Comments on: Training Camp Schedule Change http://blog.denverbroncos.com/denverbroncos/training-camp-schedule-change/ Tue, 21 May 2013 06:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rolls3 http://blog.denverbroncos.com/denverbroncos/training-camp-schedule-change/comment-page-1/#comment-18669 rolls3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:56:44 +0000 http://blog.denverbroncos.com/denverbroncos/2008/07/23/training-camp-schedule-change/#comment-18669 I am wondering if the Dove Valley facility underwent any improvements over the last year in terms of wheelchair accessibility, anybody know? I went last year to find no disabled parking, which is fine. Then, I trek into the complex on a dirt and rock path that is not smooth or level, and is damp meaning every time I put my hands to my wheels there is mud. Inside, the "handicap platform" is about 120 yards away from where the team is actually practicing. Fine, at least they have a platform for people to get out of the sun if they need to. I don't need to, so I head out toward the players so I can see something because I am so far away I can't even tell who is who in terms of the players. I am stopped at a roped off area and told I cannot go any further because my wheelchair is going to tear up the grass. I say, "It's not like I am going on the field, it won't affect the players or anything." Not to mention I go on grass all the time and it merely leave a mark similar to the tracks that the wheels of a lawnmower makes, it doesn't tear up grass. So I ask for a supervisor, express my concerns that I can't see jack from my quarantined area. This guy walks around for a couple minutes like he is doing something, comes back and tells me there's nothing he can do. At this point I have lost all excitement for being at training camp as I am being treated like I have an infectious disease and tell the supervisor what I think about the accessibility at Dove Valley (BTW Invesco is AWESOME in terms of accessibility) and that this does not meet Denver's standards which are set relatively high. So I am wondering if it is worth going back this year, or has nothing changed and will I still feel like Hannibal Lecter? Anybody know? I am wondering if the Dove Valley facility underwent any improvements over the last year in terms of wheelchair accessibility, anybody know? I went last year to find no disabled parking, which is fine. Then, I trek into the complex on a dirt and rock path that is not smooth or level, and is damp meaning every time I put my hands to my wheels there is mud.

Inside, the “handicap platform” is about 120 yards away from where the team is actually practicing. Fine, at least they have a platform for people to get out of the sun if they need to. I don’t need to, so I head out toward the players so I can see something because I am so far away I can’t even tell who is who in terms of the players.

I am stopped at a roped off area and told I cannot go any further because my wheelchair is going to tear up the grass. I say, “It’s not like I am going on the field, it won’t affect the players or anything.” Not to mention I go on grass all the time and it merely leave a mark similar to the tracks that the wheels of a lawnmower makes, it doesn’t tear up grass. So I ask for a supervisor, express my concerns that I can’t see jack from my quarantined area. This guy walks around for a couple minutes like he is doing something, comes back and tells me there’s nothing he can do.

At this point I have lost all excitement for being at training camp as I am being treated like I have an infectious disease and tell the supervisor what I think about the accessibility at Dove Valley (BTW Invesco is AWESOME in terms of accessibility) and that this does not meet Denver’s standards which are set relatively high.

So I am wondering if it is worth going back this year, or has nothing changed and will I still feel like Hannibal Lecter? Anybody know?

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