The Buffalo Bills' new stadium in Orchard Park, NY, is being built with a 360-degree canopy roof designed to withstand the city's heavy snowfall. The innovative snow melt system will ensure the roof remains structurally sound even during significant snow events.
The Buffalo Bills' new stadium in Orchard Park, NY is about half constructed, with an expected opening in time for the 2026 NFL season. The new stadium is being built adjacent to the existing Highmark Stadium (which was originally named Rich Stadium, then renamed Ralph Wilson Stadium) which the Bills have called home since 1973.
Initial plans considered building the new stadium in downtown Buffalo, and with a dome or retractable roof, but both ideas were set aside after extensive cost evaluations showed that such a location and roof would be prohibitively expensive. This is an over half a billion dollar more than the originally approved price tag, with team owners Terry and Kim Pegula responsible for funding the additional $560 million.One of the reasons cited for avoiding a dome on the new structure, was the ability to manage Buffalo's massive annual snowfall, averaging 90-100 inches due to the traditional lake effect snow belts with cold winds from the west moving across the relatively warm Great Lakes. The new structure was designed with a 360-degree canopy roof that covers over 60% of the stadium seating to limit the impact of wind and other weather on fans in their seats. As Populous states: 'A unifying element, the canopy follows the form of the bowl and exterior facade, dipping down towards the end-zones and rising towards the center.'The canopy roof was designed with an innovative snow melt system that will keep the roof from collapsing under the snow's weight. Joe Byrne, stadium construction operations manager, describes it as 'a pretty sophisticated system.' The sensors in the roof monitor the weather and the V-shaped canopy structure allows the heated canopies to safely melt away any dangerous snow levels. Frank Cravotta, Senior Vice President of Design at the Buffalo Bills and the team's stadium design lead, confidently declared that even if the snowfall is 'a seven footer...yes, it absolutely will melt it
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