RALPH WILSON STADIUM

Ralph Wilson Stadium, named after the long time owner of the team, is the home of the Buffalo Bills of the AFC East. Located at 1 Bills Drive, Orchard Park, New York, 14127, the stadium can hold more than 80,000 people comfortably. The park was built in 1973 and the naming rights were bought by Rich Foods for 25 years through the 1998 season. The stadium only cost $22 million to construct in 1973 (all public funding), and went through a $63 million renovation process before the 1999 season. The surface is Astroturf 8, a surface similar to grass with the benefits that come with not having to work so hard to maintain it. The choice of Astroturf over a natural grass surface is one made primarily because of the weather conditions in the Buffalo area late in the year. The stadium often hirers workers with the sole purpose of shoveling snow away from the field and out of seats because the snowfall is so heavy in the later months. A natural grass field would die out quickly in such extreme weather conditions. Tickets range from $48 for lower level seating all the way to $30 in certain sections of the upper deck.

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