Burnham Yard Stadium District Plans Unveiled, Emphasizing Green Spaces, Pedestrian-Friendly Areas The Broncos have released updated renderings of their proposed multi-use district around a football stadium at Burnham Yard, showcasing plans for extensive green spaces, pedestrian-friendly areas, and a tree-lined trail. The old turntable on the southern portion of Burnham Yard is expected to become a central part of Burnham Yard's green space and the team says it intends to honor the site's history, too. The Village Center is the heart of the entertainment portion of the Broncos' proposed district and includes Burnham Yard's old diesel locomotive shop, which the club has said it intends to repurpose and use as a major part of its design plan. Another portion of the Village Center area the team is calling Switchyard Alley, which is expected to be a pedestrian-heavy, mixed-use area featuring first-floor retail, restaurants and more.Osage Station Park is an area of the Broncos' proposed district near what is expected to be a substantially expanded light rail stop at 10th and Osage that the team says will feature homes, shops, offices and green space. A north-to-south, tree-lined trail is proposed where rail tracks currently run on the eastern flank of the district, separating Burnham Yard from the La Alma and Lincoln Park neighborhoods.According to the team, the city has interest in extending the trail north and south to connect with Santa Fe Yards, Ball Arena and more. The Broncos on Tuesday released updated renderings of their proposed multi-use district around a football stadium at Burnham Yard.The renderings, the team says, show the latest in what is expected to be many iterations of plans for more than 100 acres of total land that surround a stadium plot on the now-defunct rail yard and surrounding real estate acquisitions. The renderings do not include any images of a proposed stadium itself and team president Damani Leech said Saturday those will likely not come for a while yet.What the just-released renderings do show, though, is the manner in which the Broncos, who have hired Denver-based Tryba to do the design work and master planning for their multi-use district, currently see the areas around a potential stadium site coming together over the course of the next five years and then well beyond. The team says the updated renderings also take into account ‘extensive’ input from community groups and information gathered over the past nearly year since the club announced Burnham Yard as its preferred stadium and district site.These updated plans will continue to evolve as Burnham Yard becomes a place where neighbors, fans and visitors can gather, connect and belong year-round. The plans unveiled are designed by Tryba and build off of the work that Sasaki, which partnered with the Broncos until early this year to do the initial planning work, submitted to the city.Eliminating a crossing at 11th Avenue and slowing vehicles, which the team says will improve pedestrian and bike safety, along with closing additional crossings on event days. An increased emphasis on larger parks and green spaces - around 11-12 acres of public open space - that can be used year-round. Removing the freight rail tracks and crossings, which the team says will reduce conflict and transition those into a new tree-lined trail.Connecting the neighborhood by extending historic streets through Burnham Yard, including adjusting 8th Avenue into a slower main street feel. The new renderings also add some names and context to what different parts of the district are expected to feature. The initial IMP showed an emphasis on residential building on the north end of the district and an entertainment zone running north to south along the eastern flank of the district, bordering the La Alma-Lincoln Park neighborhoods.In the updated renderings, that area is named ‘Village Center. ’ Directly south of that stretch is an area the new renderings refer to as ‘Turntable Green,’ designed and built around an old railroad turntable that the Broncos have said from the start they wanted to feature as a landmark in the area.That is also near the old diesel locomotive shop, another staple of the district that could end up as some kind of market or large, open food hall. The renderings also include an area around what is expected to be a substantially expanded light rail stop at 10th Avenue and Osage Street.The southwest corner of the district, directly south of the proposed stadium site, is called ‘South End’ in the new renderings and, in the original infrastructure master plan calls for zoning that is primarily mixed commercial and industrial. The Broncos said Tuesday they expect the plans will continue to change and evolve as more input is gathered from the community and also stakeholders including city and state officials, RTD and others as the processes of getting green lights to start building continue to move forward