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Broncos facility updates: New indoor turf + fans at training camp

The Broncos are replacing the turf at their indoor facility, and fans are expected at training camp this year despite facility construction.

The Denver Broncos announced two notable training facility updates during the NFL’s annual meetings in Orlando earlier this week.

The first update was an announcement from team owner/CEO Greg Penner that the team will replace the turf at their indoor Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse. The existing turf still had roughly 10 years left in its estimated lifespan, but the Broncos have decided to replace it with a “state-of-the-art” upgrade.

Better indoor turf could, in theory, reduce injuries for Denver, but changing the turf does not directly impact the fans. The second bit of news does.

The Broncos will soon begin construction on a new facility at their current Dove Valley location, and it remains to be seen how many fans will be able to attend training camp while the new facility is being built.

Denver coach Sean Payton said Monday that the team has not discussed the possibility of holding training camp practices at a different location during construction. The Broncos have not yet decided if construction will begin before or after training camp this summer.

Plans are still being finalized, but the team is currently planning to have fans at training camp despite the construction. Denver had a capacity limit of 3,000 fans at practices last summer, and it wouldn’t be surprising if the limit is even lower during construction.

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Broncos owner Greg Penner excited for ‘terrific’ new training facility

“The spaces are going to be terrific,” Greg Penner said of the Broncos’ new practice facility that will begin construction this spring.

Last fall, the Denver Broncos announced $175 million plans for a new, state-of-the-art practice facility at their Dove Valley headquarters.

The team will begin construction this spring and the project aims to be completed by 2026. Once the new facility is finished, the old building will be removed and replaced with a berm for fans to watch training camp.

One of the biggest motivations for building the new facility was getting all of the team’s employees under one roof at their Centura Health Training Center. Players will also now have shorter distances to go from the locker room to the indoor practice facility.

“Our building right now is actually great,” team owner/CEO Greg Penner said during an end-of-season press conference on Jan. 9. “The challenge is as it gets older, we kept putting more and more money in it to keep it up to the standard that it needed to be at. It has also gotten small, and it’s very difficult to expand. We really wanted to have an opportunity to bring more of our business folks down from the stadium, get people in one building, and then have a building that’s really player-focused and central.

“It’s all about the players. Instead of having the main building, the strength and conditioning area and the practice facility, we’ll pull it all together. The spaces are going to be terrific. We think it’ll raise the expectations for the players and the organization.”

Here is a rendering of what the new facility will look like, provided by the team. The team plans to put in temporary bleachers so fans can attend training camp practices in 2024 and 2025 while the site is under construction.

Last year, the Broncos announced their training camp schedule in June.

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Broncos considering making renovations to training facility

The Broncos have already started $100 million worth of renovations to the stadium. The team is also considering practice facility upgrades.

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The Denver Broncos have a new naming rights partner in Centura Health for their training facility, and some of the money from that agreement could potentially be used to make upgrades and renovations to the facility.

“As we’ve discussed, we’ve been with ownership, and we’ve looked at several other training facilities around the league,” Broncos president Damani Leech said during a press conference to announce the Centura Health partnership last week.

“We started that process over the course of the fall, and we’ll continue to do that research. Regardless of what happens with this facility — renovations, new build, etc. — it’s going to be the Centura Health Training Center.”

Leech and members of the team’s ownership group visited the facilities of the Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins and Las Vegas Raiders, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis.

The Broncos have also begun $100 million worth of stadium upgrades at Empower Field at Mile High, with the biggest renovation being a new scoreboard. Now practice facility upgrades are being considered as well.

It’s clear that the team’s new ownership group is willing to spend generously to help improve the franchise.

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Peyton Manning stars in funny video promoting Centura Health’s deal with Broncos

Centura Health recruited Peyton Manning to help them announce their new partnership with the Broncos in a funny video.

The Denver Broncos announced a new 10-year partnership with Centura Health on Monday. As part of the deal, the team’s training facility will now be called the Centura Health Training Center.

Centura Health will replace the team’s previous practice facility naming rights partner, UCHealth.

In an announcement for the partnership on Monday, Centura Health president/CEO Peter Banko referenced former quarterback Peyton Manning.

“I’m going to close with a few words from ‘The Sheriff,'” Banko said. “‘It’s not wanting to win that makes you a winner, it is refusing to fail.’ This is just the beginning of a friendship between two big winners and the No. 1 brands in the market.

“It is built on common ground, rooted in shared values, and amongst people that actually really like working with each other. It is so great that we’ve reached this day, one that we have envisioned for so many years, and one that I’ve envisioned since moving here in 2015.”

It’s no surprise that Manning is now involved with the partnership himself. The two-time Super Bowl champion shared a funny video on his Instagram page on Monday announcing the deal in signature Manning fashion.

In the video, Manning and current Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson serve as enthusiastic waterboys for Centura Health’s medical staff.

Well done, marketing folks. Well done.

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