Life. And Scoreboards

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Four pizza boxes stacked next to a pizza and an orange traffic cone. Text is the title of the article and it reads: "Let's Make A Deal: Pizza for Baseball Tickets - It's a win-win-win-wait how many of these are there?"
A sunny day photo from inside the scoreboard control room of the soccer field at Empower Field at Mile High before today's match. The stands are empty. "Miami CF" can be seen on the scoreboard.
A promo for the "Life. And Scoreboards" article that reads: Hejduk, We Have a Problem - What does "Apollo 13" have to do with the Rocket Richard Trophy? Read on. And cue the "Mission: Impossible" Theme Song.
Image of a baseball bat lying in the grass next to a golf ball.
[Center frame: An ominous silver metal android skull, half covered with a light blue membrane. Left BG is the jungle-like terrain of an alien world. Text: "The Life of DAE-VEE Six" Right BG is deep space, a star in the upper right frame. Text is the rest of the film's title: "-a seven sigma space story". A gold and white arcing electric bolt sparks from the eye socket on the right covered with the membrane. This entire scene intercuts with the other scene of a green BG behind text: "Super Soccer Saturday - Tonight - 9pm MTN" Mental Mountain Music LTD logo in the lower-right corner. A 3D soccer ball bounces in from the top and settles. A secret message forms a frame around it all in Morse Code characters: -.. .--- - .- -... . .-. --- ..-. ..-. - .... . .- .. .-. -- --- - .... . .-. ..-. ..- -.-.]
The 4th level press box elevators and reception area. It is vacant at 8:05 AM.
A close up of a backstage Denver Broncos logo head prop's eye.
A shot tilted up from near the base of the back of the scoreboard outside Empower Field at Mile High. Banners hanging on it include "We Are Broncos Country" and "2025 Playoffs - Climb Higher." In the foreground, a statue of a white horse reaches for the sun reflecting from a window on the Broncos ticket office built into the area below the board. There's an OPEN sign above a window.
An empty parking lot with the stadium in the distance. Behind that, there are low-level clouds, but there is nothing but blue sky above the stadium which frames the [#1] parking lot marker in the foreground.
An extreme close up of a backstage Denver Broncos logo head prop's orange eye, about six inches wide.
Both of the Denver Broncos logo head props backstage beneath the south stands. They are about 20 feet long each.
A shot tilted up from near the base of the back of the scoreboard outside Empower Field at Mile High, 9:20 AM. Banners hanging on it include "We Are Broncos Country" and "2025 Playoffs - Climb Higher." In the foreground framing the left side is a statue of a white horse.
An empty parking lot and the stadium, small in the distant background, take up the lower quarter of the frame. Nothing but clear blue sky fills the top 3/4.
Photo of a Denver Broncos logo head prop backstage beneath the south stands--a close-up of its orange eye.
The back of the main scoreboard outside Empower Field at Mile High, 9:45 AM. On the left of frame, we see the back of the bronze statue of Pat Bowlen, the previous owner of the Denver Broncos.
A field of dormant grass resides among the parking lots south of the stadium in the distance under a predominantly blue sky.
Photo of the Denver Broncos logo head props backstage beneath the south stands--a closeup of its orange eye.
The back of the main scoreboard outside Empower Field at Mile High, 9:30 AM. Large square banners display graphics: Broncos Country, white on orange; Empower Field (white) at Mile High (orange) on blue; and a horizontal banner reads DENvsJAX - Happy Holidays
A parody Xcel ad that features a stock photo of people cooking in a beautiful kitchen that has power. Accompanying text reads "You Want to Cook Food?! Sorry- Better Find Some Fast Food" Below it reads, "Don’t bitch about it. Some houses have family members with serious medical needs, like power for oxygen concentrators."
A parody Xcel ad that features a stock photo of a woman looking at the Xcel app on her cellphone. Accompanying text reads "Nonexistent Energy" Below it reads, "Will you have power in the Boulder-Arvada-Golden area? Download the app to see if it ever comes back. It is windy, you know."
A parody Xcel ad that reads "Looking for Power? Good Luck, Suckers! - Do you know what 'S.O.L.' means? If you live in the Boulder-Arvada-Golden area, you know now! Power Shutoff going on 27 hours straight!" Below it reads, "It Means, Shit Outta Luck - We might turn the power on for a few hours but then we’re just gonna have to shut it off again tomorrow at 5:00 AM. You don’t like that? What the hell are you gonna do about it, use a different power company? Good luck, Suckers!"
A parody Xcel ad that reads "Energy from US? Are You Kidding? Not When the Wind is Blowing! - The wind has been blowing across the foothills of the Boulder-Arvada-Golden corridor for thousands of years, but we’ll figure it out eventually." Below it reads, "Welcome! How Did We Screw You Today with the Power Shutoff in Arvada?" The four submission buttons read: [Food in Your Freezer Melted] [Can’t Work Without Internet] [Cellphone is Dead - Can't Charge It] [No Heat or A/C Either]
Photo of the Denver Broncos logo head props backstage beneath the south stands.
The back of the main scoreboard outside Empower Field at Mile High, 10:00AM.
Photo of an empty parking lot outside Empower Field at Mile High, 10:00AM.
Photo of the field, empty stadium, and the scoreboard from the northwest corner, just beyond the endzone.
Dutch angle photo of the east stands and the sun shining brightly in a clear blue sky from the east sidelines. The Broncos band is about to warm up. The scoreboard is in the background.
Photo of the Denver Broncos logo head prop backstage on the concourse.
Wider shot of a temporary broadcast stage erected outside the south side of the stadium.
Photo of a temporary broadcast stage erected outside the south side of the stadium.
Photo of an empty parking lot outside Empower Field at Mile High, 9:30AM. A couple of small clouds in the blue sky.
[photo of broadcast trucks inside Empower Field for Thursday Night Football]
[photo of broadcast trucks inside Empower Field for Thursday Night Football]
[photo of two people setting up a custom light fixture with large letters TNF]
[photo of the statue of Pat Bowlen in a fenced-off area with a boom camera]
[perspective photo of a large entry tunnel into the stadium with large painted letters spelling "THIS IS BRONCOS COUNTRY" thirty feet wide.]
[Photo of an empty parking lot outside Empower Field at Mile High at 1:30 PM. Not a cloud in the sky.]
[Photo of a GoPro HERO 2 recording a time lapse film of the GIP crew at today's Bronco game.]
[Photo of a GoPro 13 with an anamorphic lens recording a time lapse film of today's Bronco game.]
[Photo of an empty parking lot outside Empower Field at Mile High.]
[Photo of a GoPro 13 with an anamorphic lens recording a time lapse film of today's Bronco game.]
[Photo of white folding chairs and a podium erected outside Empower Field at Mile High. It's a sunny day with lots of blue sky and a few white clouds.]
[Photo of an empty parking lot outside Empower Field at Mile High on a warm, sunny morning.]
Photo of the pregame meeting inside the ThunderVision scoreboard control room at Empower Field at Mile High.
Photo of the Game-in-Progress controller and video monitors in front of a window to the stands and field inside Empower Field at Mile High 4 hours before game time.