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2016 Stadium Series: Coors Field Preps For Avalanche And Red Wings

Ah, the crack of the bat, the smell of green grass! Hope springs eternal at Coors Field as the hometown Colorado Rockies prepare to...wait, hold on. It's February, it's frigid outside, and pitchers and catchers haven't even reported to Spring Training. What's going on here?!

It's strange walking into a baseball stadium in the dead of winter. There are no fans shuffling about the concourse in purple pinstripes, no food vendors peddling hot dogs and cotton candy, no sounds of baseball emanating from the field below. It's unnaturally empty -- quiet. In place of these familiar stimuli is an army of men in yellow vests, busy constructing what will become the venue for February 27th's Stadium Series event featuring the Colorado Avalanche and their former division rival Detroit Red Wings.