What an evening inside the new Highmark Stadium for the Return of the Blue and Red Scrimmage on Saturday night for Buffalo Bills fans.
I was fortunate enough to be one of the 51,807 in attendance for the first full-scale event inside the Bills' new building, and below are my first impressions along with reviews from a collection of Bills fans I talked to after the festivities.
Because everyone first enters the stadium into a concourse — and the old stadium's concourses were narrow concrete hallways — this is everyone's first impression of the stadium.
I was thoroughly impressed by how expansive they are, and the 360 degree view of the field provides serious Major League Baseball vibes. Once you're in the stadium, you can see the field from the concourse regardless of what level you're on. That's an amazing touch, and the first and probably most sizable of many significant upgrades in this new stadium compared to the Bills' old digs.
It feels necessary to go here next, because when you're in the concourses you're inundated with spots to get food and drink. The opposite was true at the old stadium, where it was clear the Bills were far behind the rest of the NFL in terms of amount of concession locations within the building. That led to unreasonably long lines at any part of the game. Said lines often spanned the entire width of the concourses, which created incredibly congested walkways for anyone attempting to find a bathroom during halftime or between drives.
#bills #stadium #building #concourse
I was fortunate enough to be one of the 51,807 in attendance for the first full-scale event inside the Bills' new building, and below are my first impressions along with reviews from a collection of Bills fans I talked to after the festivities.
Because everyone first enters the stadium into a concourse — and the old stadium's concourses were narrow concrete hallways — this is everyone's first impression of the stadium.
I was thoroughly impressed by how expansive they are, and the 360 degree view of the field provides serious Major League Baseball vibes. Once you're in the stadium, you can see the field from the concourse regardless of what level you're on. That's an amazing touch, and the first and probably most sizable of many significant upgrades in this new stadium compared to the Bills' old digs.
It feels necessary to go here next, because when you're in the concourses you're inundated with spots to get food and drink. The opposite was true at the old stadium, where it was clear the Bills were far behind the rest of the NFL in terms of amount of concession locations within the building. That led to unreasonably long lines at any part of the game. Said lines often spanned the entire width of the concourses, which created incredibly congested walkways for anyone attempting to find a bathroom during halftime or between drives.
#bills #stadium #building #concourse
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