FRONT RANGE NEWS MAY 2018 Advancing Productivity, Innovation and Competitive Success PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING Wednesday May 16th, 2018 TOPIC: Running a Global Beer Company Test MayYour PDM Skill @ andCoors Win Field Prizes SPEAKER: Pete Coors Location: Coors Field in the Mountain Ranch Bar Parking at Coors Field Park in Lot A (1694 Park Ave) and take the stairs to Gate A, if you need assistance let us Speaker and Topic: know. Join us as Pete Coors (yes that Pete Coors; Chairman of ENTRANCE the Molson Coors Brewing Company) talks about growing Gate B located at 22nd and Blake Streets a company from one brand in 11 states to a world wide Registration opens @ 5:15 company with more brands than colors of the rainbow. First Tour begins @ 5:30 Peter H. Coors has a bachelor’s degree in industrial Second Tour begins @5:50 engineering from Cornell University, a master’s degree in INSIDE THIS ISSUE business administration from the University of Denver. Schedule 5:30 Registration and Speaker Networking & Topic 1 6:30 Dinner He also has received honorary doctorates from Regis University in 1991, Wilberforce 7:30 Business Meeting Coors Field Map & Parking Info 2 TheUniversity in 1992, Johnson & Wales University in 1997, and Colorado State 7:45 Presentation University in 2011. Baseball in Denver 3 Fees Students: $10 Presidents Pete’s professional career in the brewing business follows a Coors tradition that has Members: $30 Message 4 spanned more than a century and five generations of Coors family members. In Non-members: $35 2002, Pete was named chairman of, Coors Brewing Company and chairman of Education News 5 Adolph Coors Company. Currently, Pete is chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Location: CLTD Award 6 Company. Coors Field 2001 Blake St ISF Symposium 7 - 8 Denver, CO 80205 Pete’s outside board of director membership includes Energy Corporation of America and American Enterprise Institute. He is president and a trustee of the Adolph Past Chapter Menu: Presidents 9 Coors Foundation. His numerous and diverse civic responsibilities include serving Salad: Seasonal Field as a trustee and member of the executive board of the Denver Area Council of the Greens Board of Directors, Boy Scouts of America, and a member of the Western Stock Show Association board. Entre: Braised Short Officers, Ribs Administrators 11 Pete is an avid outdoorsman. Active in wildlife conservation, he serves on the Vegetarian: Company Roasted Mushroom and boards of several conservation groups. Peter is currently a national trustee and also Coordinators 11 Goat Cheese Tart is a former national president and chairman of Ducks Unlimited. Calendar of Upcoming Desert: Events 12 Dark and White Pete is the son of Joseph and Holly Coors, and is a great-grandson of Adolph Coors, Chocolate Cheesecake who founded the Golden brewery in 1873. He and his wife, Marilyn, have six children and thirteen grandchildren. Register Today th Please register by noon Friday, May 11 . Register by responding to your e-mail invitation $100 Progressive PDM Drawing Missed again! or If Lars Erkelenz had been at the April PDM he would have walked away with $700. By calling APICS at (303) 421-0797. Sorry Lars, you have to be present to win. You may also register on our website at: Good news for the rest of us, the drawing will be for $800 next month. 1 www.apicscolorado.org COORS FIELD EVENT PARKING The Coors Field Main Parking Lot A (see red star) – Access to this lot is from Park Avenue and Wazee Streets. You may park in any available space, including disabled spaces (designated as disabled only during games). This lot is free; however, there is a large flight of stairs to the left of Gate A you must use to get to your event- if you need assistance, please don’t hesitate to let us know. From I-25 (going North or South): Take the Park Avenue Exit Get into the left hand lane Make a left onto Wazee St. (heading away from the stadium). This will take you down a ramp into Parking Lot A. From downtown Denver: Take Park Avenue West (a one-way street) Make a right onto Wazee St. (heading away from the stadium). This will take you down a ramp into Parking Lot A. ENTRANCE : Gate B located at 22nd and Blake Streets (see green arrow). o Registration opens @ 5:15 o First Tour begins @ 5:30 o Second Tour begins @5:50 2 Fun facts about Colorado Baseball and Coors Field By Roger Harris PLAY BALL! Denver has been a baseball town for many years. In 1862 the “Denvers” played at George Tebeau field, in 1887 the Philadelphia Phillies became the first big league team to play in Denver. In 1901 the Denver team was called the Bears and won 3 league titles. Then in 1917 professional baseball disappeared from