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Commerce City sites, including areas around DICK’S Sporting Goods Park, temporarily closed due to plague

COMMERCE CITY & TRI COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT - PLAGUE CONFRIMED IN PRAIRIE DOGS AT NUMEROUS COMMERCE CITY SITES

Per guidance of Tri-County Health Department, Colorado Rapids August 3 game to continue as scheduled, post-game fireworks have been cancelled, and parking surrounding stadium restricted.

Following recommendations from the Tri-County Health Department and the City of Commerce City, the Colorado Rapids game with Montreal Impact on Saturday, August 3 at 7PM will go ahead as scheduled. However, it has been recommended that the post-game fireworks display be cancelled due to the confirmed presence of plague-infested fleas affecting prairie dog colonies in the surrounding areas.