{"id":419553,"date":"2026-01-20T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/419553\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:25:09","slug":"broncos-blocking-patriots-fans-in-new-england-from-buying-afc-championship-tickets-in-denver-boston-25-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/419553\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos blocking Patriots fans in New England from buying AFC Championship tickets in Denver \u2013 Boston 25 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">DENVER \u2014 New England Patriots fans looking to make the journey out west for the team\u2019s first AFC Championship game appearance since 2018 may have a more difficult time than anticipated. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Seats for the conference championship showdown with the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High on Ticketmaster are only being sold to residents of the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota, and Western Kansas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">A message on the event page for the game reads that the decision was made due to \u201climited availability\u201d of tickets. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/HM7SLLWREJFB3AXQ6XUSTJCF7E.png\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Ticketmaster Event Page for Patriots-Broncos AFCCG <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">In a statement, a spokesperson for Ticketmaster told Boston 25, \u201cSometimes teams will place geographic restrictions on certain events to give local fans the best chance to attend. You\u2019d have to ask the team about any specific restrictions that may be in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">If Patriots fans want to make the journey to Mile High, they\u2019ll have to search third-party ticket sellers like StubHub, SeatGeek, and Vivid Seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">The Patriots will befacing off against Denver\u2019s backup QB and former Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham after Denver\u2019s starting QB Bo Nix fractured his ankle in the game\u2019s closing moments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">The last time the Pats traveled to Denver for an AFC Championship game was in 2016\u2014when Peyton Manning and the Broncos beat Brady and the Pats. New England fans are hoping for a different outcome this time around, when the game kicks off at 3 pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/have-new-device-get-our-free-boston-25-news-weather-apps\/PDC6X7UKOFDBVPV5YJHG3CX36I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE Boston 25 News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Follow Boston 25 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boston25News\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\/live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER \u2014 New England Patriots fans looking to make the journey out west for the team\u2019s first AFC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[3521,1836,3832,1840,18654,200586,3,126225,200591,8088,200585,200587,200588,200589,99,158979,101271,200584,1977,200590,12404],"class_list":["post-419553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-afc","tag-broncos","tag-colorado","tag-denver","tag-gina","tag-gina_nicole","tag-news","tag-nicole","tag-pat","tag-patriots","tag-ray","tag-red_sox","tag-rocky_mountain","tag-seatgeek","tag-sports","tag-stubhub","tag-ticketmaster","tag-ufc_championship_game","tag-video","tag-vivid_seats","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}