They do not take reservations and the line is always long. They started out in this modest Hillcrest location and now boast over 10 locations including multiple ones in Las Vegas, it’s no surprise they are well known, and for good reason. The usual rate is $344 per day, but the Rockies pay just 5 percent of that amount to close the sidewalk for four hours before first pitch until two hours after last pitch.Hash House A Go Go, or Hash House for short, is a super popular Hillcrest breakfast hotspot known for their “twisted farm food”. The team will pay just $1,393.70 to shut down the street and sidewalk in front of the stadium in 2023, thanks to a special event reduction that saves the franchise over $25,000. “The intended purpose is to assist with the safety of the general public and to assist with DPHE health and safety guidelines and DPD/Rockies security, safety and crowd control for ticketed spectators,” the permit application says. While the Rockies did not respond to requests for comment, the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure shared the Rockies' 2023 Public Sidewalk Occupancy Permit with Westword. Vazquez says she doesn’t sell nearly as much from her new spot at the corner of 22nd and Blake as she did in front of the stadium entrances on Blake. That permit requires people to dismount bikes, scooters and skateboards between 20th and 22nd streets along Blake Street and prevents vendors from selling directly in front of the stadium. The area in which they can roam has shrunk in recent years, too, because the Rockies obtained a Public Sidewalk Occupancy Permit to shut down the sidewalk outside the ballpark. For 2023, attendance has been trending much lower - with the team registering its first showing of fewer than 19,000 fans since 2013 on April 19.Ĭatie Cheshire There is one quirk: Peddlers can’t stay in one place while selling they must move about. Bud Black's squad has managed to go 13-9 in May so far, but this month has also been the fifth wettest on record - which vendors think has led fans to stay away.īefore this season, the Rockies finished in the top ten for average attendance in Major League Baseball six years in a row. With a record of 22-29, the Rockies are currently sitting in last place in the National League West division and have the sixth-worst winning percentage in Major League Baseball. “If it’s cold, no business.”Īmelia Vazquez, another longtime street seller whose son translated for her, tells Westword: “The Rockies aren't doing well, so now many people aren’t attending the games. “If it’s hot, it’s fine,” says vendor Jesus Rodriguez, who’s been selling snacks before Rockies games for more than two decades. Those in the industry say bad weather and an uninspiring 2023 Rockies team are to blame for the drop this year. The city has seen a 79 percent drop in vendors since before the pandemic there were 39 licensed food sellers in January 2020.
“People lost interest and stopped trying to get their license,” she says, speaking in Spanish with her son helping translate. She and other vendors would post up by the dozen in the shadow of Coors Field at 20th and Blake streets to dish out cheaper ballpark eats to fans, with nearly forty different peanut peddlers licensed to sell before the pandemic, according to Department of Excise & Licenses records. For 24 years, Patricia Bravo has been slinging peanuts, chips, sunflower seeds, bottled drinks and other snacks on the streets outside Coors Field before Colorado Rockies games.īravo remembers how busy the area outside the ballpark was when the MLB team was last in the playoffs, in 2018.
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