Let's face it - college football fans are a shrinking minority in Colorado - and never had the numbers in the first place.  This isn't Alabama or Texas or even the East Coast for interest in college football.  Attendance numbers at CSU football is pathetic most games, yet they built a new stadium.  Participation in HS football in Colorado has declined rapidly, as it has across the country.  

Attendance at college football games has dropped nationwide. ESPN is suffering due to decreased viewership. College enrollments are declining.  College football in over 200 Div 1 FBS schools lose millions each year, reduces financial support for sports for real student athletes of both genders and is piggybacked on the cost of a college education and student debt.  Newly built college football stadiums have not generated profit but are a sink hole of money generated from education.  Education pays.