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Wildly-Obstructed Views From Bills’ New Highmark Stadium Have Fans Raising Some Important Questions [PHOTOS]

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This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.

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Highmark Stadium view (Photo via X)

Buffalo’s new Highmark Stadium finally hosted a real NFL game Thursday night. The Bills christened their $2.2 billion venue with a 41-31 win over Detroit.

The clash gave an estimated 60,108 fans their first proper look at the finished building.

Most of the night centered on Josh Allen’s five-touchdown performance in the 41-31 win. One old complaint about the stadium itself, though, resurfaced almost immediately once fans started sharing photos from their own seats.

Turns out the obstructed-view issue everyone hoped got fixed over the summer never fully went away.

Fans Shared Photos Of Blocked Sightlines Again

A general view of the fly over the stadium (Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports)

New images circulating from Thursday’s game suggest fans were peering through metal railings and glass barriers. They also suggest that some views were cut off entirely from the field level.

The photos echoed almost identical complaints that first surfaced back in August, when the Bills held their Blue and Red practice inside the new building.

Reactions to the latest round of photos were mixed once they started spreading online.

“Maybe they want their fans in the first row at the endzone to be standing, idk,” one fan wrote.

“The lower bowl isn’t sitting for an endzone play,” another user added.

“Those aren’t seats that’s the aisle,” a third fan pointed out, implying that the images may have simply captured walkways rather than actual paid seating.

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Team president Pete Guelli addressed similar complaints directly back in August, telling reporters the club had heard from fewer than one percent of Personal Seat License holders about sightline issues.

“Any building you would walk into, there would be some obstructed seating,” Guelli said at the time.

The team has continued reviewing complaints individually since then, and some previously flagged seats with major obstructions reportedly won’t even be sold for football games going forward. Those specific locations are expected to be used for concerts and other non-sports events instead.

Whether Thursday’s fresh round of complaints prompts another formal response remains to be seen. Given how quickly the earlier controversy played out over the summer, it likely won’t take long before the Bills address this latest wave of viral photos, too.

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