The Buffalo Bills’ new Highmark Stadium is starting to show its personality.
A media tour on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Orchard Park offered a first look at the stadium’s layout and some of its biggest features, from the 200 level all the way down to field level. The views from the upper seats and end zone gave a sense of how the building opens up around the field, while the 100 level showed rows of colorful seating and a wider, more open concourse.
Food options are part of the picture too, with a food court located on the 200 level. Suites on that same level also give fans another way to take in the game, with seating and sightlines visible during the tour.
Down on the field level, the stadium’s design leans into the football experience. The field was shown from field level, and the bold new players tunnel connects the locker room to the field. The Seneca Field Club is also located on that level.
There’s plenty of art built into the space as well. A large permanent installation in the M&T Lounge includes more than 1,900 hanging pieces of plexiglass that form the Bills logo when viewed from outside. Other large art pieces, part of a public art project, are placed throughout the stadium.
The stadium’s wider concourses are part of the upgrade too, including an extra spacious concourse on the 100 level. Grounds crews were also seen keeping the grass mowed during the tour.
By Aug. 8, 2026, the stadium was already drawing early fans into another layer of the experience. In the family circle, visitors could see the history of Buffalo, bison statues, and the players wall of fame. There was also a historic marker acknowledging the Seneca Nation.
At the center of that family circle stands a bison family, including a bull that rises 27 feet tall.
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