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Jon Heath

Broncos will play first game without fans at Empower Field at Mile High

The Denver Broncos will not have fans in attendance when they host the Tennessee Titans on Monday Night Football in Week 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Broncos announced Monday that they will not host fans at Empower Field at Mile High for their season opener on Sept. 14 but they hope to “host a limited number of fans on a gradually increasing basis beginning early this season,” the team said in a statement on their official website.

Ben Swanson, the managing editor of DenverBroncos.com, wrote Friday that the team “hopes to eventually increase the ability for fans to attend games over the course of the season, perhaps beginning as early as the Broncos’ Week 3 game against Tampa Bay.”

After hosting the Titans in Week 1, the Broncos will face the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road in Week 2 before returning home to face Tom Brady and the Buccaneers in their third contest of the season. That’s the earliest possible date for fans to potentially attend a game in Denver this fall.

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