Highmark Stadium

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Highmark Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Orchard Park, New York, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football stadium
outdoor stadium
constructionCost approximately $22 million (original)
country United States of America
distanceFromDowntown approximately 10 miles south of downtown Buffalo
fieldOrientation north–south
formerName Bills Stadium
New Era Field
Ralph Wilson Stadium
Rich Stadium
hasClubSeats yes
hasLuxuryBoxes yes
hasNickname Orchard Park
The Ralph
The Ralph Wilson
The Rich
hasScoreboard yes
hasVideoBoard yes
homeTeamSince Buffalo Bills, 1973
hostedEvent AFC Championship Game
NFL playoff games
college football games
major concerts
knownFor cold and snowy game conditions
raucous home-field advantage
leagueOfTenant National Football League
locatedInMetropolitanArea Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area
location Orchard Park, New York
namingRightsPartner Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York
nearbyRoad Abbott Road NERFINISHED
Route 20 (Southwestern Boulevard)
notableFeature exposed to winter weather
open-air bowl design
opened 1973
openingDate August 17, 1973
operator Buffalo Bills
owner Erie County, New York NERFINISHED
parkingType surface parking lots
primaryUse American football
publicTransit limited bus service
region Western New York
renovation major renovations in the 2010s
seatingCapacity approximately 71,000
sponsor Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York
surface A-Turf Titan
tenant Buffalo Bills
zoning suburban


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