Christina Gough
Research expert covering sports and video gaming
Denver Broncos - Statistics & Facts
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team competing in the National Football League (NFL) in the AFC West division. The team was founded in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL in 1970 following the merger of both leagues. The team has made it to the Super Bowl eight times, winning the title three times in 1998, 1999, and 2016. In the latter year, the team defeated the Carolina Panthers by 14 points during Super Bowl 50.
What are the financials of the Denver Broncos?
Under the current owners belonging to the Walton-Penner Group, the team’s franchise value rose to 5.1 billion U.S. dollars as of 2023. The Walton-Penner Group bought the team from the Pat Bowlen Trust in 2022 for 4.65 billion U.S. dollars. Since then, the team’s revenue increased alongside its franchise value. The revenue of the Denver Broncos reached an all-time high of 563 million U.S dollars in 2022, and, compared to other teams, the Denver Broncos ranked in the top half of the most valuable NFL franchises in 2023. After deducting operating costs such as the payroll of the Denver Broncos, the operating income of the franchise amounted to 103 million U.S. dollars in 2022.How many fans attend the average Denver Broncos game?
The Broncos play their home games at the Empower Stadium at Mile High in Denver, Colorado. In 2022, the team’s average regular season home attendance totaled 75,980. The cost of attending a Broncos game in that year was slightly more expensive compared to most other NFL teams. A family of four could expect to pay around 622 U.S. dollars according to the 2022 Fan Cost Index. This figure was largely due to the average ticket price of a Denver Broncos game, which was just under 120 U.S. dollars in 2022. Meanwhile, the team with the highest average ticket price that year was the Las Vegas Raiders.Do the Denver Broncos have a strong social media following?
The Denver Broncos placed sixth in a ranking of social media followings in the NFL as of October 2023, with the franchise’s official X page (formerly known as Twitter) recording approximately 2.77 million followers. The New England Patriots, by comparison, topped the list with 4.67 million X followers. When compared to the social media followings of individual NFL players, however, all NFL teams had a significantly smaller social media outreach. Odell Beckham Jr., a wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens, had nearly 17 million Instagram followers as of January 2023.
