Inside the Bills' new $2.1 billion stadium: Heated...
Key takeaways
- Speakers included owner Terry Pegula, Mary Wilson, wife of former team owner Ralph Wilson Jr. and New York governor Kathy Hochul.
- The first public event held at the stadium will be the team's "Return of the Blue & Red" training camp practice on the evening of Aug. 8.
- And some of the public art located throughout the stadium: https://t.co/goZgSsuEPX pic.twitter.com/F1aBF3xLqQ
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Speakers included owner Terry Pegula, Mary Wilson, wife of former team owner Ralph Wilson Jr. and New York governor Kathy Hochul. The ceremony marked a new beginning for the Bills as they complete preparations to move across the street for the 2026 season. This comes about three years after construction began on the venue that has a capacity of 60,108 -- over 10,000 fewer than the previous site.
The first public event held at the stadium will be the team's "Return of the Blue & Red" training camp practice on the evening of Aug. 8. According to Bills senior vice president of design, stadium operations Frank Cravotta, "one quarter of 1%" of the work is left to complete. "I know there's one more level of cool factor -- signage, art, sponsorship signage, interactives, things like that. They're the very last things to go in," Cravotta said.
The new stadium, designed by Populous, features a natural grass field -- a change from the turf the team previously played on -- with underground heating coils to prevent the grass from freezing and grow lights to have optimal conditions year-round.