DENVER — Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 – On Sept. 9, 2025, the Denver Broncos, Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced that Burnham Yard is the preferred home for the new stadium site.
For more than a hundred years, this area has also been home to Denver Water and the site of its newly constructed Operations Complex, completed in 2019. Making room for a new Broncos stadium while keeping Denver Water whole has been the subject of intense discussion and negotiation between the Broncos and Denver Water for many months.
For this location to work, the Broncos need Denver Water to relocate some of its facilities on the south side of the complex. The Administration Building, where roughly half of its 1,200 employees report, will stay in its current location. Buildings that currently house Denver Water’s operations and maintenance, distribution, trades, fleet, meter shop, warehouse and health clinic workers will need to be relocated.
Critical to this partial relocation is that it be accomplished in a manner that complies with the Denver Charter and Denver Water’s covenants with its bond holders, both of which commit Denver Water’s resources to the operation and management of the water works system. Therefore, the Broncos have agreed to pay all costs necessary to fund Denver Water’s relocation, including, but not limited to, new property acquisitions, site preparation and construction. Funds from water rates will not be used.
In partnership with the city of Denver and the Broncos, Denver Water has identified multiple sites that would enable the utility to relocate the impacted facilities and operations in a way that maintains and, in some cases, enhances its ability to effectively achieve its mission to serve the community.
The largest property is at 40th and Clayton, in north Denver. There are also two smaller properties, one near the current stadium and the other directly north of Denver Water’s current complex, that could house facilities that need to be relocated.
Determining how much it will cost for the Broncos to relocate some of Denver Water’s facilities and operations will occur over the next few months.
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