{"id":714510,"date":"2026-01-29T17:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/714510\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:53:20","slug":"historic-nfl-franchises-new-2-4-billion-stadium-to-have-retractable-roof-after-playoff-weather-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/714510\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic NFL franchise’s new $2.4 billion stadium to have retractable roof after playoff weather chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE DENVER Broncos are set to build a new $2.4billion stadium with a retractable roof after wild weather wrecked their Super Bowl dream.<\/p>\n

The NFL<\/a> giants were looking to set up a spot in next month\u2019s final against the Seattle Seahawks.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Denver Broncos are set to build a new $2.4bn stadium with a retractable roofCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The decision comes after their Super Bowl dream was wrecked by snowCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The Broncos were beaten by the Patriots as fans suffered in the coldCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

But they were upstaged at home by the New England Patriots in a shock AFC Championship Game defeat.<\/p>\n

The Broncos<\/a> looked to be undone when their game became a blizzard due to thick heavy snow.<\/p>\n

Players on either side were barely able to see<\/a> in front of themselves at Empower Field.<\/p>\n

Yet it was the Patriots who walked away with victory to put themselves in February\u2019s Super Bowl in Santa Clara.<\/p>\n

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Now, the Broncos are no longer taking any chances.<\/p>\n

It has been revealed they are now going to build a brand new $2.4bn stadium completed with a retractable roof.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s reckoned it will be ready by 2031 in a major construction operation.<\/p>\n

The addition could made a huge difference to their Super Bowl dream on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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And owner Greg Penner reckons his side will never leave their ambitions to the fate of snow again.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019re evaluating retractable roof options. In this case, you all saw the weather this year, it was fantastic until the last game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NFL does have guidelines around the home teams selecting what they\u2019re going to do with their roof, when they can open or close it, so we\u2019d comply with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this case, we would\u2019ve likely closed it ahead of time, given both the temperature and potential precipitation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat being said, who knows if that would have had any outcome on the game. Either way, this would have been more around what was going to be good for fans, because it was pretty rough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE DENVER Broncos are set to build a new $2.4billion stadium with a retractable roof after wild weather…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[258,7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-714510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-denver-broncos","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}