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Broncos restrict ticket sales for AFC Championship against Patriots
WPRI ^ | Jan 20, 2026

Posted on 01/25/2026 12:03:37 PM PST by 11th_VA

DENVER, Colo. (WPRI) — If you’re planning to make the trip to Colorado for the AFC Championship between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos, the home team is limiting who can buy tickets.

If you try to buy a ticket through Ticketmaster, the following message appears on the screen:

“Due to limited availability, tickets will be sold only to those with a billing address in the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota and Western Kansas.”

For those who live outside of that region and want to go to the game, you’ll have to go through a ticket reseller like StubHub or SeatGeek...


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Very few Patriot fans in the stands today
1 posted on 01/25/2026 12:03:37 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

How do you know. The game just started.


2 posted on 01/25/2026 12:05:51 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Look in the stands … very few


3 posted on 01/25/2026 12:08:15 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

It is a home game for Denver so that doesn’t surprise me.
Do the Patriots fans travel to road games?
I think they are the favorites to win today as Den. Qb is the backup.


4 posted on 01/25/2026 12:10:31 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: 11th_VA

In this weather I wouldn’t blame them.


5 posted on 01/25/2026 12:19:58 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MotorCityBuck

The fans from Boston were trying to get tickets earlier in the week. Ticket sales were restricted to Colorado residents and parts of states that border CO. So, they refused to make sales to anyone from New England.

Normally a bunch of die hards would make the trip. Not today. (It’s just as well…they would be stuck there until Wednesday.)


6 posted on 01/25/2026 12:28:26 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

Understood.
Are y’all getting the Snow and Cold 🥶 in N.E.?


7 posted on 01/25/2026 12:29:58 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: 11th_VA

THAT IS RESTRICTING LEGAL COMMERCE


8 posted on 01/25/2026 12:41:42 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: MotorCityBuck

It’s snowing. It’s been a couple of weak winters for the past few years. Today looks like 1993! And really cold. But it’s a dry cold. Ha Ha.


9 posted on 01/25/2026 12:46:03 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

Cool.
No pun intended.😉


10 posted on 01/25/2026 12:49:15 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: ridesthemiles

True.


11 posted on 01/25/2026 1:03:53 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MotorCityBuck
Do the Patriots fans travel to road games?

Most of the Patriot fan base started in earnest during the Brady era. Boston remains a Red Sox/Celtics town, Packers, Steelers, Raiders, Cowboys, Bills, Bears, Broncos, and 49ers fan are multi-generational. They travel.
12 posted on 01/25/2026 2:23:33 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Dr. Sivana

Boston liberals tend to be fair-weather Patriots fans, because they consider Patriots fans to be conservatives.


13 posted on 01/25/2026 2:24:27 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

I grew up in Connecticut. It is the height of hubris to claim six entire states as the fan base. Our parents were nearly all Giants fans. Many of us picked at team that was competitive in the 70s when the Giants stunk. I hated the Cowboys, so I picked the Rams. But my peers were Steeler, Raider, Cowboys, Dolphin fans. In prep school, we had plenty from Massachusetts. They didn’t care about the Pats even when they had Russ Francis and Steve Grogan. They cared about the Red Sox. They rooted for the Celtics. They celebrated the Bruins at times. Years later, they cared more about BC’s Doug Flutie than Drew Bledsoe.

Now, some of my nieces and nephews are Pats fans, because of the Dynasty. Misguided, but understandable. They aren’t going to spring for tickets in Denver to see a game, though.


14 posted on 01/25/2026 2:31:27 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Dr. Sivana
Thanks.
Makes sense.
I worked in Boston in the early 2000’s . Great sports town.
Sometimes I needed a translator when I was in Dorchester. 😉
15 posted on 01/25/2026 2:34:49 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: 11th_VA

Now I’m glad they lost.


16 posted on 01/25/2026 5:38:17 PM PST by 1ScrappyArmyMom
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To: 11th_VA

I thought there was some rule that something like 10 or 20% of tickets had to be made available for fans of the visiting team?

That might be from long ago.


17 posted on 01/25/2026 5:41:35 PM PST by Allegra (Free Iran! Free Minnesota! )
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To: 11th_VA

$500 to $5000 per ticket to sit outside in the snow. Won’t see me there.


18 posted on 01/25/2026 5:54:09 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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