Buffalo Bills new stadium

[FLVike]

From the look of it I would say it may rank about 15 out of 30

[StickierBuns]

Hard to say yet, but it being open air is stupid. JMO. Reminds me a bit of Tottenham stadium in North London where some NFL teams play. Meh.

[JimmyinSD]

looks tiny at this stage compared to USB, but its not likely as deep into the ground.

[purplefaithful]

I haven't seen renderings, so hard to say.

The age old question of open air or not would certainly apply to Buffalo.

Do I miss open air football in MN in Jan?

NO

[JR44]

Hard to say yet, but it being open air is stupid. JMO. Reminds me a bit of Tottenham stadium in North London where some NFL teams play. Meh.

Agree, the 2027 Super Bowl is going to be played on Valentines Day, as the Super Bowl and playoffs continue to be pushed further out, teams are playing home playoff games at the high point of the winter, which in Buffalo can be completely unbearable and unfit for fans as was shown this year when fans at a KC playoff game underwent amputations due to frostbite.

What Buffalo is doing is completely irresponsible.  I blame the NFL, any cold weather team building a new stadium should have to put a roof on it.  As the games continue to go later in the year and incidents like what happen in KC continue, the NFL is going to to be forced to put a temperature/windchill limit that games can be played in and make these teams have to move their games to a roofed stadium.  I can just see a February Bills home playoff game being played in Detroit's dome while this stadium sits empty!

[Vanguard83]

Maybe they could put a woven fiberglass fabric across the top, held in place by air pressure - Oh....wait....

[Kentis]

   

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[Montana Tom]

I promise you that they considered both the climate and the design.
In the end, I suspect that it was a cost/benefit analysis.
These things are not left to anyone's opinion...when taxpayer money (or private funding) is concerned, a cost/benefit analysis is done for everything.
If you think about it, why is an open air stadium in a northern climate (think: Metropolitan Stadium, TCF...err, Huntington Bank Stadium where the Vikings played while US Bank was under construction...proving how tough Minnesota teams are (never forget Bud Grant going to midfield in a polo shirt in -25 wind chill).

If you look closely at Kentis' post of a rendering of the stadium, most of the seats are covered, and the field is open air. Most of the "work" in maintaining the old stadium during heavy snowfalls has been shoveling the stands. This probably was considered as a cost/benefit tradeoff, that tells the rest of the NFL how tough the Bill's Mafia is.

They're tough all right.
And I agree with the design compromise. I like it. I'm still one who thinks that (in most cases, not all), football is better outdoors.

[StickierBuns]

I promise you that they considered both the climate and the design.
In the end, I suspect that it was a cost/benefit analysis.
These things are not left to anyone's opinion...when taxpayer money (or private funding) is concerned, a cost/benefit analysis is done for everything.
If you think about it, why is an open air stadium in a northern climate (think:  Metropolitan Stadium, TCF...err, Huntington Bank Stadium where the Vikings played while US Bank was under construction...proving how tough Minnesota teams are (never forget Bud Grant going to midfield in a polo shirt in -25 wind chill).

If you look closely at Kentis' post of a rendering of the stadium, most of the seats are covered, and the field is open air.  Most of the "work" in maintaining the old stadium during heavy snowfalls has been shoveling the stands.  This probably was considered as a cost/benefit tradeoff, that tells the rest of the NFL how tough the Bill's Mafia is.

They're tough all right. 
And I agree with the design compromise.  I like it.  I'm still one who thinks that (in most cases, not all), football is better outdoors.

The issue with this line of thinking is these new stadiums generally are used also for concerts, monster truck shows, etc. You limit your metro area when you can't line up venues all year long. Cost-Benefit analysis works for most public works projects, not taxpayer supplied NFL stadiums that put money into private ownership. The only benefit is its cheaper to build, as it would be anywhere without enclosure. NFL fans would watch a game outdoors in the Arctic.....not so much for a Taylor Swift concert.

[MaroonBells]

From the look of it I would say it may rank about 15 out of 30

Jesus, what's up with that music? Sounds like a really bad 80s buddy cop movie.