Stadium Construction Discussion (No PSL/Seat selection posts)

[scuba guy]

1 minute ago, SoCal Deek said:

It is primarily the upper deck that’s under the roof, but what’s hard to communicate is that the mid levels are under the cantilever of the levels above them. And…unlike at the current stadium, the upper deck goes all the way around the field, so it’s actually a much larger percentage of the total capacity from the current stadium’s. 

So how did you get into tour the stadium.

I have an inside that got me in. But how did you get the tour

[stevewin]

1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said:

After a lot of logistical coordination I got a personal tour of the new stadium construction site today. A real bucket list item for a long practicing Architect and long time Bills fan. The place is huge and very impressive. Attending games in the new stadium will be nothing like the current experience. Standing at the field level I was struck by how tall and enclosed it feels. 
 

And, I answered a few of my own questions: First, the scaffolded ‘dance floor’ suspended from the roof is just to install conduit from and to the lights and speakers (as others suspected). The underside of the roof is just too high above the upper deck seating bowl to reach with any other lifts or cranes. Second, the wind confusion panels are indeed nothing more than perforated metal architectural panels that open up to the interior concourses in a few spots but I believe they are mostly decorative. It’s really the height and full circle enclosure that’ll be the biggest factor in reducing wind inside the bowl.

 

If anyone has any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them.

 

Go Bills! 

So will there be parts of the outer rim of the concourse that will be open to the air (just perforated confusion panels on the outside) vs window/wall?  Also wondering same thing about the space between the canopy and the upper deck along the top 

[PromoTheRobot]

On 7/28/2025 at 1:51 PM, ColoradoBills said:

 

If it's "more comfortable" for the players, it's more comfortable for the fans too.

 

I purposely bought seats close to the concourses so I get some heat. They're covered by the deck above too. So it's my personal dome, hopefully. The real test will be the next 5° night game. Will it feel like 35?

 

Don't forget the field will also be heated, so I wonder how "in the elements" games will be?

[PromoTheRobot]

On 7/29/2025 at 8:57 PM, HOUSE said:

So I drove by the new stadium today and here is this guy urinating on a  dump truck tire 

Thought you should know

The christening. 

On 7/30/2025 at 12:25 AM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

 

Better then what UB has.

[SoCal Deek]

10 hours ago, scuba guy said:

So how did you get into tour the stadium.

I have an inside that got me in. But how did you get the tour

Many people on here know I’m an architect, and a high level one. (Not trying to brag…honestly.) I used those connections with people I know in the industry. It took a bit of coordination. 

[SoCal Deek]

9 hours ago, stevewin said:

So will there be parts of the outer rim of the concourse that will be open to the air (just perforated confusion panels on the outside) vs window/wall?  Also wondering same thing about the space between the canopy and the upper deck along the top 

Most definitely, much if not all of the concourse will be open air. Think about it. You won’t go through doors with air-lock vestibules to get out into the seating bowl while carrying your beer. So yes, the perforated panels will definitely help cut down on wind in the concourses (which are huge by the way). It’s the precast concrete grandstands themselves that block the wind inside the bowl. Hope that helps. 

[Chandler#81]

On 7/29/2025 at 8:57 PM, HOUSE said:

So I drove by the new stadium today and here is this guy urinating on a  dump truck tire 

Thought you should know

That was me! 👋 What’s your problem?? 🤷‍♂️

[SoCal Deek]

11 hours ago, stevewin said:

So will there be parts of the outer rim of the concourse that will be open to the air (just perforated confusion panels on the outside) vs window/wall?  Also wondering same thing about the space between the canopy and the upper deck along the top 

Yes, there is a narrow slit above the top of the upper deck, just below the roof. The perforated panels cover that slit. They haven’t installed many yet up at that level but they’re getting really close. 

[stevewin]

1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said:

Most definitely, much if not all of the concourse will be open air. Think about it. You won’t go through doors with air-lock vestibules to get out into the seating bowl while carrying your beer. So yes, the perforated panels will definitely help cut down on wind in the concourses (which are huge by the way). It’s the precast concrete grandstands themselves that block the wind inside the bowl. Hope that helps. 

Thanks.  From some of the renderings I thought maybe there was glass over a large portion of the areas open to the outside to actually block the wind from entering the stadium along the concourse (and that the panels were more about confusing the wind from going up and over the exterior and into the stadium).  It will be very interesting to see what the concourse feels like on a very cold windy day.

 

Edited August 9 by stevewin

[SoCal Deek]

11 minutes ago, stevewin said:

Thanks.  From some of the renderings I thought maybe there was glass over a large portion of the areas open to the outside to actually block the wind from entering the stadium along the concourse (and that the panels were more about confusing the wind from going up and over the exterior and into the stadium).  It will be very interesting to see what the concourse feels like on a very cold windy day.

 

They’ll be great. Unlike the existing stadium, the concourse rooms (restrooms and snack bars) rim the OUTSIDE meaning that the public concourses face inward so you can still see the field while you’re in line. Those rooms therefore block the wind. 

[QCity]

 

[Chicharito]

1 hour ago, QCity said:

 

Thanks for posting. That is some sexy sprinkler pipe in the opening frame. Local 669 shout out.

[RiotAct]

very excited for the large, “open” concourses… as much as I love the current stadium it’s annoying as hell trying to get back to my seats at halftime or within like 15 minutes of kickoff.

[Just Jack]

How Thurman Thomas and his company are installing the seating in the new stadium, among other topics. 

 

 

Edited August 26 by Just Jack

[UConn James]

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"Come the fall, and even in the next few weeks here, we're gonna start to see some color in the building," Polka said. "One, the natural grass field, we're targeting that for October, beginning of November. But the other thing that'll be going in the next few weeks are the seats, so we're gonna start to see red and blue in that building. In the next few months, certainly by the time the end of the year rolls around, we're really going to see some excitement and vibrancy in that building."

https://www.audacy.com/wben/news/local/bills-fans-share-astonishment-over-progress-with-new-highmark-stadium

A bunch of nice pictures from 27 August and general update as the stadium is ~70% completed.

 

 

[Lost]

What exactly am I looking at here?   odd looking seating section..

 

 

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

11 minutes ago, Lost said:

What exactly am I looking at here?   odd looking seating section..

 

 

 

Check out the area on the other side of that endzone. Looks elevated over that section and they are probably not used

[SoCal Deek]

2 hours ago, Lost said:

What exactly am I looking at here?   odd looking seating section..

 

 

Funny you mention it. I actually asked the Contractor during my tour, and he didn’t really know. Those two sections are offset as they have direct access to behind the seating bowl…I think.

Edited August 29 by SoCal Deek

[TFBillsfan]

Crazy how much bigger the new stadium looks compared to the current stadium but yet the seating capacity is smaller. 

[SirAndrew]

I wish there were virtual stadium seat views available online. I’m very curious what the views are going to look like.