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Colorado Rockies history: What was popular during the 2007 Rocktober season?

By Noah Yingling

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 09: Country singer Taylor Swift sings the national anthem before the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies on opening day at Dodger Stadium on April 9, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 09: Country singer Taylor Swift sings the national anthem before the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies on opening day at Dodger Stadium on April 9, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) /
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Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies
DENVER – OCTOBER 28: Todd Helton #17 of the Colorado Rockies htis a double against the Boston Red Sox in the second inning of Game Four of the 2007 Major League Baseball World Series at Coors Field on October 28, 2007 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

The Colorado Rockies and 2007: Some price comparisons

$1 in 2007 is worth $1.34 in 2021. In other words, for the Colorado Rockies, their end-of-season payroll in 2007, which was roughly $61.3 million, is equivalent to $82.2 million today.

Rockies first baseman Todd Helton made $16.6 million in 2007, which is equivalent to $22.2 million in 2021. The Rockies’ highest-paid player, as of now, will be outfielder Charlie Blackmon at $21 million.

In 2007, the average gallon of gas was $2.80, and in 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Association, the average price in the U.S. in November was $3.49.

In 2007, Denver home prices were a much more reasonable $291,000 whereas, in 2021, it has nearly doubled since 2007, as it’s $540,000 now. The Denver metro area has a population of 2.862 million in 2021 where it was only 2.26 million in 2007, or just under a 27 percent growth.

The Colorado Rockies and 2007: Top-grossing films

2007 was a good year for films. The top ten grossing films in theaters in 2007 were (in order):

  1. Spider-Man 3, $336.5 million
  2. Shrek the Third, $322.7 million
  3. Transformers, $319.2 million
  4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, $309.4 million
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: $292 million
  6. The Bourne Ultimatum: $227.5 million
  7. 300, $210.6 million
  8. Ratatouille, $206.4 million
  9. I Am Legend, $199.3 million
  10. The Simpsons Movie, $183.1 million
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