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Broncos had 18,423 no-shows on Sunday despite resale tickets dropping as low as $10

The Broncos had 18,423 fans skip Sunday’s game, and secondary market tickets dipped all the way down to $10 just before kickoff.

The Denver Broncos defeated the Arizona Cardinals 24-15 on Sunday, but that victory marked just their fourth win of the season. Denver’s dismal 4-10 record explains why 18,423 fans didn’t even show up to the game.

Many of those 18,000-plus fans were unable to offload their tickets even at steeply-discounted prices. Fans searching the secondary market just before kickoff on Sunday could have found tickets for as low as $10.

The Broncos have had a season to forget, and Sunday’s showdown between Colt McCoy and Brett Rypien certainly wasn’t a marquee matchup, but that’s still an incredible price for a regular-season game in the NFL.

Denver fans who aren’t usually able to afford tickets to games at Empower Field at Mile High should keep an eye on the resale market leading up to the team’s season finale three weeks from now. After two upcoming road games, Broncos will host the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 18 to close out the 2022 season.

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Broncos coach Vic Fangio disappointed by 19,094 no shows, hopes to draw them back

“We’re happy that the ones that did come and we’re working hard to get the ones that didn’t come to feel better about coming,” Fangio said.

Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Drew Lock made his NFL debut on Sunday and defeated the Los Angeles Chargers 23-20. More than 19,000 fans who purchased tickets to the game didn’t show up.

The game was played on Thanksgiving weekend in cold conditions and Denver was 3-8 entering the contest so fan spirits were low. Still, 19,094 no shows is an alarming number.

“I thought that the crowd that we had there was great,” Broncos coach Vic Fangio said during his Monday press conference. “It’s become very evident to me how much the fan base here loves the Broncos and depends on them.

“Our previous home game against Cleveland, it felt like a playoff game — the atmosphere in the stadium, the electricity. It’s disappointing that there were so many no shows [today], but we’re happy that the ones that did come and we’re working hard to get the ones that didn’t come to feel better about coming.”

After turning the offense over to Lock and getting a win over a division rival, Denver seems to be on the right track toward winning back fans.

The Broncos will play at home in Weeks 16 and 17 to close out the year.

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