Broncos, Denver Water in discussions over 36-acre campus next to potential stadium site at Burnham Yard

Denver Water and the Broncos have been engaged in discussions for at least months about the water utility s -acre campus which is located next to a feasible stadium site The utility endorsed the talks Monday after documents revealed regular meetings between association executives and Denver Water personnel with Denver city administrators also taking part RELATED The tadium Competition Inside the lucrative world of Colorado s pro sports stadiums Denver Water s campus is located in a spot of acute interest to the Broncos in the city s Lincoln Park neighborhood as the club s owners eye a promising new stadium The utility campus has undergone extensive redevelopment including nearly million in resources and a new headquarters that opened in The campus is next to Burnham Yard a former railroad yard that s one of the sites the club appears to be considering as it moves toward a decision about whether to build a new stadium The sides have communicated regularly going back to May emails and documents obtained by The Denver Post show The majority of up-to-date meeting mentioned in the documents was scheduled for last month at the Broncos Dove Valley facility That lunch meeting invite included crew president Damani Leech and Denver Water CEO Alan Salazar and board chair Stephanie Donner The exact substance of those conversations is not clear from the records including how much of the campus might be needed if Burnham Yard is chosen as a stadium site Selected meeting specifics in the documents are redacted BusinessDen first published on the records on Monday The Broncos declined to comment about the nature of the conversations between club agents and Denver Water referring to a announcement provided to The Post last week for a story about the company s attainable connection to a spate of property purchases near Burnham Yard That declaration reported in part that no determinations have been made as we continue to evaluate several options in and around the Denver metro area The Broncos have also had conversations with bureaucrats in Lone Tree and Aurora CEO and owner Greg Penner announced earlier this spring and could also renovate or build new on the current site of Empower Field at Mile High which opened in We have had discussions with the Broncos as part of their exploration of expected future stadium sites but it is premature to draw any firm conclusions Denver Water spokesman Jimmy Luthye declared in a comment to The Post In these discussions we ve tried to make sure they fully understand any probable implications for Denver Water facilities and operations The announcement notes that the utility has efficiently operated from this location for more than years and we ve known that Burnham Yard was going to be redeveloped into something different for decades Denver Water kept its headquarters there in part because functionaries see it as an anchor institution that s part of this growing and vibrant society Luthye wrote Required about city personnel efforts to keep the Broncos in Denver city spokesman Jon Ewing reported Monday The city has been working closely with key stakeholders and is committed to ensuring that the Broncos remain in Denver where they have long been a cornerstone of civic pride and group spirit We have not been made aware of any final decisions made by the organization Throughout their meetings the Broncos and Denver Water have also brought in city representatives lawyers developers construction executives and others The Broncos and Denver Water had regular meetings scheduled throughout the winter and spring this year with documents showing weekly touch-base and update meetings and one meeting notice saying it was scheduled weekly between early March and late May Those meetings have regularly included Leech and Broncos general counsel Tim Aragon Denver Mayor Mike Johnston s chief projects officer Bill Mosher and several leaders at Denver Water They ve also occasionally included Broncos deputy general counsel Bill Nunn and senior vice president of construction Amy Dee who was hired in April and agents at the commercial real estate firm CBRE Turner Construction the Hogan Lovells law firm and Sewald Hanfling Constituents Affairs Multiple of the meetings appear to have been conducted virtually though Denver Water leaders have visited the Broncos facility multiple times between August and last month according to the records Aragon appears to have first been introduced to Salazar Denver Water s CEO since August last spring Salazar previously was chief of staff to former Denver Mayor Michael Hancock I understand you may be coming by for a tour and that you met Alan our new CEO Denver Water finance chief Angela Bricmont wrote to Aragon on May while introducing him to Denver Water general counsel Jessica Brody After that early meeting Denver Water sent the Broncos hundreds of pages of details about how the utility financed its major redevelopment project and also about the environmental testing 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conditions at neighboring properties I do not know if those have already been shared with you but I am happy to provide them if you would like One of the neighboring properties of class is Burnham Yard The yard itself is acres and fits countless of the qualities professional sports teams tend to look for when considering major construction projects Not only that but the Colorado Department of Transportation is selling the yard and expects to have the sale completed by next spring Experts have recounted The Post over the past several months however that the long skinny Burnham Yard alone is likely too small to be home to an entire stadium and evolution project Last week news emerged that a series of nondescript LLCs have in recent days purchased at least parcels at prices totaling more than million in the areas directly adjacent to Burnham Yard and the Denver Water campus BusinessDen communicated that those purchases are connected to the Broncos Want more Broncos news Sign up for the 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