Sports Authority Field at Mile High
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| Former names | Invesco Field at Mile High (2001–2011) Sports Authority Field at Mile High (2011–present) |
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| Address | 1701 Mile High Stadium Circle |
| Location | Denver, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 39°44′38″N 105°1′12″W / 39.74389°N 105.02000°WCoordinates: 39°44′38″N 105°1′12″W / 39.74389°N 105.02000°W |
| Public transit | Sports Authority Field at Mile High (RTD) |
| Owner | Denver Metropolitan Football Stadium District |
| Operator | Stadium Management Company |
| Executive suites | 132 |
| Capacity | 76,125 (football) up to 50,000 (concerts) |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass |
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| Broke ground | August 17, 1999 |
| Opened | September 10, 2001 |
| Construction cost |
$400.7 million ($542 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
HNTB Fentress Architects Bertram A. Burton and Associates |
| Project manager | ICON Venue Group |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Turner/Empire/Alvarado |
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Denver Broncos (NFL) (2001–present) Denver Outlaws (MLL) (2006–present) Colorado Rapids (MLS) (2001–2006) |
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Sports Authority Field at Mile High, previously known as Invesco Field at Mile High, and commonly known as Mile High or Mile High Stadium, is an American football stadium in Denver, Colorado. The field is named after a sponsor and the stadium is named Mile High. The stadium's primary tenant is the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). The stadium opened in 2001 to replace Mile High Stadium. The stadium was largely paid for by taxpayers in the Denver metropolitan area and the property is owned by a special taxing district. More controversially, Invesco paid $120 million for the original naming rights, before Sports Authority secured the naming rights on August 16, 2011.
Despite its sponsor's liquidation and closure, the Sports Authority name is still being used on the stadium for the time being due to contract reasons.
Many fans opposed a corporate name and wished to retain the previous venue's name, "Mile High Stadium."The Denver Post initially refused to use the Invesco label and referred to it as Mile High Stadium for several years before changing its policy and adding Invesco to articles.
On August 16, 2011, The Metropolitan Stadium District announced Invesco would immediately transfer the naming rights to Englewood, Colorado-based Sports Authority in a 25-year agreement worth $6 million per year. After Sports Authority missed two quarterly payments as a result of its March 2016 bankruptcy and subsequent liquidation, the Broncos organization and the Metropolitan Football Stadium District are seeking to terminate the naming rights contract.
In 2016, several Colorado legislators attempted to pass a bill in the Colorado State Legislature that would require the "Mile High" moniker regardless of any naming rights deal, citing the large public contribution to the stadium's construction; the bill failed to pass out of a Senate Committee in May 2016.
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