STAGE FACTS AND FIGURES
Luxury boxes: 121 suites, 8,262 Club seats
Construction began on April 4, 1972.
Officially opened August 17, 1973.
First regular season game was September 30, 1973 – Bills 9 Jets 7.
Playing field is 50 feet below ground level – 37,000 feet of shale was removed to form the lower level.
Upper deck is 60 feet above ground level.
Field covers, 86,000 square feet.
Largest audience was October 4, 1992 vs Miami 80,368.
In 2013, a $ 130 million construction project was unveiled. This included:
- 3 new scoreboards
- New technology implementation including WiFi
- New West End plaza
- New Bills Store
- Miller Lite Brew Pub
- 50 yard line stairs
- Renewed and expanded concessions and toilets and improved gate entrance
Field surface is made of “A-Turf Titan 50” – a synthetic turf, installed by A-Turf of Cheektowaga, NY.
- Below the field surface is a letter of rubber and urethane, to provide maximum drainage and durability.
- The rubber used as infill is made from recycled tire rubber.
- There is a total of 6 lbs. of filling per square foot (516,000 lbs. total) 3 lbs. rubber / square foot and 3 lbs. seven / square feet.
- The field is expected to have a 12-year life span.
- It is estimated that using this turf field instead of a grass field saves between 500,000 to 1 million gallons of water each year.
Parking – 10,000 cars, 150 buses, 250 campers.
