Second stadium down, one Yard to go. Before you blow your top over the lid at Burnham Yard, the prospective home of the Denver Broncos starting in 2031, did you know that, since 1990, the average temperature of a playoff home game in the Mile High City was 40 degrees? And that of the Broncos’ last 15 postseason games in …
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Burnham Yard site picked for new Broncos stadium: FAQs
The Broncos have a preferred site for their future home. The franchise has been at its current Mile High site since its inception in 1960 and has played in two different stadiums there, including the current Empower Field. Now, the plan is to move just south to Burnham Yard, where the Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group hopes to build a state-of-the-art …
Read More »Broncos plan to build new stadium at Denver’s Burnham Yard
Updated at 12:02 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept 9, 2025 The stadium sweepstakes may be over. The Denver Broncos announced plans to build a new stadium in Denver, moving just about a mile from their longtime home at Empower Field at Mile High, the team’s owners announced Tuesday morning. The team’s “preferred site” for the new stadium is Burnham Yard, the …
Read More »Broncos announce historic Burnham Yard as preferred site for privately funded retractable roof stadium, mixed-use district
Both the stadium and mixed-use district will be funded through a private investment from the Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group, while the city and state will provide public improvements benefitting the community year-round with no new taxes. “The Walton-Penner [Family] Ownership Group has been amazing partners for us,” Polis said. “They said very early on, ‘Our model is not going to …
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