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Article: ALL-STAR GAME FILLS MILE HIGH VOID ONLY JEWEL MISSING FROM COORS FIELD'S CROWN IS WORLD SERIES.(Local)

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July 7, 1998
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Byline: Guy Kelly Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

Tonight, all the stars play ball in Denver.

The best of baseball will grace Coors Field, serving as yet another jewel in the crown of a ballpark that in just a few years has transcended sports and stands as a symbol of the city's revitalized historic heart.

Thanks to a thriving economy and one of baseball's most spectacular success stories, a part of downtown that was home to tumbleweeds not long ago now thrives.

``What the stadium has done for the city and how much people like to see games there is more important to me than even hosting the All-Star Game,'' former stadium district ...

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