Rental Car
Pick Up Your Rental
Pick upPhoenix · Apr 2
Drop offDenver · Apr 4
Total miles733 mi
Getting There · Step 1
Stay Tonight · Phoenix, AZ
Hotel
Phoenix Overnight
Check-inThu, Apr 2
Check-outFri, Apr 3
First pitch9:40 PM ET
Book near downtown or the ballpark so your first-game arrival stays simple.
DAY 1
Thursday, April 2
First pitch at 9:40 PM ET — Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Atlanta Braves at Chase Field tonight. Don't leave without Sonoran Hot Dog.
Stop 01 of 02
Phoenix, AZ · Thu Apr 2
Chase Field
Arizona Diamondbacks · MLB
9:40 PM ET
vs. Atlanta Braves
Must Eat at the Park
Sonoran Hot Dog
A bacon-wrapped hot dog topped with pinto beans, onions, tomatoes, jalapeño sauce, mustard, and mayo on a bolillo roll.
Local Beer
Four Peaks Kilt Lifter
Tempe-based craft brewery. The Kilt Lifter Scottish-style ale is the Arizona craft standard.
Four Peaks Brewing
The 2001 World Series and the Greatest Game Ever Played
Pilgrim Notes · Phoenix Baseball History
Stay Tonight · Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix Overnight
Check-inThu, Apr 2
Check-outFri, Apr 3
First pitch tomorrow at 8:10 PM ET. Leave by 6:02 AM.
Sat Morning
When to Depart
Leave by6:02 AM
Drive to Denver733 mi · 12.6h
Game time8:10 PM ET
Long drive — consider stopping overnight in Phoenix overnight.
Breakfast Stop · Phoenix, AZ
Before You Hit the Road
Matt's Big Breakfast
The definitive Phoenix breakfast. Tiny corner diner open since 2004. Cage-free eggs, house-ground sausage, thick-cut bacon. The Griddle Cake plate is legendary. Line forms before it opens.
Griddle cakes + house sausage
Open 6:30 AM–2:30 PM daily
Lunch Stop · I-40 E on Central Ave
Midway Fuel-Up
Frontier Restaurant
24-hour New Mexico institution on I-40. Green chile stew and cinnamon rolls at any hour.
cinnamon roll and green chile stew, open 24hrs
Worth the Detour · +15 min
Wigwam Motel — Holbrook
Sleep in a concrete teepee. One of only two surviving Wigwam Motels on Route 66, built in 1950 in Holbrook, Arizona. Vintage cars parked out front. The rooms are small. The experience is genuinely strange.
Holbrook, AZ · 15 min detourPhoenix → Denver
733 mi · 12.6h · long haul
DAY 3
Saturday, April 4
It's a 12.6h haul from Phoenix — plan to break this into two days or drive the night before. First pitch at 8:10 PM ET — Colorado Rockies vs. Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field tonight — Colorado Road Jersey Sweatshirt tonight. Wigwam Motel — Holbrook is worth 15 minutes off the highway.
Stop 02 of 02
Denver, CO · Sat Apr 4
Coors Field
Colorado Rockies · MLB
8:10 PM ET
vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Must Eat at the Park
Rocky Mountain Oysters
Deep-fried bull testicles. Yes, really. A Colorado tradition served with cocktail sauce. Try them.
Local Beer
Blue Moon Belgian White
Invented in the Sandlot Brewing Company in Coors Field's basement in 1995.
Blue Moon (Coors)
The Thin Air Problem and the Humidor Solution
Pilgrim Notes · Denver Baseball History
What to Budget
Estimates only — prices vary by availability
Tickets · 2 games (avg $46)$92
Hotels · 2 nights (avg $155)$310
Fuel · 733 mi at $0.18/mi$132
Ballpark food & drinks$100
Total Estimate$634
* Estimates only. Prices vary.
How This Trip Was Planned
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