellan was checking out one of the visitors chairs.  

Every time I asked for him to say "cheese" he gave me this pose.  Such a Cheesy Ham!

Boys in a locker

Of course, locker rooms have showers.

They also have toilets, or urinals in the mens locker room.  I'm still trying to figure out why there is a short urinal in a locker room for grown men.  Maybe I don't want to know why??

This is the sign you see when you leave the locker room.  The tour guide told us that showing the elevation was intentional to mess with the opponents heads and remind them that they are a mile high and the air is a bit thin up here.

On our way out, we saw some additional memorabilia.

Division Championship trophy's.

There were are also a few retired players.  Clearly, I'm not an ideal fan.  I have no idea who these guys are.

Heading out, Oliver was clearly not feeling well.  Before we got to the car, Keith was giving him a ride.

Before we left, I ran Kellan up to see the horses.  Without a doubt, this was the highlight for him.

Kellan and his favorite site, the horses.

By this time, Daddy was calling Kellan and I to tell us we had to go.  Oliver wasn't feeling well.  We buckled him in the car and he was sleeping before we pulled out of the parking spot.  He was still not feeling well on Monday morning so we kept him home and took him to the doctor.  One look in his throat and you could see that something wasn't right.  The Dr confirmed, he has a nasty case of strep throat.  Poor guy!!  He was a SUPER TROOPER for this tour and he loved it as much as he could.  It's a bummer that he wasn't feeling better, but at least he got to run some sprints with Owen and sit in the lockers.  What a treat to see where the Broncos play, up close and personal.