Opened in 1995, the park is located in Denver's Lower Downtown neighborhood, two blocks from Union Station.

Coors Field has earned a reputation as a hitter's park, due to the effect of Denver's high elevation and semi-arid climate on the distances of batted balls.

To counter this, the outfield fences have been moved away from home plate, and baseballs used in the park are stored in a humidor.

Coors has also hosted an outdoor hockey game from the 2016 NHL Stadium Series, along with numerous concerts.

To fund those improvements, the Rockies agreed to a long-term lease to develop club-owned nearby land.

However, after the Rockies drew almost 4.5 million people in their first season at Mile High Stadium – the most in baseball history – the plans were altered during construction, and new seats in the right field upper deck were added.

During the 1993 and 1994 seasons when the team played at Mile High Stadium, which was a hybrid football/baseball venue, the Rockpile was located next to the south stands, which were in dead center field and very distant from home plate.

[10] In 1991, Coors Brewing purchased naming rights "in perpetuity" to the stadium as part of their $30 million investment in the Rockies.

[11] A 2017 lease agreement that Rockies club ownership signed with the stadium district ensured that the name would remain at least through 2047.

The Blue Moon Brewery at The Sandlot is a microbrewery/restaurant that is behind the right-field stands, with an entrance from Coors Field, and from Blake Street.

Designers knew that the stadium would give up a lot of home runs, as the lower air density at such a high elevation would result in balls traveling farther than in other parks.

[16] In its first decade, the above-average number of home runs earned Coors Field a reputation as the most hitter-friendly park in Major League Baseball, earning the critical nicknames "Coors Canaveral"[17] (a reference to Cape Canaveral, from where NASA launches spacecraft) and "Williamsport" (referring to the site of the Little League World Series, which has been traditionally dominated by batters).

[A] To address this problem, a secure room-sized humidor was installed to have a damper place to store the baseballs prior to games.

[19] Coors Field twice broke the major league record for home runs hit in a ballpark in one season.

In order to combat the concerns of a home run friendly ballpark and to attract free agent pitchers, the Rockies raised two portions of the outfield fences prior to the 2016 season.

[42] On August 7, 2016, Ichiro Suzuki collected his 3,000th MLB career hit: a seventh-inning triple that was off the right field wall off Rockies pitcher Chris Rusin.

[50] Then, one week later on February 27, the Colorado Avalanche lost to the Detroit Red Wings 5–3[49] as part of the 2016 NHL Stadium Series.

In the spring preceding the 2007 Rockies season, Roach announced his retirement from his post at Coors Field to spend more time over the summer with his family.

He is also one of the voices of the train system at Denver International Airport, and has also been heard as the PA announcer at recent Super Bowls.

Coors Field was featured in the movie The Fan (1996) starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes.

[55] "Acclaim Sports Park", featured on All-Star Baseball 2004 and 2005, is a mirrored image of Coors Field.