Sports Authority Field at Mile High - Stadium Culture and Traditions

Stadium Culture and Traditions

A home game tradition (carried over from the original Mile High Stadium) is the "Incomplete Chant". At Bronco home games, when the opposing team throws an incomplete pass, the stadium announcer will state "Pass thrown by (the opposing quarterback) intended for (the opposing intended receiver) is..." at which time the fans complete the chant by saying "in-com-plete!". This is followed by the "sad trombone" sound effect. The stadium has sold out every Denver Broncos home game since its inception in 2001, carrying over the "sold-out" tradition from Mile High Stadium, where every home game had been sold out since 1970 (though due to NFL policy, local TV broadcasts did not start until 1973). Another tradition carried over from Mile High Stadium is during halftime or towards the end of the game, the stadium's PA announcer will announce the actual attendance for the game as well as how many people didn't show up for the game, and if that number is generally over a thousand, Broncos fans chant a loud "boo" towards those empty seats. The empty seats should not be taken as the game not being sold out, it just simply means some fans with tickets did not show. During the stadium's first years, another tradition was carried over from Mile High, where Broncos fans on each side of the stadium would chant "Go" "Broncos", and they would go back and forth chanting it for many minutes. That tradition has since died out. Another long term tradition is the "South Stands", where it is known to be the loudest and most fierce portion of the stadium. Finally, especially in the upper two decks, the usually cold fans create their own 'Mile High Thunder' (and warm themselves up) by stamping their feet on the stadium's floors. Old Mile High Stadium was built with bare metal, and the 'Thunder' reverberated readily. The new stadium also took steps via the addition of steel floors to preserve this unique acoustic.