{"id":116628,"date":"2025-06-19T23:34:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/116628\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T23:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:34:15","slug":"is-the-colorado-rockies-bad-season-affecting-people-beyond-the-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/116628\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Colorado Rockies’ bad season affecting people beyond the stadium?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER \u2014 It’s hard to be a Colorado Rockies fan right now. Despite winning their most recent series against the Washington Nationals on the road, the Rockies record this season is 17 and 58. They were the fastest team to hit 50 losses in Major League Baseball history. They currently have the worst 70 game record in MLB history, and they\u2019re on track to beat last year\u2019s record of 121 losses set by the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n

National media has started to take notice of the team\u2019s poor performance, and worse than that, long-time fans are starting to question their loyalty. <\/p>\n

Lifelong Rockies fan Derek Johnston wrote to Denver7, asking the station to \u201camplify the voice of a fanbase that deserves better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrick Scott<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s come to the point where I\u2019m finally sick and tired of watching them lose,\u201d Johnston told Denver7\u2019s Nicole Brady<\/p>\n

Denver7 wanted to talk with different stakeholders to see how the Rockies\u2019 performance on the field is impacting people beyond the stadium. Patrick Scott, a season ticket holder who has attended nearly every home game this season, said he\u2019ll continue to go to games, win or lose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just feel the team is relatively young, and maybe this season everyone\u2019s learning a lot, so I’m hopeful for the future,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n

Christian Saez, host of the DNVR Rockies podcast agreed that many loyal fans are still tuning in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost entertaining to watch for a lot of the fans who just kind of tune in and say, this is just crazy to witness,\u201d Saez said. He hopes fans will look back on this historic season with some feeling of unity that they came through it together.<\/p>\n

Christian Saez<\/p>\n

Jack Corrigan, veteran play-by-play announcer for the KOA Rockies Radio Network, emphasized the passion people feel for the game itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if a team is struggling, something’s going to happen in the game. That\u2019s what you play for,\u201d Corrigan said.<\/p>\n

Average home game attendance at Coors Field has fallen every year<\/a> since the Post-Covid recovery. In 2023 the average was 32,196 per game. That fell to 31,360 in 2024. This year\u2019s average home game attendance so far is 28,518.<\/p>\n

Jack Corrigan<\/p>\n

It is possible that those numbers are starting to affect sales in the stadium. An anonymous employee of Aramark said while working concessions at Coors Field this year he\u2019s noticed a dip in morale and business, which he says is affecting his tips.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople aren\u2019t happy, and they don\u2019t want to pay stadium prices when they\u2019re not happy,\u201d he said. Denver7 reached out to Aramark to ask if sales are down, but we did not receive any response.<\/p>\n

Kate McKenna, Executive Director for the Ballpark General Improvement District said businesses in the surrounding neighborhood are still seeing strong turnout on game nights.<\/p>\n

Kate McKenna<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout 25,000 attendees come to the ballpark per game, which is a huge number for any neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the Rockies navigate this challenging season, it remains to be seen whether their current performance is merely a slump or a turning point for the franchise. In May, the team replaced manager Bud Black with third base coach Warren Shaefer, now serving as interim manager. <\/p>\n

As a longtime baseball fan, in addition to being an announcer, Corrigan noted that other teams have also faced historically dismal periods, and bounced back.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s the great line that everybody uses in this sport, but it’s accurate: that’s baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"nicole<\/p>\n

Denver7 | Your Voice: Get in touch with Nicole Brady<\/p>\n

Nicole Brady covers stories that have an impact in all of Colorado\u2019s communities, but specializes in reporting on education in our state and is a champion of Denver7\u2019s 360 reporting. If you\u2019d like to get in touch with Nicole, fill out the form below to send her an email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER \u2014 It’s hard to be a Colorado Rockies fan right now. Despite winning their most recent series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2405],"tags":[5,167,52,4316,25212,25213,20712,4,168,25214,25215,25216,25217,25218],"class_list":{"0":"post-116628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-rockies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-rockies","11":"tag-coloradorockies","12":"tag-coors-field-attendance","13":"tag-dnvr-podcast","14":"tag-jack-corrigan","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-rockies","17":"tag-rockies-360","18":"tag-rockies-historically-bad-season","19":"tag-rockies-losing-season","20":"tag-rockies-worst-season-ever","21":"tag-rockies-worst-team-in-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114712652463709941","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}