{"id":854955,"date":"2026-04-05T11:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854955\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:31:53","slug":"broncos-taking-thoughtful-approach-to-new-stadium-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854955\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos taking thoughtful approach to new stadium process"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Broncos Country!<\/p>\n

As discussions about the new Denver Broncos stadium move forward, the plans are not rushed.<\/p>\n

The Broncos are putting a lot of thought into every aspect of this plan. From where the stadium will be built to the community involvement, the franchise knows how important this decision is to so many people. And it wants to get it right.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Hitting that 2031 timeline will take more than just the Broncos. That\u2019s when the team would like to have the stadium built and ready for games. For now, the preferred site for the new stadium<\/a> is at Burnham Yard.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of folks from our team are spending a lot of time meeting with community leaders and city council members,\u201d Broncos CEO Greg Penner said at the NFL league meetings earlier this week. \u201cIt\u2019s an ambitious timeline that we have, and we won\u2019t be able to accomplish our goals in terms of timing and getting in there just by ourselves. So it\u2019s not just something that the Broncos are driving. We have to have a lot of support from partners and others that are involved with the site.\u201d<\/p>\n

That involvement and support from parties outside the Broncos will drive this stadium plan. Without it, none of this would be possible.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

\u201cThe support has been good, and everybody wants to do the right thing,\u201d Penner said. \u201cThere are a lot of different parties with different interests. As of right now, we are on track. It is ambitious to get to the 2031 goal that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s better to be thoughtful about every step of this massive project than to rush it. You only get one chance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what\u2019s important is everyone understanding that while 2031 seems like a long way away, these construction projects take multiple years,\u201d Broncos president Damani Leech said at the league meetings. \u201cYou have to get prepared with a number of city and community processes that we\u2019re all invested in and engaged in right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t do it alone. It\u2019s going to take a lot of key partners at the city level, at the state level, Denver Water \u2014 there are real estate transactions that have to be finalized. So all of those things are important. I think it\u2019s just important everybody understanding the timeline is realistic, but it\u2019s also ambitious.\u201d<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

As for when Burnham Yard will be the site, rather than the \u201cpreferred site,\u201d again, while the 2031 timeline is there, it\u2019s not something Penner and the Broncos want to rush. Last week, the state revealed the purchase price<\/a> for the land for the Broncos\u2019 new stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are getting closer,\u201d Penner said when asked about Burnham Yard. \u201cSome important steps have been taken, but when we change that from \u2018preferred site\u2019 to \u2018this is the site,\u2019 we will have all of our ducks lined up and be prepared to say that we are formally moving forward with that site. I\u2019m not sure exactly when that is going to be, but hopefully sometime in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Broncos Country! As discussions about the new Denver Broncos stadium move forward, the plans are not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[375,232,42715,9889,231,258,8302,2426,7,10576,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-854955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-burnham-yard","11":"tag-carrie-walton-penner","12":"tag-denver","13":"tag-denver-broncos","14":"tag-denver-post","15":"tag-denverbroncos","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-greg-penner","18":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116351883565640733","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854955","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=854955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}