Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
Bills Fans Pay $30 for Beer Horns at New Highmark Stadium Opener
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Sep 18

Bills Fans Pay $30 for Beer Horns at New Highmark Stadium Opener

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 18

Summary

  • $30 bought Bills fans a domestic beer and souvenir beer horn at Thursday's first game in the new Highmark Stadium, while one couple spent $113 on two beers, two horns, popcorn and a personal pizza.
  • Other concession prices were also steep — $19 for souvenir popcorn, $18 for wings and $14 each for pierogies or an Italian sausage — turning the opener into an expensive first look at the venue.
  • Beer-horn demand also clogged concourses, with fans in one 300-level line saying they waited more than an hour; one reported a 1-hour-15-minute wait for a beer.
  • Fans still embraced the opener after Buffalo beat Detroit, with the stadium's loud atmosphere and the wider Bills tailgating scene helping offset complaints about prices and crowding.

Insights

Will Buffalo's new $2.1 billion stadium and its $30 beer horns price out the legendary fans who built the team's gritty culture?
How will strict new tailgating rules impact the wild, historic Bills Mafia traditions outside this newly opened multi-billion-dollar venue?
Can the new stadium's partial canopy and underground heating truly tame Buffalo's notorious winter weather during a massive game-day blizzard?