Colorado Rockies: Some things may change, but Coors Field won’t

Denver sports fans woke up to another change on Thursday morning, but the name of the home of the Colorado Rockies continues to be one thing you can count on in a crazy year.

We’ve all lived through the numerous name changes that have adorned Mile High Stadium in recent years. Now we know that the Pepsi Center in Denver is no longer either … at least in its name. On Thursday morning, it was announced that Ball Arena (formerly known as Pepsi Center) will be the new home of the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, and Colorado Mammoth.

Despite the name changes, we’ll always refer to those other stadiums as Mile High and “The Can” in Denver, right? There are certain things that simply can’t be taken away.

And that includes all of the jokes that surround the home of the Colorado Rockies, Coors Field. Rest assured that, in a year when anything seems possible, simply mentioning the name “Coors” in a baseball conversation will continue to have meaning behind it for years to come. And it will be current memories as well, not the “remember when this stadium was called…” stuff.

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Simply put, Coors Field is still Coors Field. It has been since 1995. It will be for years and years to come. Despite everything that has happened in this train wreck known as 2020, some things you can still count on. And some things will be true in 2021, 2022, and the foreseeable future.

As was stated in this Denver Post article, the name of the baseball cathedral at 20th and Blake was ensured yet again as part of a $200 million, 30-year lease agreement inked by Rockies ownership and the Denver Metropolitan Major League Baseball Stadium District in 2017. Naming rights for Coors Field were granted “in perpetuity to Coors Brewing Co. and its successors.”

By the way, “perpetuity” is defined by Merriam-Webster as “eternity” or “infinite time.” Death, taxes, and Coors Field being called Coors Field are all things you can count on.

So raise a glass today to the memories you’ve had at the Pepsi Center and go ahead and start making your best jokes involving “Ball” now.

Meet you at “the jar?” It just doesn’t have the same ring.

“Coors” every time a long home run is hit somewhere in MLB? Now that’s something you can count on, no matter the year.