Baker Neighborhood · Burnham Yard & the new Broncos stadium

Don’t let them plan Baker without us.

Broncos stadium plans could send tens of thousands of additional cars through Baker’s neighborhood streets while putting new pressure on legacy businesses along South Santa Fe and South Broadway.

A hand-painted watercolor map of Baker. The future Broncos stadium sits at the top left. A route of arrows keeps stadium traffic west of the RTD tracks along Osage and Rio Grande Boulevard to I-25, away from 3rd, 1st and Bayaud. Handwritten text reads: Don't let them cram congestion in Baker. The most recently built NFL stadium can seat 100,240, and the Broncos' plans show 15% of their automobile traffic reaching 3rd Ave. Demand that cars be kept west of the RTD tracks and channeled through Osage to Rio Grande Blvd, and that the planned Mile High Line bike path be connected to Baker at 1st and 3rd.
Hand-painted by a Baker neighbor. Green is the residential, walkable part of Baker. Arrows show where stadium traffic should go: west of the RTD tracks, down Osage and Rio Grande Boulevard to I-25. Tap the map to enlarge

The ask is simple: keep stadium cars west of the tracks, route them down Osage and Rio Grande, and connect the Mile High Line to Baker at 1st and 3rd.

We critically need your help with these 3 things today

You’ve seen the map. Here is what a neighbor can do in the next few days, in order of urgency.

1

Show up on September 8

Attend the BHNA monthly meeting and speak up in favor of these demands during the Small Area Plan discussion.

Please speak up, even if someone has already made your point.

Jonathan Bartsch and David Gaspers need to quantitatively document community feedback to support what goes into the plan. Ten neighbors asking for the same thing is more useful than one person saying it perfectly.

2

Write Mayor Johnston and DOTI

Email Mayor Mike Johnston and Denver’s Department of Transportation & Infrastructure and tell them, in your own words, why keeping stadium traffic west of the tracks matters to you.

Not sure what to say? Use our writing guide to put together a short email in your own words.

Open the writing guide→ Start an email→
3

Sign the petition and grow the list

Sign the petition and grow the BakerBroncos mailing list by recruiting two friends or neighbors to join too.

Every additional neighbor makes it harder for decision-makers to treat this as a small or isolated concern.

Sign the petition→ Join the mailing list→