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Denver Post Accidentally Features Photo of Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park In Its Guide to Coors Field

Mistakes happen. One newspaper, however, recently made headlines of its own after mistakenly featuring the wrong photo on its cover—and the embarrassing gaffe is going viral on social media.

On Friday, the Denver Post published “The Ultimate Visitors Guide to Coors Field” in its Life & Culture section to celebrate the Colorado Rockies’ home opener. But instead of showing the newly-revamped Coors Field on the cover, the newspaper accidentally used a photo of Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

.@denverpost, I love you guys… but this seems to be a rather LARGE photo error in your Rockies guide. That stadium…. is Citizens Bank in Philly pic.twitter.com/Oycs87K1P7

— Nick Penzenstadler (@npenzenstadler) April 6, 2018

The size of the photo, which takes up six-columns, makes the glaring error all the more obvious. Near the center of the image, the red Phillies sign is visible, while the Philadelphia skyline can be seen peeking out from behind the baseball stadium. The Phillies mocked the error on Twitter by retweeting a photo of Coors Field that the Rockies had shared and writing, “What a lovely photo of Citizens Bank Park. Right, @denverpost?”

The Denver Post later issued an apology. “Due to a production error, an image of Citizens Bank Park ran in place of Coors Field on the cover of today’s Life & Culture section,” they tweeted Friday morning. “Please enjoy this beautiful image of Coors Field photographed yesterday. The Denver Post sincerely regrets the error.”

Due to a production error, an image of Citizens Bank Park ran in place of Coors Field on the cover of today’s Life & Culture section. Please enjoy this beautiful image of Coors Field photographed yesterday. The Denver Post sincerely regrets the error. pic.twitter.com/0bwW2snOLb

— The Denver Post (@denverpost) April 6, 2018

The newspaper also poked fun at itself by creating a contest that invites readers to submit their best photos of Coors Field on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #ThisIsCoorsField. “We’re confused,” the headline reads. “Can you show us what Coors Field looks like?” The person who submits the best photo will win front-row tickets to Monday’s game.

Over the years, the Denver Post has faced several newsroom staff reductions. Sports Illustrated reports that the newspaper laid off nearly 20 copy editors in 2012 and last month, they announced that 30 jobs would be cut from its newsroom of approximately 100 journalists by July 1. A hedge fund purchased the Denver Post’s parent company in 2010.

The Denver Post took this group photo to celebrate winning the Pulitzer 5 years ago. Then hedge fund Alden Global Capital bought them. This is who’s left after layoffs

Alden has done similar layoffs at San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune & SoCal papershttps://t.co/disuCLbLCs pic.twitter.com/lP2stW9jur

— Mike Rosenberg (@ByRosenberg) March 27, 2018

See how social media reacted to the error below:

Social Media Reacts to the Denver Post’s “Ultimate Guide to Coors Field” Photo Error

Um, that photo isn’t of Coors Field. It’s Citizens Bank Park in Philly. Come on, @denverpost! pic.twitter.com/BEBouNNrA4

— James Merilatt (@jamesmerilatt) April 6, 2018

Oops, wrong stadium!?!? I’m sure the @Phillies will appreciate the love. pic.twitter.com/Q3uxcvf5us

— Rhymes With Funky (@KirkYuhnke) April 6, 2018

Weird how the Denver Post laid off a ton of journalists, then printed a photo of the stadium in Philadelphia with “Phillies” all over it and called it Coors Field, I’m sure those are two totally unrelated things that happened. https://t.co/0aGY5oym5O

— (16) Jesse Specolorado (@jessespector) April 6, 2018

This has to be one of the biggest errors in the long history of The @denverpost. Wow.
(Note: that’s NOT Coors Field) pic.twitter.com/Da4WzGPV1Q

— The Steffan Tubbs Show (@TubbsShow) April 6, 2018

Today’s @denverpost has a guide to #CoorsField. The photo is of @CitizenBankPark, home of the Philadelphia @Phillies. Not the @Rockies. #OpeningDay pic.twitter.com/XU6ftOBy2z

— Rep. Jeff Bridges (@JeffBridges) April 6, 2018

I get that the Denver Post’s botched Coors Field photo is a humorous gaffe that shouldn’t have happened. But with so many cutbacks at newspapers, especially in layout/design departments, the overworked and underpaid remaining people are going to make mistakes.

— Jason Foster (@ByJasonFoster) April 6, 2018

This is amazing. Today’s @denverpost Coors Field guide featuring a large photo of… Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park. Brutal! pic.twitter.com/l79edsTpXX

— Ronan O’Shea (@RonanOShea) April 6, 2018

One of these things is not like the other… ‍ I know Coors Field got a new scoreboard @denverpost, but pretty sure the @Rockies didn’t install a @Phillies sign. pic.twitter.com/yDBb0rzMIr

— Marshall Zelinger (@Marshall9News) April 6, 2018

Everyone will laugh at this, but I just feel horrible for the staff there. So many papers are designed off site now; very likely the paginator didn’t know what the field looks like or even know sports very well. Heart goes out to the Denver Post. https://t.co/4YSxrmXeMy

— JR Radcliffe (@JRRadcliffe) April 6, 2018

I’ve stared at this on my kitchen counter for five minutes. pic.twitter.com/I7eQUJPdpL

— Chris Chrisman (@chrischrisman) April 6, 2018

What are your thoughts on the Denver Post accidentally using a photo of Citizens Bank Park in its guide to Coors Field? How do you feel about the newspaper’s response to the error? Sound off in the comments section below!

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