Kenny Chesney scored another record audience at Mile High Stadium and got into the Pro Football Hall of Fame … kind of.
Last Saturday night (8/8) Kenny again teamed up with Jason Aldean as a co-headliner and special guests Brantley Gilbert, Cole Swindell and Old Dominion for a concert the home of the Denver Broncos. The official name of the stadium is now Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
The concert drew the biggest audience for an end zone set-up show at the iconic football stadium with 54,674 fans packing the venue. Kenny says the crowd tops his history of shows in the Mile High City; “We have had some incredible shows in Denver, including those crazy nights at Red Rocks, which I didn’t think anything could top. This just did.”
To help get warmed up for the big night Kenny and Cole spent some time at the morning practice with the Denver Broncos. The two took part in drills as well as posing for the picture above with Kenny’s friend and Bronco quarterback Peyton Manning which was posted to the Bronco’s Twitter account.
Kenny’s concerts at football stadiums, visits to team practices and his love and support of football has even gotten him recognition at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
While Kenny was in Denver preparing for the massive concert at Mile High, legendary NFL general manager Ron Wolf invoked the country singer’s name during his speech for induction in the hall of fame. Ron spent 22 seasons with the Raiders before transforming the Green Bay Packers.
Ron opened his comments at the induction with; “I’d like to start by quoting my good friend Kenny Chesney, ‘This is our moment, This is our time/ This is our destiny, This is our night to shine…'”
What did Kenny think of having his name mentioned at the hall of fame induction? “My friends in the NFL were blowing my phone up with texts when Ron did that,” Kenny said, adding; “Ron Wolf meant so much to football, he changed the game, but he also believed in the passion and the work it takes to make a team great. Those same ideas are what I brought with me to Nashville when I was a kid; the idea it transfers.”
More NFL stadiums still lie ahead on Kenny’s “Big Revival Tour,” including stops at East Rutherford, New Jersey’s Met Life Stadium (8/15), Detroit’s Ford Field (8/22) and a double night at Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium (8/28-29).
By: Buck Stevens
