My husband and I were invited by the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank (RMLEB) to attend the Denver Broncos against the Seattle Seahawks football game at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, last Thursday. We were given tickets that gave access to the indoor lounge, Bud Light Champions Club, and outside stadium seating. Food and drink were included, and we enjoyed a delicious buffet selection of food before the game.
In 2015, I became a cornea transplant recipient through this eye bank, and I am forever grateful for the gift of sight that my cornea donor gave to me. The eye bank representative told me a cornea donor family was also going to be at this game and that it would be nice to meet them to tell them about my experience receiving a transplant.
After dinner, we went outside to our assigned seats and enjoyed a wonderful end-zone view of the field. It was exciting to see the new live Andalusian breed horse mascot, Thunder. This is the fifth horse to be the mascot, a Bronco tradition since 1993. He gallops across the field after every Broncos touchdown.
The Broncos also have a character mascot named Miles, photo in upper right of the collage above, who leads the crowd in cheers from the field and sidelines.
There's plenty of fun opening-moment hoopla and fan-cheering fever before the game begins!
One exciting pre-game display is by members of
Thunderstorm, the official Denver Broncos Skydiving Team, the only professional skydiving team in the National Football League.
You can watch a video
at this link, taken by one of the skydivers as they fly into the stadium. It's amazing!
The US National Anthem begins the game. Both the American Flag and the Colorado State Flag are unfurled as the crowd sings along.
As we watched the game, we also saw a beautiful sunset over the distant Colorado Rocky Mountains.
There were some exciting plays and ...
...a spectacular halftime show called "Rock and Glow"!
We were given wristbands with lights that synced to flash with the music, glowing orange and blue--the Broncos' colors. Dancers in glowing light costumes danced on the field, and fireworks exploded all around the stadium rim.
My video of the show is very long, but I found a short YouTube video you can see at this link.
The best part of being at the game was speaking with Danette and her husband--the cornea donor family who were also Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank guests. It was wonderful to tell her how much my donor's gift of sight meant to me.
Click here if you are from Colorado or Wyoming and would like to know more from the eye bank about being a donor.
The game was a cliffhanger that went into overtime, but the Broncos won, 17 to the Seahawks 14.
If you are interested in watching an official video of all the game highlights. click this link.
It was so much fun to cheer along with the 76,000 + fans for the Denver Broncos in person at Empower Field at Mile High, and I am so grateful to the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank for sponsoring these wonderful events to encourage more of the public to consider organ donation in your area.
If you would like to donate to the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank, click this link.
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21 comments:
Great photos, looks like a fun time. It is always nice when your team wins too. Take care, enjoy your day! Have a wonderful week!
I would love to go and see a proper football game! It looks like such a big event! What a fantastic experience you had and brilliant photos! How cool that they have a horse as a mascot!
It looks like great fun! #MMBC
What a great experience for the two of you and that late overtime win must have been something!
Oh that really does sound like so much fun!
What a fun evening and, I'm guessing, a powerful experience, as well! The game and all the festivities certainly looked wonderful, especially with those beautiful Colorado views in the background, but, as you said, I can see how the highlight of the evening was meeting the donor family! Thanks for sharing it with us all and for spreading the word about this valuable gift!
This is an activity that I've never enjoyed.
Organ donation is here in Germany an important theme too. We know very well.
...on the other side I enjoyed reading about Denver. Thank you for sharing at MosaicMonday
Greetings by Heidrun 🎃
What a fun time and the smiles say it all. Beautiful shots.
Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday, Pat. ♥
That looks like a lot of fun. So good that you could get a transplant. We have a football team called Brisbane Broncos. They play Rugby League of which I'm not a big fan.
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Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday, Pat. ♥
This looked like such a fun evening! I loved seeing all the photos of the stadium, the mascots, and the beautiful mountain sunset. The most touching part was your meeting with the donor family. What a meaningful moment for everyone involved!
That is a great way to see a game. And you got to see them win. I've only been to two NFL games in my life and they were both thrilling experiences.
What a fantastic experience! Even better is that you received the gift of sight from a donor. Thank you for linking up.
What a fun and interesting outing. How amazing that you are the recipient of a successful corneal transplant.
So cool about meeting the cornea donor family. That had to be really special!
Good sky shots.
An overtime win and a gorgeous mountain sunset. It doesn't get much better than that! So glad you had such a special night out.
Hello Pat,
Great photos of the Bronco's game. The sunset is lovely.
Thunder the Andalusian Horse is beautiful.
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great day and a happy weekend! PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
That looks amazing, I bet it was so much fun! Happy Caturday!!! 🐈⬛🐾🎉🐾🐈⬛
What a beautiful story and an honor to be there and meet with the other family. I didn't know much about this so I appreciate you sharing. Icing on the cake....Denver won! YAY!
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