{"id":662363,"date":"2026-04-04T06:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662363\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T06:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:43:49","slug":"colorado-rockies-fans-celebrate-opening-day-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662363\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Rockies fans celebrate Opening Day in Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER \u2014 Colorado Rockies fans gathered in downtown Denver for Opening Day, focusing on making memories amid the team&#8217;s 10-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it is a yearly tradition or the start of something new, attendees agreed the day is all about the experience in the Mile High City.<\/p>\n<p>\u26be\ufe0f WATCH: Denver7&#8217;s Claire Lavezzorio reports on Opening Day festivities and how fans keep the faith<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Rockies fans celebrate Opening Day in Denver<\/p>\n<p>Denver7 met new dad CJ Gardner in McGregor Square as he experienced his first Opening Day with his 3-month-old son, Corey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be a sports dad, but I&#8217;m kind of turning into one of those,&#8221; Gardner laughed. &#8220;I wanted him to see the jumbotron, just to experience it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775285018_710_.jpeg\" alt=\"CJ &amp; COREY.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Denver7<\/p>\n<p>        CJ Gardner &amp; his son, Corey<\/p>\n<p>For others, the game coincided with their own special milestones, including twin sisters celebrating their birthday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any chance that we can celebrate baseball, we&#8217;re there,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>While it was not the outcome Rockies fans were hoping for, the community keeps them coming back season after season.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775285024_859_.jpeg\" alt=\"C0070.MP4.00_00_00_00.Still001.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Denver7<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the same time, you kind of expect disappointment at this point,&#8221; said Mitch Carter. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone&#8217;s out here to have a good time and enjoy the atmosphere,&#8221; Rockies fan Bryanna Sotelo said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Coloradans making a difference | Denver7 featured videos<\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-left\">Denver7 is committed to making a difference in our community by standing up for what&#8217;s right, listening, lending a helping hand and following through on promises. See that work in action, in the videos above. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER \u2014 Colorado Rockies fans gathered in downtown Denver for Opening Day, focusing on making memories amid the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2405],"tags":[5,167,52,4316,1040,21537,4,1406,168,84461,84462,84463],"class_list":{"0":"post-662363","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-denver","13":"tag-denver-sports","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-opening-day","16":"tag-rockies","17":"tag-rockies-fan","18":"tag-rockies-loss","19":"tag-rockies-v-phillies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116345086224776162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662363","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=662363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}