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Denver Broncos CEO and part-owner Greg Penner spends $400,000 to replace the team’s entire field for ONE game as the struggling AFC West look to give their fans something to cheer for by winning the season finale.
Denver Broncos CEO and co-owner Greg Penner has spent $400,000 on a brand new field just for the last game of the season.
The NFL regular season concludes this weekend and the Broncos will be looking to give their fans something to celebrate by clinching victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday after a dismal season.
The 4-12 Broncos will take a new field after Penner replaced the old turf at Empire Field.
The Denver Broncos have a new field at Empire Field for their last game of the season
Broncos CEO and co-owner Greg Penner spent $400,000 to replace the turf
The Broncos shared video of the field’s turf being ripped up and replaced on Saturday.
“To his credit, Greg and our property were willing to make the significant investment of a new field for our last game of the season,” Broncos president Damani Leech said. nfl.com Friday.
“After our last game at home and following a perfect storm of significant activity combined with inclement weather, the pitch just wasn’t up to our standards.
“Our turf team and stadium management had a window to set it up, we took advantage of it and they got it done.”
The 4-12 Broncos will take a new field after Penner replaced the old turf at Empire Field.
The NFL.com report indicates that the field will be destroyed and replaced again by the start of the 2023 season.
“We appreciate Broncos ownership replacing our field, even for just one game, to provide players with a better and safer surface than the previous two games,” added Denver kicker and union representative Brandon McManus.
“It means a lot that Greg and the owners took action after the course was not playing or not up to standard.”
The Walton-Penner family completed the acquisition of the Broncos for a record price of $4.65 billion in August.
F1 star Lewis Hamilton is part of the Broncos ownership group along with the Walton Penner Ownership Group, including Rob Walton (right), Penner and Carrie Walton Penner (left)
It wasn’t just an NFL record, but a sports record, eclipsing Steve Cohen’s $2.4 billion purchase of the New York Mets and David Tepper’s $2.3 billion acquisition of the Carolina Panthers. Dollars.
The Walton Penner Ownership Group’s bid was approved by a unanimous vote of NFL owners at a meeting, according to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
The ownership group also includes minority owners such as former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Formula One star Lewis Hamilton.
The Broncos have failed to make the playoffs in six seasons and their results have not improved this season, placing last in the AFC West.
Penner issued a humiliating apology to fans in the midst of Nathaniel Hackett’s terrible campaign and firing.
Jerry Rosburg was put in interim charge with the franchise owners considering their options for their next leader.