Main: Toast of the Town
Top Ten: Mile High Moments
Faces: Orange-and-blue memories
Concerts: What dreams are made of
Memories: Former Broncos share memorable moments Pat Bowlen: Though he tore down Mile High, fond memories remain
Numbers: Mile High through the years

Victory: Broncos 38, 49ers 9
Finale: One last salute
New digs: Owens, Bowlen join ceremony to 'top out' new Broncos stadium
Stories: Broncos past and present share memories
Chronology: Mile High's last day
Souvenirs: Fans make a play for seats
Good seats: Workers, kin watch game on big TV in new stadium
Voices: Qutoes from Mile High's last day
Passion: Family still has first season-ticket seats
Tales: 76,000 tickets — 76,000 stories
Farewell cry: Tough South Stands fans say goodbye with tears

Video & audio: Broncos, fans remember Mile High
Destruction: Video montage of the stadium's demolition
Interactive timelines:
Game day | Through the years
Slideshow: Orange-and-blue memories

Proud reign: A day at Mile High
Q&A: What'll happen to Mile High landmarks
Gene Amole: When Bill Redd, Bears Stadium ruled Denver's sporting world
Dave Krieger: Frigid night of football frozen in time, mind
Bernie Lincicome: The burning question: How to say goodbye
The stars: Rating the best Broncos team ever

Forums: Reminisce with other Broncos fans
Vote: What Mile High moment is your favorite?
Thinking back: Readers remember Mile High Stadium

"I came in on the freeway, saw the stadium and started crying. I said, 'Stop it. That's silly."'

Carol Andrews, 58, of Silverton

"I always wanted to come, but this was the first chance I had. ... It doesn't stop for the commercials like it does on TV."

Tori Heinzeroth, 20, of Arvada,

in the South Stands at her first NFL game

"This will be one of our most wonderful and memorable Christmases ever."

Virgil Butt, 42, of Aurora

"I don't think it's going to be the last game over there, do you?"

Gov. Bill Owens

"This is always going to be the stadium. Period. The new stadium is for sissies, all those people inside sipping wine."

Kara Christian, 45,

season-ticket holder now living in Delaware

"I know people at Mile High Stadium, people I've seen here over the years, better than I know people in my own neighborhood."

Billy Burt, 56, of Fort Collins

"I'll hand (my ticket) down to my grandkids. After all these years, this place has fond memories for me."

Ray Sedillos, 62,

season ticket holder who hasn't missed a home game in 32 years

"I was an impressionable young teen-age girl who fell in love with football."

Terrina Griggs,

fan since 1977 who watched the game from the new stadium

"One guy was fairly hostile. He wanted to take my hat away from me."

Max Settlemyre of Thornton,

wearing a San Francisco 49ers cap

"We called my father from the South Stands and passed the phone around so everyone could wish him well. It's like we're all a family."

Joan Garrison of Golden,

whose ill father Richard Garrison, 72, of Denver could not attend

"There's a lot of great memories at Mile High, but more of it has to do with the fans than a building, I think.

The Broncos are just going 200 yards down the road, and they're going to win a lot of games there too. They're still going to have the fans. They're still going to have the altitude, and they're still going to have a lot of things in their favor."

Karl Mecklenburg,

linebacker/defensive end,

1983-94

"As you can tell, I'm a big fan. A really big fan. ... What'll I miss? I'll miss how this place rumbles when everybody gets jacked up. Like Elway said, the magic is the fans."

Alvin Pinnecoose, Denver

"I'll miss the hype, the excitement, the noise. ... We've had a lot of chances to upgrade our tickets, but we never did it because we'd love the view up here. You can see everything, and Mile High has been such a special place, you wanted to see everything."

Larry Cook, Lakewood,

season-ticket holder in Section 526, Row 16, the top row of the top deck of the North Stands

"This place is old and beat up, but it's Mile High. There will never be another Mile High."

Dorothy Martin, 80, Denver

December 24, 2000