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Feces, cockroaches and mold: Denver venues have some of the worst food-safety violations in pro sports, new report says

Mouse feces, live cockroaches and black mold were among the critical health violations Denver sports venues racked up in 2016 and 2017, ESPN found in a wide-ranging review of food-safety inspection reports at sports venues across the nation.

The results, shared Thursday by ESPN’s Outside the Lines, named Broncos Stadium at Mile High, the Pepsi Center and Coors Field among the worst in the U.S. for food-safety violations at professional sports stadiums and arenas.

The home bases of the Colorado Rockies, Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche were included in the study of 16,000 food-safety inspection reports from 111 health departments nationwide, ESPN said.