Mile High Stadium
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Mile High Stadium, Denver, United States of America — opened 11 August 2001, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of Denver Broncos (NFL), primary tenant; no rugby league tenant — a single one-off international.
Sourcing caveat: The exact match date (23 vs 24 June 2018) is unresolved between sources. No further rugby league fixtures have been played here since, following the cancellation of the planned follow-up Tests.
Ground facts
| Opened | 11 August 2001 (Replaced an earlier, separate stadium of the same nickname that closed around 2000-2001; the venue is the Denver Broncos' NFL stadium.) |
| Home club | Denver Broncos (NFL), primary tenant; no rugby league tenant — a single one-off international |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 19,320 |
| Capacity | 76,125 for football (85,000+ for concerts) |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster hybrid turf (2001-2015), later Kentucky bluegrass natural grass (2015-present) |
| First rugby league match | 23 or 24 June 2018 — England 36-18 New Zealand, the first-ever rugby league Test match held on U.S. soil (attendance 19,320, our recorded top and only crowd) |
| Years used | 2018 |
| Location | Denver, Colorado |
Name history
- Invesco Field at Mile High — 2001–2011
- Sports Authority Field at Mile High — 2011–2018
- Broncos Stadium at Mile High — 2018–2019, the name in use at the time of the rugby league match described here
- Empower Field at Mile High — since September 2019, a 21-year naming deal
Rugby league history
This one-off international was staged by promoter Moore Sports International as the first of a planned three-year annual series between England and New Zealand at Mile High Stadium, intended to raise rugby league's profile in North America ahead of a planned US/Canada-hosted World Cup. The subsequent two planned Denver Tests were cancelled after the promoter failed to pay fees owed to the England RFL and New Zealand Rugby League; New Zealand stated publicly they would not return to Denver and arranged a replacement fixture against Tonga instead. Beyond this single Test, the stadium's identity is entirely American football (Denver Broncos), with earlier tenancies from MLS's Colorado Rapids and Major League Lacrosse's Denver Outlaws.
Home of the NFL's Denver Broncos; formerly also home to MLS's Colorado Rapids (2002-2006) and Major League Lacrosse's Denver Outlaws (2006-2019).
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 23 or 24 June 2018 — England 36-18 New Zealand (19,320) — exact date unresolved between Wikipedia (23 June) and Rugby League Project (24 June)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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