ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are responding to criticism over various issues at their new stadium — including partially obstructed sightline concerns -- by addressing them on a case-by-case basis, the team announced Monday.
The criticism stems from fans getting their first full experience inside the $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium during the Bills annual Blue and Red practice on Saturday night. Though the Bills said a majority of the feedback was overwhelmingly positive, a few complaints arose, which team president Pete Guelli termed as coming from less than 1% of the personal seat licensing holders.
One of the larger concerns were seats with obstructed views, with several photos emerging on social media.
The team said at least one photo taken by The Associated Press was from seats that were not placed on sale for football games. The seats were in the last row of the Section 417 of the northwest corner of the stadium, and the view of the far end zone was mostly blocked by the outcropping of the press box.
A team official said those seats could be used for other events taking place in the stadium, such as concerts, where the view would not be obstructed.
Other photos showed seats where views were partially obstructed by railings and staircases.
In selling the seats, prospective ticket buyers were given a virtual tour of the stadium that included visuals what their view of the field would resemble.
The team said it will review each complaint and use “the next six weeks to refine any details,” in leading up to the Bills regular-season home-opener against Detroit on Sept. 17.
Next up for the Bills are two home preseason games, starting with the team hosting Carolina on Saturday.
The stadium’s design was influenced by that of soccer’s Premier League Tottenham Hotspur’s home, which also hosts NFL games in London.
Bills owner Terry Pegula was impressed by noting that there are very few bad seats in the Hotspur stadium. The same, the Bills said, would apply to Highmark Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 60,108.
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FILE - A general interior view of the Buffalo Bills' new Highmark Stadium prior to a ribbon cutting ceremony in Orchard Park, N.Y., June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes, File)
TORONTO (AP) — Charles McAdoo homered and Jameson Taillon pitched four scoreless innings before leaving with an injury as the Toronto Blue Jays beat Boston 2-1 on Monday night to hand the Red Sox their third loss in a row.
Boston's skid follows a nine-game winning streak that capped a franchise-record string of 27 victories in 30 games.
McAdoo hit his second major league home run in nine career games leading off the fifth to give Toronto a 1-0 lead. The 24-year-old rookie made his first start at third base in place of Kazuma Okamoto, a late scratch due to a bruised left knee.
Taillon gave up one hit and walked three before exiting with forearm discomfort. It was his second start for the Blue Jays and first at home since being acquired from the Chicago Cubs in a trade on Aug. 2.
Simeon Woods-Richardson (2-7) replaced Taillon to begin the fifth and gave up one run in three innings for the win. Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth for his 25th save.
Red Sox starter Sonny Gray (14-3) permitted two runs and six hits in six innings.
Boston trimmed it to 2-1 on a bizarre play in the seventh. With runners at the corners and one out, Ceddanne Rafaela lofted a sacrifice fly to center field. Thinking there were two outs when the ball was hit, however, neither Anthony Seigler at third base nor Nick Sogard at first tagged up properly. Both took off with the ball in the air, and after it was caught Sogard was doubled off first for the third out of the inning.
Seigler, though, crossed home plate before Sogard was put out at first. So the run counted — following a lengthy replay review.
In the Toronto sixth, George Springer was initially called out to end the inning as he tried to steal second. But the Blue Jays challenged and the call was overturned. Andrés Giménez followed with an RBI single that made it 2-0.
The Red Sox entered with the best road record in the majors at 35-22 (.614), and had won 15 of their last 16 away from Fenway Park — tied for the best 16-game road record in franchise history (also 15-1 in 1939).
Red Sox LHP Patrick Sandoval (1-0, 3.38 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite RHP Dylan Cease (7-5, 2.28) in the second game of a four-game series.
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Toronto Blue Jays' Jameson Taillon pitches against the Boston Red Sox during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays' George Springer slides in to score on an RBI single by Andres Gimenez during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Red Sox's Sonny Gray pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays' Charles McAdoo rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Boston Red Sox during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays' Charles McAdoo hits a home run against the Boston Red Sox during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
