In 1981, Broncos' owner Gerald Phipps, who had purchased the team in May 1961 from the original owner Bob Howsam, sold the team to Canadian financier Edgar Kaiser Jr., grandson of shipbuilding industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.
I 1981 solgte Broncos 'ejer Gerald Phipps, som selv havde købt holdet i maj 1961 fra den oprindelige ejer Bob Howsam, holdet til canadiske finansmand Edgar Kaiser Jr., barnebarn af skibsbyggeren Henry J. Kaiser.