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How Lincoln Park residents feel about Broncos stadium at Burnham Yard

How Lincoln Park residents feel about Broncos stadium at Burnham Yard

Two schools of thought flitter through the streets just behind the Denver Broncos’ planned future home, separated by just one block but standing an entire world apart. On a sunny Tuesday morning, 35-year-old Rita Guerrero stepped out from her door on North Mariposa Street, lively pup Olive barely contained by her leash. Guerrero bought her home in the La Alma …

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Burnham Yard Broncos stadium announcement lauded by elected officials

Burnham Yard Broncos stadium announcement lauded by elected officials

Elected officials representing Denver celebrated the Broncos’ announcement Tuesday of a preferred stadium site in the city, emphasizing the team owners’ promise that taxes won’t be raised to build in Burnham Yard. While the team has committed to a funding framework that doesn’t include new tax dollars, the project may still receive some public investment by tapping into existing property …

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Burnham Yard allows Broncos to play in Super Bowls, host them, too

Burnham Yard allows Broncos to play in Super Bowls, host them, too

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

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 …

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Broncos plan to build new stadium at Denver’s Burnham Yard

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 …

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Broncos announce historic Burnham Yard as preferred site for privately funded retractable roof stadium, mixed-use district

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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