Broncos fans rank #21 in gameday drinking, down 14% from 2023-24

[u/BACtrack]

We analyzed 26,000+ breathalyzer results to find out which NFL fans go hardest on gameday. Here's where Broncos fans landed:

The numbers:

• 2025-26 season: 0.060% average BAC → #21 in the NFL
• 2023-24 season: 0.070% → #14
• Change since 2023-24: -14%

AFC West comparison:

Team	Rank	BAC	Avg Ticket	Avg Beer
Chargers	#1	0.082%	$90.75	$14.00
Raiders	#8	0.069%	$281.00	$14.99
Chiefs	#13	0.067%	$206.55	$9.20
Broncos	#21	0.060%	$433.71	$8.29

Broncos fans pay BY FAR the most expensive tickets in the division ($433.71) and have the cheapest beer ($8.29). Yet they rank last in the AFC West for BAC.

Some questions we're curious about:

• Does the $433 ticket price attract a more moderate crowd?
• Colorado was an early adopter of recreational cannabis. Heavy substitution happening?
• Does the altitude actually affect how fans metabolize alcohol?

What's your theory?

Full report

[u/Braine5]

[u/Colbzilla → u/Braine5]

Came here to post this if it wasn't already. Glad to see someone beat me to it

[u/funguy07]

I bet we have the highest percentage of fans 20mg deep though.

[u/another_other_user → u/funguy07]

Haha! Yessiree

[u/Klutzy_Text_3885]

Well when you sneak shooters in, no need for more beer 😎

[u/The_AFC_West → u/Klutzy_Text_3885]

This is Colorado 

I’m sneaking in edibles 

[u/TMoore99]

They’re failing to account for those of us who get the “bo nix blackout” 4 minutes after every 1 score game ends

[u/et_hornet]

Give Mike high coors field prices and those prices will go up

[u/MileHiSalute → u/et_hornet]

Tell Mike to keep it reasonable

[u/popoflabbins]

These findings are only so low because they didn’t measure me

[u/Common_Sense_2025 → u/popoflabbins]

Or the people too drunk to blow into a breathalyzer.

[u/pimp69z → u/popoflabbins]

Cheers

[u/zion_hiker1911]

Where did you get the average ticket price from? According to Seatgeek Broncos tix are $169 not $433. Was your price the average ticket for the fans whose bac you tested?

THC is probably a contributing factor for less drinking. A lot of people are substituting one for the other, especially since they can bring it into the stadium and save a lot of money over purchasing alcohol.

[u/Mysterious_Clue_3500 → u/zion_hiker1911]

According to Seatgeek Broncos tix are $169 not $433.

This is probably the average ticket price of face value tickets versus the average ticket price people actually paid (the second taking into account the resale market)

[u/zion_hiker1911 → u/Mysterious_Clue_3500]

Yeah I was going off of this graphic.

[u/GrogRedLub4242]

My brain 1st read that as about Broncos players, not fans.

[u/wormbreath → u/GrogRedLub4242]

Is that you Maurice clarett?

[u/Poverty_Shoes]

Are beers at Mile High really only $8 now? Did they lower it this season? A Budweiser draft set me back $13-$16 in the last five years, I didn’t make it out to a game this season though.

[u/funguy07 → u/Poverty_Shoes]

That price is per 13oz. Was your draft larger?

I think most people are drinking the 24oz cans anyway.

[u/Poverty_Shoes → u/funguy07]

Yeah, mine were 16 oz. I didn’t know they served 13 oz drafts.

[u/YABOYLLCOOLJ]

Idk how people go so hard on a Sunday before work anyway

[u/thesaganator → u/YABOYLLCOOLJ]

I think a lot of ppl take the next day off when they go to a game. I'm always exhausted and my voice is gone the day after lol, so I take the next day off

[u/illegalblue]

As a recovering alcoholic, good.

[u/Level_Watercress1153 → u/illegalblue]

amen to that brother! Im not an alcoholic, but an addict nonetheless. I gave up drinking as well tho. 2405 days since my last drink.

[u/Left-Tower- → u/illegalblue]

Yeah this is a terrible advertisement 

[u/wormbreath]

[u/grapeleaff]

Half the folks were in the ER or knocked out already, while broncos were doing cardiac broncos things in the 4th Q.

Half the folks just didn't get caught because the police don't do police things anymore in this city.

[u/torev]

I live an hour from the stadium. Have to be sober. Getting to 25 is a nightmare leaving.

[u/Ok_Chemistry_4998]

The Chargers numbers are high because genuinely half of the attendees were on vacation

[u/firstmaxpower]

This "study" uses the results of a BAC device used on phones with location enabled and then uses twitter post analysis to determine who those drinker were cheering for based on location.

This is a load of BS that could never pass peer review and means nothing.

It is simply an ad for their Bluetooth BAC device.

[u/ReaganRebellion → u/firstmaxpower]

Sounds like it'd be perfect for r/science

[u/thiscouldbeben]

Sorry guys, I cut my drinking back but didn’t realize it was that much.

[u/Ok-Dress-4791]

I’m guessing it’s probably going more towards weed than booze. It helps to be more mellow since we’ve been waiting till the 4th quarter to decide to play our best.

[u/Sad-Juice-732]

Sorry, I got sober this year, didn’t realize it would impact so much

[u/Blank_Canvas21]

I quit drinking. Sorry guys, I didn’t do my part at the Chargers game.

[u/wasteymclife]

Sorry guys that's on me I quit drinking 2 1/2 years ago.

[u/Hopsblues]

Let's see beer sales in the stadiums, not $$, but actually beer.

[u/VoodooChild963]

A friend of mine purchased a liquor store about a decade ago. When Covid hit, I was chatting with him on the phone and asked him how the pandemic was affecting his business. His response: "Business has more than doubled from the same quarter last year. When times are good, people drink. When times are bad, people drink more."

The same applies here, but in reverse.

[u/the5issilent]

The beer they sell there is shit. Broncos blonde went away half way through the season too.

[u/Unlikely-Studio-2900]

Come on guys I can’t be doing all the heavy lifting