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Mile High Stadium

Mile High Stadium is a stadium in Denver, United States that opened in 1948. Its recorded capacity is 76,273.

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Mile High Stadium
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Key facts

Mile High Stadium is a stadium in Denver, United States that opened in 1948. Its recorded capacity is 76,273. It is owned by City and County of Denver and Rocky Mountain Sports, Inc. and 1948–1968) and Denver Broncos and New Orleans Zephyrs. It is operated by Denver Parks and Recreation and Denver. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Bears Stadium. Current tenants are Denver Broncos, Denver Dynamos, Colorado Caribous, Denver Gold, Colorado Rockies, Colorado Rapids, Denver Zephyrs, New Orleans Zephyrs, Colorado Caribous, Denver Gold, Denver Dynamos, Denver Zephyrs.

Location
Denver, United States
Type
Stadium
Capacity
76,273
Opened
1948
Status
Demolished
Current owner
City and County of Denver, Rocky Mountain Sports, Inc., 1948–1968), Denver Broncos, New Orleans Zephyrs
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Playing surface
Natural grass
Location of Mile High Stadium
Mile High Stadium

Mile High Stadium is at latitude 39.746111, longitude -105.021667, in Denver, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

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Recorded location of Mile High Stadium
FieldValue
Latitude39.746111
Longitude-105.021667
CityDenver
RegionDenver
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Mile High Stadium
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

Naming history of Mile High Stadium
194819872026Bears Stadium (1948 to 1968)

Mile High Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Bears Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1948 to 1968. The average tenure of a name here is 20 years.

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Every recorded name of Mile High Stadium, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
Bears StadiumNone1948 to 1968Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Mile High Stadium, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerNew Orleans Zephyrs1948 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OwnerCity and County of DenverPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OwnerRocky Mountain Sports, Inc.PresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
Owner1948–1968)PresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OwnerDenver BroncosPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorDenver1948 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OperatorDenver Parks and RecreationPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Mile High Stadium and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Denver BroncosNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Denver DynamosNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Colorado CaribousNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Denver GoldNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Colorado RockiesNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Colorado RapidsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Denver ZephyrsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
New Orleans ZephyrsNot mapped1948 to presentCurrentSource
Colorado CaribousNot mapped1948 to presentCurrentSource
Denver GoldNot mapped1948 to presentCurrentSource
Denver DynamosNot mapped1948 to presentCurrentSource
Denver ZephyrsNot mapped1948 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

34 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Mile High Stadium
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set26212026-10
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Colorado Foxesnot set2026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Denver Bearsnot set2026-09
24 September 2026venue_roles(deleted)35049not set2026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set350492026-09
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23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set34042026-09
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23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set34022026-09
23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set34012026-09
23 September 2026venue_names(created)not setBears Stadium2026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set313912026-09
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23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722160432026-09
23 September 2026venuescapacity51706762732026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722160432026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleMile_High_StadiumMile High Stadium2026-09

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Mile High Stadium (revision 1372216043). Wikidata item: Q1934586.

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