Keeler: Broncos stadium with retractable roof? Broncos Country thinks its coming, whether they like it or not

Burnham Yard or Lone Tree Frankly my dear Tom Jacobsen doesn t give a dome What makes football so unique is the fact that they will play in anything the Broncos lifer stated me Jacobsen has had season tickets in the family since and has been attending games at Mile High and its successor Empower Field since So when you strip that away and so plenty of more places are stripping that away you lose what makes it cool to me The Broncos lease at Empower Field is up after the season A stadium usually takes four-ish years to build Entities with ties to the Broncos have been buying up land around Burnham Yard in Lincoln Park since last August Denver Mayor Mike Johnston notified The Post on July that he ll have more to say in the week to come on the franchise s alleged Burnham Yard interest Officially the unit s played it coy But it doesn t take a whole lot of yarn to connect the push pins on your evidence board I m no dome Jacobsen laughed No Dome Tom s a member in good standing in the Broncos Quarterback Club the squad s official booster club since Even those in the club have been divided for years when it comes to the notion of seeing their favorite gang playing under a roof Even a retractable one What s different now Jacobsen says His side no dome is now in the minority at least among Quarterback Club membership My personal feeling is that I m going to be on the losing side of this argument he announced I think the money aspect to everything else that comes with a dome is going to win out I m sure there ll be a point where I m sitting at the competition with my wife where I ll look at her and say You know what This is nice not wearing layers of clothes I know there s the romantic side of me from a football tradition standpoint that would hate it Related Articles Why hasn t RJ Harvey signed rookie deal with Broncos Examining the NFL s second-rounder standoff Broncos position preview Zach Allen Denver DL should be among the best in the business Broncos position preview Denver in good spot for strong offensive line Broncos early offensive two-deep projection shows limited starting spots up for grabs Renck When Broncos deliver NFL s best defense Malcolm Roach will be a reason why He s also a realist He knows a Broncos stadium with a roof of any kind creates the likely of more available dates for well you name it Concerts Final Fours Conventions Exhibitions And if the Broncos plan to become landlords of a stadium district that surrounds their venue more events also mean more dollars in retail restaurants hotels and or housing Steve Huffman president-elect of Quarterback Club was in Jacobsen s corner for years But after doing the math he s softened his stance You want to be able to use the facility as several days as workable Huffman revealed Imagine if you don t get rained out of a Metallica concert and you can set up two days in advance Imagine if you could host a Final Four To wit City leaders in San Antonio estimated the economic impact of having the Men s Basketball Final Four along the River Walk earlier this year at million New Orleans broadcasted an impact of billion for their group this past winter for Super Bowl LIX A retractable dome seems to be the future of the NFL Huffman noted I think it serves multiple purposes right You can open the dome for decent weather days and if it s cold and blizzardy you can close it I think for the comfort players safety overall I m now in patronage of it Huffman just hopes the cost of whatever a post- Broncos home becomes isn t passed on to Broncos fans Especially the longtime faithful I would think the hope would be speaking for the fans toward keeping it affordable to where the Broncos fans are the ones populating the seats Huffman stated If tickets go up - if you re pricing out a lot of the historical fans that s where I m more concerned Huffman s been to every home playoff tournament in Broncos history He s held a leadership position with the Quarterback Club for almost two decades And as he s pointed out to Jacobsen the Arizona Cardinals play under a retractable roof with natural grass There s a path There s a precedent There s dependably that subsection that goes We need to be in the elements ' Huffman explained I don t think that s where the future is going there are a lot of mixed fan emotions There are just die-hards that want to freeze their tails off and think that s the advantage As for a roof that s only used in the winter or early spring well Jacobsen gets the argument His rebuttal is an anecdote Or rather an exchange he had with a Dallas fan in Arlington while attending a Broncos-Cowboys contest at Jerry World Man it s a beautiful day Tom noted to the Dallas supporter Why is the roof closed Dude the guy replied Jerry s opened that roof like twice That roof is never open Jacobsen s jaw dropped I know it s been open more than that he continued But his point was they defaulted to having that thing closed From - NFL playoff teams from domes have put up a Rockies-esque - record in outdoor postseason games Since when Jerry Jones moved his Cowboys to AT T Stadium which features a retractable roof Dallas has posted a - playoff record The Boys are - at home Ya know maybe Jacobsen s romantic side has a point I understand the dome means Super Bowl The dome means concerts he chuckled I don t care That s not where the Broncos play The Broncos play in the snow Tom s willing to die on that hill too So long as horses can eat on it Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis