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Ravens at Bills
Highmark Stadium
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Ravens at Bills
Highmark Stadium. Sunday, November 1, 1:00 PM.
2 travellers, 2 nights, Sat, Oct 31 to Mon, Nov 2.
Flight
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Hotel
Stay in the city and ride in for the game
Finding rooms for your dates
Game
Ravens at Bills
Sunday 1:00 PM, Highmark Stadium.
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Game day
- 9:00 AMPregame Plaza between Gates C and D
- 11:00 AMNFTA Game Day Express bus from downtown
- 12:30 PMBe in your seat
- 1:00 PMKickoff, Ravens at Bills
Local picks
- tailgate, 65 points
- eat, 65 points
- tour, 100 points
- ritual, 25 points
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Flights
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Where to stay
Finding rooms for your dates
Stay in the city and ride in for the game.
No rail; drive, rideshare, or a game-day shuttle from downtown.
Where visiting fans stay
Downtown Buffalo
35 min by NFTA Metro Game Day Express bus, $5 one way. The Bills do not play in Buffalo. Highmark Stadium is in Orchard Park, about 12 miles south of downtown.
Buffalo Medical Campus
40 min by Metro Rail to a Game Day Express pickup point, then the express bus. This area sits next to downtown, with better bars and restaurants than downtown itself. University Station is a Game Day Express pickup point on the same Metro Rail line.
Orchard Park
10 min on foot or short drive. Near the stadium there is not much. The Red Carpet Inn Orchard Park is 0.4 miles away.
Tickets
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The view from every part of the stadiumParking and tailgate lots
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Know before you go
Gates, bags, payment and access at Highmark Stadium.
Arrive by
Security gates open 3 hours before kickoff. The club tells fans to arrive within the first hour of that window to speed up entry. Ticket entries into the stadium bowl open 2 hours before kickoff. Arrive in the final hour and you risk missing kickoff.
Entry mechanism
Tickets load through the Bills Mobile app. The club tells fans to add tickets to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet before arriving, since WiFi and cell service can run slow or weak at the gates. The same goes for mobile parking permits. No guidance exists yet for international phone numbers, app-store regions, or non-US cards.
Gate finder
The Bills publish an Interactive 3D Stadium Map at map.concept3d.com?id=2167 on the game-day page. Link out to this tool rather than building a fixed map. The new stadium has seven gates (A through G) into the secure perimeter, and eleven numbered entries into the stadium itself. Security screening happens only at Gates B through F.
Bag policy
Bags must be clear plastic, vinyl or PVC, no larger than 12 by 6 by 12 inches, or a one-gallon clear freezer bag, or a small clutch about hand-sized, 4.5 by 6.5 inches. You can carry the clutch along with one clear bag. The policy names no exception for medical items, diapers, or nursing supplies, which could be a real problem if you carry medication.
Prohibited items
Banned items include umbrellas, strollers, all tobacco products, outside bottles, cans, and thermoses. Also banned: cameras with lenses over six inches, video cameras, tripods, noisemakers, laser pointers, oversized or modified seat cushions, selfie sticks, and drones. Smokers get no break area and no re-entry, so plan around that.
Re-entry
Smoking is not allowed anywhere in the stadium. There are no designated smoking areas, and re-entry is not allowed either.
Payment
All points of sale run cashless only, including parking, retail, and even 50/50 raffle sellers. Pay with debit, credit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. No cash-to-card kiosk exists for the new stadium, so cash-only fans have no way to spend it.
Dietary
The 2026 menu marks each item with dietary codes: (v) for vegetarian, (vg) for vegan, (gf) for gluten-free, (df) for dairy-free, (nf) for nut-free. Example: 'Cheese Pizza: Saputo Gold Mozzarella, pizza sauce (v, nf).' This stand-level detail beats most stadiums in the league.
Accessible seating
Call the Bills Box Office at 1-877-228-4257, or email [email protected], before you arrive. Accessible platform seating works first-come, first-served with no advance notice window stated. Watch out: an older page on the same site lists a different number, 1-877-228-4267. Use the Accessibility Guide's number instead.
Sensory accommodations
The stadium has seven sensory rooms, more than any other venue reported. Locations: Field Club, 716 Club Lower, M&T Bank Lounge on the Balcony Level, Main Concourse near Sections 104 and 141, and Upper Concourse near Sections 303 and 343. The stadium is KultureCity-certified sensory inclusive. Sensory Inclusion Kits, with noise-cancelling headphones, fidget toys, and a KultureCity VIP ID card, check out at Guest Experience Booths. Partners include the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation, Kaleida Health, and Golisano Children's Hospital. Assistive Listening Devices check out at any Guest Experience Booth on the Main or Upper Concourse with government ID. Closed captioning runs through the Bills Mobile app and on select video boards. No ASL interpreter service or notice period is listed.
Connectivity
Verizon serves as the official 5G network and founding partner, and will own the neutral host Distributed Antenna System in the new stadium. Coverage includes Enhanced 5G Ultra-Wide Band service and small cell technology across the stadium and surrounding lots and plazas. No public WiFi network name is published for the new building. The club warns of slow or weak WiFi and cell service at the gates, so load your tickets into a wallet before arriving. The old WiFi name, 'Bills Guest Wifi,' belonged to the old stadium.
The matchup
Form, ESPN's model and the stat leaders
- Form
The Ravens are 2-1 after 3 games, 2nd in the AFC North.
They are 2-0 on the road.
The Bills are 3-0 after 3 games, 1st in the AFC East.
They have won 3 in a row.
They are 2-0 at home.
Where the fans drink
The bars fans pick on game day, and how each one treats a visiting fan.
- 0.3 mi / 6-8 min walk
Mostly home fans.
This bar opened in 1950 as a neighborhood spot and turned into a sports bar under new owners in October 1980. From there, it became the players' bar. Andre Reed came here his first night as a Bill and named the place three times in his Hall of Fame speech.
It opens at 10am Sunday through Thursday, and 11am Friday and Saturday. It closes at midnight Sunday through Wednesday, and 2am Thursday through Saturday. The wings are famous. It fills up fast, so arrive early. Call (716) 648-6749 ahead to check seating for a group.
- 0.4 mi / 8-10 min walk
Crowd is mixed, leaning welcoming.
Rick and Peggy Cerrone opened this bar in 2010. It is the most family-run spot in the Abbott Road group. In 2022 they brought back Pino's Pizza, a local favorite that had closed, and reopened it on their own property.
Open Mon-Sat 11am to midnight, later Thu-Sat. Open Sun 11am to 11pm. Wings come in multiple flavors. Pino's pizza is made on site.
Area guide
Getting to the stadium
NFTA Metro Game Day Express from Six transit centres: Metropolitan Transportation Center (downtown Buffalo). It costs $5 per person one way. Pay with cash, exact change, or the Token Transit app. Regular NFTA passes do not work. Schedules post only the week before each game and can change on game day. Drops at the stadium.. There is no rail service of any kind from Buffalo. There is no commuter rail, light rail, or metro to Orchard Park. Buffalo's Metro Rail stays inside the city and does not reach the stadium. The Game Day Express bus is the only public transport option.
Rideshare
Rideshare works, but costs more and runs thin at scale. A taxi from BUF to the stadium starts around $60 one way before game-day surge pricing. Orchard Park has few local drivers. The Bills don't publish a rideshare zone for the new stadium. Take the Game Day Express, and book everything else ahead.
The mistake to avoid
Don't book at the airport or in a random Southtowns suburb hoping to be close. Without a car, anywhere outside a Game Day Express stop means a $60-plus one-way taxi. Don't assume the old stadium's layout either. The gates, lots, and address all changed for 2026.
Parking and tailgating
Lots open four hours before kickoff and close two hours after the game ends. Every lot requires an advance-purchase parking pass. On game day, only accessible parking sells on-site, first come first served, in the Blue ADA and White ADA lots, cashless. Tailgating ends at kickoff; everyone must enter the stadium then. Tailgates must stay inside your parking space. Use only free-standing, weighted tents, no stakes. Propane and natural gas grills are fine; charcoal grills must sit 6 inches off the ground. No glass, no air horns, no PA systems, no selling food or private catering. Private lots along Abbott Road set their own rules. Stadium lots require a car and an advance-purchase parking pass, and tailgating must stay inside your marked space until kickoff. But Gameday Hospitality runs the Red Zone tailgate at 3904 Abbott Road, right next to the stadium property, a 3-5 minute walk from most gates. No car or game ticket needed, just a tailgate reservation. It runs three hours, with a buffet of Sahlen's hot dogs, chicken fingers, subs, and pizza. The VIP tier adds wings and beef on weck. Prices rise the closer you book to game day; a season pass covers all home and playoff games. Times shift with kickoff, for example 10:00 to 13:00 for an afternoon game, or 16:30 to 19:30 for a night game.
Where to stay
Downtown Buffalo: 35 min by NFTA Metro Game Day Express bus, $5 one way. The Bills do not play in Buffalo. Highmark Stadium is in Orchard Park, about 12 miles south of downtown. Buffalo Medical Campus: 40 min by Metro Rail to a Game Day Express pickup point, then the express bus. This area sits next to downtown, with better bars and restaurants than downtown itself. University Station is a Game Day Express pickup point on the same Metro Rail line.
Around the stadium
There is no hotel cluster and no bar district here. Two motels sit within two miles: Red Carpet Inn at 0.4 miles, Stadium View Inn at 1.9 miles. For drinks before the game, try classic roadside taverns on and around Abbott Road and Southwestern Boulevard: Big Tree Inn, Danny's South, O'Neill's Stadium Inn. These are institutions, but they sit along a suburban strip, not a walkable district. New development is underway near the stadium; Danny's South was listed for sale as building speeds up. This could change in coming seasons.
Stadium tour on game day
The Bills offer a Gameday Tour for the new stadium: a VIP pre-game walk behind the scenes as teams prepare for kickoff. Book it at thehighmarkstadium.com/tours. Pricing and availability are not listed yet. Confirm both before selling this to anyone.
Stadium tour, the day before
The Rally Day Tour runs the day before a home game, a self-guided look behind the scenes as the stadium gets ready. Other options: the Bills Mafia Tour, 60 minutes, guided, covering the locker room and field level, and the Bills Mafia Elevated Tour, 90 minutes, VIP, adding the Gallagher Founders Club and National Broadcast Booth. Prices and availability for all three were still being set when announced. Book at thehighmarkstadium.com/tours.
Seats and views
100 Level101 to 155Club and suite levelsC221 to C233300 Level301 to 349Tap any part of the stadium to see its view.
The weekend, day by day
The day before Sat, Oct 31
- 10:00 AM
Arrive in Orchard Park
Fly into BUF.
- 11:00 AM
Landmark
Free public waterfront, open dawn to dusk. Heritage Carousel, kayaks, the Naval Park's USS Little Rock, and the Explore & More children's museum. Good for families the day before the game.
- 12:30 PM
Eat
Family restaurant open since 1837, in this building since 1942. Roast beef on kummelweck, carved to order. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11:30am to 7:30pm, closed Sunday, so go the day before.
- 2:00 PM
Tour
Legends runs tours of the new stadium's locker rooms and premium spaces, booked through Ticketmaster or an inquiry form. No prices, days or game-day availability listed. Email [email protected] first.
- 7:00 PM
Eat
The Main Street bar where Teressa Bellissimo fried the first Buffalo wings, March 4, 1964. Open Sunday 11am to 8pm. Go for dinner the night before or after the game.
- 9:00 PM
Drink
Abbott Road bar and restaurant, a short walk from the stadium lots. Normally closed Sundays, but it opens for every Bills home game. Fills fast with pregame crowds.
- 10:00 AM
Game day Sun, Nov 1
- 9:00 AM
Tailgate
Inside the new Highmark Stadium's secure perimeter: mini field, games, music, photo ops. Security gates open 3 hours before kickoff; plaza closes 30 minutes before. Need a ticket, don't need a car.
- 11:00 AM
Ritual
Express buses run from six transit centers, including the downtown Metropolitan Transportation Center, to the stadium transit center near Abbott and Southwestern. $5 cash or Token Transit each way; times post during game week.
- 12:30 PM
Be in your seat
- 1:00 PM
Kickoff, Ravens at Bills
- 4:30 PM
Final whistle
Rideshare works, but costs more and runs thin at scale. A taxi from BUF to the stadium starts around $60 one way before game-day surge pricing. Orchard Park has few local drivers. The Bills don't publish a rideshare zone for the new stadium. Take the Game Day Express, and book everything else ahead.
- 9:00 AM
The day after Mon, Nov 2
Depart Orchard Park
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Sidequests on this trip
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- Tailgate65 points
Inside the new Highmark Stadium's secure perimeter: mini field, games, music, photo ops. Security gates open 3 hours before kickoff; plaza closes 30 minutes before. Need a ticket, don't need a car.
Free
- Eat65 points
Family restaurant open since 1837, in this building since 1942. Roast beef on kummelweck, carved to order. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11:30am to 7:30pm, closed Sunday, so go the day before.
$$
- Tour100 points
Legends runs tours of the new stadium's locker rooms and premium spaces, booked through Ticketmaster or an inquiry form. No prices, days or game-day availability listed. Email [email protected] first.
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- Ritual25 points
Express buses run from six transit centers, including the downtown Metropolitan Transportation Center, to the stadium transit center near Abbott and Southwestern. $5 cash or Token Transit each way; times post during game week.
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- Drink25 points
Abbott Road bar and restaurant, a short walk from the stadium lots. Normally closed Sundays, but it opens for every Bills home game. Fills fast with pregame crowds.
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- Landmark65 points
Free public waterfront, open dawn to dusk. Heritage Carousel, kayaks, the Naval Park's USS Little Rock, and the Explore & More children's museum. Good for families the day before the game.
Free
- Eat65 points
The Main Street bar where Teressa Bellissimo fried the first Buffalo wings, March 4, 1964. Open Sunday 11am to 8pm. Go for dinner the night before or after the game.
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