The
Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in
Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the Western Division of
the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League
(NFL). The Broncos began play in 1960 as a charter member of the
American Football League and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL
Merger.
The Denver Broncos were a small-market team that met with little success
in their early years but have since become one of the elite franchises
of the league after having advanced to the Super Bowl six times. In
their first four appearances, they suffered successively lopsided
defeats, achieving near-legendary status as frustrated losers before
winning back-to-back Super Bowl championships in 1998 and 1999 under
quarterback John Elway, running back Terrell Davis and coach Mike
Shanahan.
INVESCO Field at Mile High is a stadium in Denver, Colorado. INVESCO
Field at Mile High replaced the identically sized, but commercially
obsolete Mile High Stadium (named for the fact that Denver is
approximately one mile above sea level) in 2001. Many fans opposed a
corporate name and now refer to the stadium simply as "Mile High
Stadium."
INVESCO Field is used primarily for football games. It is the home field
for Denver's NFL team, the Denver Broncos. The stadium also hosts the
city's Major League Soccer franchise, the Colorado Rapids, and its Major
League Lacrosse team, the Denver Outlaws. In college football it has
hosted the rivalry game between the Colorado State Rams and the Colorado
Buffaloes. INVESCO Field is also used for concerts and other events.