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- Aug 15, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
New Highmark Stadium Opens for the Buffalo Bills
- The Buffalo Bills' new Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park opened to fans on Saturday 15 August 2026 for a preseason game against the Carolina Panthers[2]
- The stadium cost $2.1 billion and is open-air, with a roof canopy covering 64% of attendees, a first row 54 feet closer to the field than the old stadium, and a heated grass field replacing turf[3]
- The first regular-season home game is Thursday Night Football against the Detroit Lions on 17 September, after a Week 1 road game at Houston[2][3]
- The Bills played at the former stadium from 1973, named Highmark Stadium since 2021, and its demolition was under way by May 2026[3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=9Kb8-09Pda0youtube.com· Posted Sep 14, 2026· Starts Aug 15, 2026 ✓· 41% of score
Happened as dated, per the source: "The Bills open the team's new stadium on Aug. 15."
- [2]80%Buffalo Bills open the team's new stadium on Aug. 15sports.yahoo.com· Published Aug 3, 2026· 34% of score
Yahoo Sports' own headline and reporting confirm the Bills' new Highmark Stadium 'open[ed] the team's new stadium on Aug. 15' 2026 with a preseason game against the Carolina Panthers - an exact match for the pin's stored date.
- [3]85%Bills to play first regular-season game in new stadium in Week 2espn.com· Published May 11, 2026· 25% of score
ESPN's own reporting (published 11 May 2026) confirms the Bills' first regular-season game at the new stadium falls in Week 2 against the Lions, but that game occurred in September - after the pin's stored 15 August 2026 date, which instead corresponds to the stadium's earlier preseason opener, a detail this particular article does not cover.
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