NWSL attendance hits new high as Summit FC draws crowd at Mile High Stadium
The National Women's Soccer League broke its attendance records with the first home match of Expansion Team Summit FC on Saturday afternoon in Denver Colorado USA. A crowd announced at exactly sixty-three thousand four hundred people filled Mile High Stadium to watch against Washington Spirit team from Maryland state US women soccer league record set March twenty-ninth by expansion club Janine Jeter and others fans present hours before kickoff tailgaters air hot dogs burgers smell cyclists
Key Points
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1The Denver Summit set an NWSL attendance record of over 63,004 fans at their first home match against Washington Spirit.
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2More than two-thirds more tickets were sold for this game compared to the previous single-game high in Bay FC history (approx. double).
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3Overcrowding was a major concern given that Mile High Stadium is primarily an NFL venue, with tailgaters filling areas outside Empower Field at Mile High.
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4The event broke records across multiple news outlets including NBC Sports and The New York Times.
Developments
More than 63,000 fans attended an NWSL match at Mile High Stadium to set a league record for National Women's Soccer League attendance. The game between the Washington Summit (Denver) Spirit ended in a draw as owner Rob Cohen praised the enthusiastic crowd and predicted strong ticket sales moving forward.
Janine Sonis of DENVER Summit set an attendance record with a crowd exceeding 63,004 fans at Empower Field during Saturday afternoon. The article notes that since expansion teams began joining the league in recent years they have consistently broken previous single-match records to establish themselves as contenders and businesses alike
Denver FC broke the NWSL attendance record with a crowd of over 63,004 fans during its first home game against Washington on Saturday in January 2025. The expansion team ended their inaugural three-game road series as an undefeated draw and plans to move future matches between Commerce City's Dick's Sporting Goods Park and the temporary Centennial Stadium while building a permanent facility at Santa Fe Yards by 2028.
Denver FC broke the NWSL attendance record with a crowd of 63,491 fans during their home match against Washington on Saturday in Colorado's Mile High Stadium. The team plays its first three games away before moving to Dick's Sporting Goods Park and later planning construction for permanent stadium land at Santa Fe Yards by late summer or early fall next year (2028).
Denver FC broke the NWSL attendance record with a crowd of over 63,004 fans to draw against Washington Spirit at Broncos Stadium in Denver's inaugural home game on Saturday night. The match ended scoreless as part of their first three road games before they move permanently from temporary venues toward construction completion by season two and future play near downtown after the expansion fee was reported earlier this year for $120m (text says 63,457 fans).