I want to catch one last game at Rich Stadium late in the year...

[PonyBoy]

4 hours ago, Gregg said:

 

The Jets game could be a glorified exhibition game if the Bills have the division and their seeding locked up. Unless you have tickets on your phone that they scan to enter in the stadium it would be pretty cool to keep the ticket stub from this game being that it's the last regular season game ever at the stadium.

 

Even if the game is meaningless in the standings, it won't be for the mafia assuming Bills make playoffs.

That's what's gonna be so cool about it. 

 

What really would be a finality is if the Bills didn't make the playoffs and the last game would officially be the last game. How emotional would that be?

 

The perfect season to me is Bills home field advantage in AFC, go to SB & win it all! 

 

I can see the movie rights for it already 🤞LFG!

 

[DeepPass]

5 hours ago, boyst said:

Got bad news for you.  The Bills are expected to end up having games at the Ralph in 2026 due to missed deadlines. 

Agree.  They are quietly making excuses for a delay in the construction blaming the "harsh winter weather". I thought last years winter was pretty basic Buffalo weather!  

[foreboding]

4 hours ago, unbillievable said:

 

I'm curious to see what they believe fans won't need. Bathrooms? Concessions? %10 of seats still missing?

Little paint, little putty.

[boyst]

Saw the stadium today. It's amazing how much bigger it since it's not 197' under the ground. 

[machine gun kelly]

We’re deciding between KC and Tampa.  We normally like to go into September, but there are only duds at 1pm on a Sunday.  I know KC is a 4pm game.  My reasoning is we want to only take a Friday, Monday off, and night games for me stink.  Too late given my body is up at 5am everyday whether working or not.

[eball]

On 6/26/2025 at 3:03 PM, boyst said:

Got bad news for you.  The Bills are expected to end up having games at the Ralph in 2026 due to missed deadlines. 

 

Well played my friend.  Well played.  

 

[JimBob2232]

On 6/26/2025 at 4:16 PM, unbillievable said:

 

I'm curious to see what they believe fans won't need. Bathrooms? Concessions? %10 of seats still missing?

Maybe OJ won't be on the wall... (isn't now the right time to just "forget" to add him?)

[boyst]

4 hours ago, eball said:

 

Well played my friend.  Well played.  

 

It's true and no one believes me. They say I'm wrong. But I say they don't have the elite level sources and jealous of me

 

From what I understand there will be at least 1 game in Highmark next year but sources reveal it's possible to be as many as 4 before the move to the new stadium. 

On 6/26/2025 at 3:28 PM, Logic said:

I mean...if this is something you're legitimately hearing, and from a source that you deem trustworthy...you really ought to say more 😅

No one trusts me. That's ok

[NoSaint]

On 6/26/2025 at 2:32 PM, Buffalo716 said:

No They are not 

 

 they literally said that the stadium will not be 100% completed by September of 2026 but it will be operational and ready to hold a football game with fans 

 

Just not 100% complete

I’ll say as a public statement 18 months out, that actually gives me a bit of pause on whether it’ll be ready. 

 

 

[Augie]

1 hour ago, NoSaint said:

I’ll say as a public statement 18 months out, that actually gives me a bit of pause on whether it’ll be ready. 

 

 

 

I have very little doubt that it will be “ready” to host fans for a football game week #1. I think they will still have a lot of behind the scenes items to finish, but I doubt that there will be much for fans to notice as “undone.” I hope I’m right. 

[thronethinker]

On 6/26/2025 at 4:16 PM, unbillievable said:

 

I'm curious to see what they believe fans won't need. Bathrooms? Concessions? %10 of seats still missing?

I heard the bathrooms will be open but just no toilets or urinals installed, so it will be just like the current setup. 

[MikePJ76]

23 hours ago, boyst said:

It's true and no one believes me. They say I'm wrong. But I say they don't have the elite level sources and jealous of me

 

From what I understand there will be at least 1 game in Highmark next year but sources reveal it's possible to be as many as 4 before the move to the new stadium. 

No one trusts me. That's ok

Most of these stadiums are not fully finished when they are opened.

 

the cowboys stadium I remember specifically was not fully finished and they had a ribbon cutting ceremony, a concert then played the whole first season in the stadium while they finished the small details.

 

i imagine it’s the same thing here

Edited 6 hours ago by MikePJ76

[behind a post WMS69]

Paint and punch-list consisting of installing or replacing non working fixtures, such as lighting and appliances are typically the last things done on a large construction project. My guess is that some of the high tech systems may have programming kinks to work out also. If memory is correct (which is not all the time these days) I seem to recall the scoreboard having issues on opening night at Rich Stadium.

[Augie]

15 hours ago, thronethinker said:

I heard the bathrooms will be open but just no toilets or urinals installed, so it will be just like the current setup. 

 

As long as we have sinks, we’ll be good to go! 

 

 

I hate that I just typed that, but……

[SoCal Deek]

1 hour ago, behind a post WMS69 said:

Paint and punch-list consisting of installing or replacing non working fixtures, such as lighting and appliances are typically the last things done on a large construction project. My guess is that some of the high tech systems may have programming kinks to work out also. If memory is correct (which is not all the time these days) I seem to recall the scoreboard having issues on opening night at Rich Stadium.

That original scoreboard was cutting edge at the time. Looking back it was really just a bunch of light bulbs, but nobody had ever thought you could watch replays while sitting in the stadium. The picture quality was horrible but if you squinted you could almost tell what was on the ‘screen’. 😂

[Wacka]

2 hours ago, behind a post WMS69 said:

Paint and punch-list consisting of installing or replacing non working fixtures, such as lighting and appliances are typically the last things done on a large construction project. My guess is that some of the high tech systems may have programming kinks to work out also. If memory is correct (which is not all the time these days) I seem to recall the scoreboard having issues on opening night at Rich Stadium.

The tech center building which  will run the scoreboard, lighting, snow melting,  turn sensors, wi-fi,  and anything else I forgot was the first thing started. It is located between the stadium and Hammer;s Lot. They had to install the underground conduits before anything was started, The building itself was finished probably around  Christmas. They have been installing the wiring and computers.