Denver. Various Denver Bears teams were in Denver 1922-1932, Then Triple AAA baseball came to Denver in 1955. Many of you remember that Denver was home of the minor league Triple AAA Denver Bears for many years. What you might not know is that the Denver Bears were the Kansas City Blues from 1901-1954. They were pushed out of KC when a major American League team, the Philadelphia Athletics moved to KC. The Blues moved to Denver in 1955 and became the Denver Bears. The team mostly played at Mile High Stadium but most knew it as “Bears Stadium”. In 1985 the team changed it name to the Denver Zephyrs (named after the famous passenger train that traveled from Chicago to San Francisco through the Rockies). In 1993 the major National League Colorado Rockies expansion team came to Colorado. In 1994 the Zephyrs moved to New Orleans where they remained the Zephyrs until 2017 when they were rebranded the Baby Cakes. Kind of a takeoff on King Cakes and Marti Gras. The Baby Cakes had a unique promotion that any child born 2017 or later in Louisiana is eligible for a lifetime pass to the Baby Cakes! RECORD CROWD WELCOMES THE ROCKIES In 1991 Denver was awarded a National League expansion franchise that would become the Colorado Rockies. On April 9, 1993, the Rockies played their first home game in front of a big league regular season record crowd of 80,227 fans at Mile High Stadium! Eric Young hit the first home run for the franchise in the bottom of the first inning! That first year they attracted 4,484,250 fans to watch the Rockies play, another major league record. They continued to play at Mile High Stadium for the 1994 season. COORS FIELD OPENS Construction on a new Baseball stadium began in lower downtown on October 16, 1992. Dinosaur fossils were discovered during construction including a 1000 lb. Triceratops skull. The stadium was briefly nicknamed Jurassic Park. In 1995 a new stadium was completed at 20th and Blake street, it would be called Coors Field. The first Baseball only field built since Dodger Stadium in 1962. Coors field opened with a game between the Rockies and the NY Mets on April 26, 1995. The Rockies won after 14 innings. That day I was sitting on the top row behind home plate (above the purple mile high row) with a ticket I had won in a raffle that morning. The seats at Coors Field are green except the 20th row of the upper deck that is 5280 feet above sea level and that row of seats are purple. Coors Field combines the nostalgic feel of a 1920’s ballpark with 21st century technology and comfort. The hand laid brick helps the park blend into downtown Denver with great appeal. Coors Field is owned by the Denver Metropolitan Baseball Stadium District. It was financed with 75% public funds from a 1% sales tax increase and 25% by private funds the Rockies contributed, and it cost $215m to build originally. Coors Field has a grass field and currently seats 50,398. The Coors Brewing Company has the naming rights for the stadium for life. The team and the stadium have already had many memorable events. Hosting the All Star game in 1997, and the World Series in 2007. There was even a no hitter game in 1996 at Coors Field. There have been many Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards achieved at Coors Field as well. The record attendance at Coors Field is 51,267 fans. To compensate for the dry thin air and the possibility of home runs, the Coors Field outfield was extended out. However, Coors Field quickly earned the reputation as a hitter friendly park due to the number of home runs, triples and doubles. A room size humidor was installed to store baseballs and homeruns have decreased, but Coors Field remains the most hitter friendly park in the big leagues. After the 2013 season the upper right field seats were converted to an outdoor party deck. In 2018 the scoreboard was expanded 258%. Beautiful Park, Great Team, Great View, Cold Beer, Great Friends and Baseball. What more can you ask for on a nice summer evening? 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Happy May, everyone! It is one of my favorite months as the days get warmer and blossoms appear everywhere. At our April dinner meeting, the following Colorado Chapter Officers were voted into position unanimously by the Colorado Chapter members present. Installation of the officers will be held at an upcoming dinner meeting. Elected Slate of Officers for the 2018-2019 term: President - Roger Harris, CFPIM, CIRM, C.P.M., PMP, CSCP, CPSM, CLTD VP Professional Development – Honey Johnson, CFPIM, CIRM, C.P.M., CSCP, CLTD VP Programs – Joe Grigg, CSCP, CLTD VP Membership – Evan Beggs, CPIM, CLTD Secretary – Jamie Swan Treasurer – Gary Williams, CPIM This is my final President’s letter to you.