The Colorado Rapids’ big fireworks displays cannot overcome Mother Nature in 2019.

The fireworks show scheduled after Saturday’s game against the Montreal Impact has been canceled because of plague-infested fleas affecting prairie dog colonies around the stadium. The team’s Fourth of July show was canceled because a thunderstorm caused a lengthy game delay.

Saturday’s soccer game will be played as scheduled with a 7 p.m. start, according to a Rapids news release.

Tri-County Health Department recommended the fireworks display be canceled, the news release said. The health department also has asked the Rapids to restrict parking to asphalt lots because of the plague-infested fleas.

The health department confirmed the plague outbreak Thursday. As a result, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge temporarily closed to the public as did the Prairie Gateway Open Space in Commerce City. Fields at the corner of East 56th Avenue and Quebec Street and at East 56th Avenue and Valentia Street also are closed until further notice.

The prairie dog burrows will be treated with a pesticide, which is a white powder that will be visible on top, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the refuge, said on its website.

Authorities will assess the situation and determine when the various parks, fields and parking lots will re-open, wildlife service said.

As of July 31, there were two confirmed cases of sylvatic plague in black-tailed prairie dogs. The plague is bacterial infection that can be transmitted to humans and their pets via fleas.