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Mile High Stadium: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

Long-term Denver football followers contend with an unbroken sellout streak that locks newcomers out of stadium gates unless they secure passes far in advance.

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Mile High Stadium defined outdoor athletics in Denver before city crews dismantled the structure.

Bob Howsam founded the site on a former municipal landfill under the name Bears Stadium to host minor league baseball. High attendance figures encouraged an ambitious bid for the proposed Continental League alongside Branch Rickey. The collapse of that venture left Howsam with heavy debts, prompting him to introduce professional football to keep the facility active outside the traditional summer baseball calendar.

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Denver acquired the venue and renamed it Mile High Stadium to satisfy expansion requirements for the football merger between rival leagues. The Denver Broncos established an unbroken sellout streak that spanned every home fixture. Engineers later added movable multi-tier stands that floated on pumped water bearings, allowing hydraulic rams to shift the seating between baseball configurations and a football horseshoe.

Associations
  • Denver BroncosThe team maintained an unbroken home game sellout streak at the venue.
  • Movable East StandsWater bearings lifted the seating section so hydraulic rams could slide it.
  • Bob HowsamSevere expansion debt compelled him to surrender control of his sports teams.
  • Bears StadiumThe facility originally hosted minor league baseball on an old landfill.
Facts
  • Bob Howsam originally constructed the sports complex on a former landfill site.
  • The Denver Broncos established a sellout streak covering every home game at the venue.
  • Engineers pumped water beneath the east stands so hydraulic machinery could move them.
  • The municipality of Denver bought the property and gave it the Mile High Stadium name.
Source: Wikipedia

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