baseball history museum · $ · since 2010
National Ballpark Museum
One man's ballpark obsession, a block from Coors Field
Bruce 'B' Hellerstein kept this collection in his basement until 2010, when it moved into a storefront one block from Coors Field. It is the only museum devoted to ballparks rather than players: seats, turnstiles, bricks and signage from the 14 classic parks built between 1909 and 1923 (Ebbets Field, the Polo Grounds, Forbes Field), plus a Denver Bears and Rockies room. Smithsonian Books has recognized it. If Bruce is in, you get the tour, and the tour is the point. Adult admission is $20, which some visitors find steep for an hour, but nobody who cares about baseball leaves unhappy. Not affiliated with the Rockies or MLB.
Why go. Forty-five minutes of real baseball history before you walk to the game.
Go on a game day two hours before first pitch; it is a five-minute walk to the Coors Field gates.
A short walk from National Ballpark Museum
Blanchard Family Wines
$$A Sonoma-and-Colorado winery's tasting room in the Dairy Block alley.
LoDo · 1855 Blake Street
Belles & Boots
$$Line dancing and a mechanical bull in the old Sports Column space.
LoDo · 1930 Blake Street
Hayter's & Co.
$$Ballpark sports bar by day, video-DJ dance floor Thursday to Saturday nights.
LoDo · 1920 Blake Street
Tap Fourteen
$$Seventy Colorado taps on a rooftop half a block from Coors Field.
LoDo · 1920 Blake Street (rooftop)
Jackson's LoDo
$$The two-story sports bar with the rooftop deck across from Coors Field's gates.
LoDo · 1520 20th Street
Summit
$$Standing-room rock, hip-hop and metal a block off Coors Field
LoDo · 1902 Blake St