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FUNDS
ant surprise for community leaders, especially those that received the largest sums of money.
e district cut checks proportional to the amount each county and municipality collected in the one-tenth of 1 percent sales tax that helped fund the stadium, which is owned by the district and now called Empower Field at Mile High. Taxpayers funded 75% of stadium construction through the tax, in e ect from 2001 to 2011.
e purchase of the Broncos team by the investor group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and her husband, Greg Penner, was approved by the NFL team owners group in August. With the new funds in hand, the city of Aurora’s community engage-
