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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 5460519, member: 6809"] Just learning what & where the BILLS new stadium is going to be and cost: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_Buffalo_Bills_Stadium.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/New_Buffalo_Bills_Stadium.jpg/330px-New_Buffalo_Bills_Stadium.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Conceptual rendering [B]Highmark Stadium[/B] (also referred to as [B]New Highmark Stadium[/B] and colloquially as [B]The Pit[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Highmark_Stadium#cite_note-The_Pit_2023-24-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Highmark_Stadium#cite_note-The_Pit_nickname-3'][3][/URL]) is an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football']American football[/URL] stadium under construction in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard_Park_(town),_New_York']Orchard Park, New York[/URL]. It will replace the existing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highmark_Stadium_(New_York)']Highmark Stadium[/URL] as the home field of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bills']Buffalo Bills[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League']National Football League[/URL] (NFL) starting with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_season']2026 NFL season[/URL]. The 62,000-seat stadium is being built adjacent to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Community_College']Erie Community College[/URL]’s south campus across the street from the existing Highmark Stadium, which will be demolished following the completion of the new stadium. The stadium is being designed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous_(company)']Populous[/URL], who previously designed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahlen_Field']Sahlen Field[/URL] in downtown Buffalo and twelve other active NFL stadiums, with which the new Orchard Park stadium will share numerous design elements and features.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Highmark_Stadium#cite_note-Stadium_Design-4'][4][/URL] The stadium is estimated to cost $1.7 billion.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Highmark_Stadium#cite_note-$300M_Overun-5'][5][/URL] Under an agreement with the state of New York, taxpayers will pay $850 million of the construction cost (with $600 million coming from New York State and $250 million coming from Erie County). With the State of New York also paying for all maintenance and repair costs once the stadium opens, it is the largest taxpayer contribution ever for an NFL facility.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Highmark_Stadium#cite_note-:0-6'][6][/URL] Economics professor Victor Matheson, who studies stadium subsidies, described the deal as "one of the worst stadium deals in recent memory."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Highmark_Stadium#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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