New Highmark Stadium (Buffalo Bills Orchard Park Megaproject)

10 Bills Plaza (Abbott Road), Orchard Park, NY 14127

Under Construction

What is it? · Identity & scale

Project type: Commercial
Review stage: Under Construction
Total sq ft: 1,350,000
Commercial sq ft: 1,350,000
Stories: 5
Acreage: 200 ac

Who & what? · Context & documents

Developer / applicant entity: Buffalo Bills / Legends / Gilbane-Turner JV
Estimated investment / project cost: $2.1B
Reviewing board: State Agency / ESD

Site notes

$2.1B, 1.35M SF, 62,000-seat open-air NFL stadium with a 360-degree wind-mitigating canopy roof on Abbott Road in Orchard Park, backed by $600M from New York State and $250M from Erie County with the Buffalo Bills funding all construction overruns. Broke ground June 2023; reaching final interior and field completion stages in 2026.

Source

StadiumDB / Construction Owners· Dec 16, 2025

Public record & decisions

Applicant Claims

Secures the Buffalo Bills in Western New York for 30 years while generating thousands of union construction jobs and a Community Benefits Fund.

Staff / Agency Concerns

Public taxpayer subsidy cap ($850M public contribution), traffic management along Route 20A/Abbott Rd, and winter snow/wind engineering.

Public Testimony

Extensive statewide debate over public stadium subsidies balanced against regional economic retention and labor union support.