Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, Oct. 4, 2026. Photo by Dekema via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
By Watertown Post Staff
Four seats together account for nearly 90 percent of what a Jefferson County family might spend to see the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park this season. A new Doc’s Sports analysis puts the cost of a home game at $2,237 for a family of four, including the drive, parking and concessions.
The county estimate provided to the Watertown Post breaks down this way:
- $2,002 for four resale tickets together, including fees before sales tax
- $83 for gas on a modeled 444-mile round trip
- $80 for four hot dogs, four sodas and two beers
- $72 for parking
That comes to $886 more than the study’s $1,351 estimate for a typical U.S. family visiting its nearest NFL stadium. In Jefferson County, it’s about one-third of a month’s pretax income for a family at the study’s county median of $81,387. The income figure comes from the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.
What the estimate counts
Doc’s Sports looked at Gametime resale listings on Oct. 28. It took the median asking price for a block of four seats at each remaining home game, then used the middle game price for each team. The figures capture one marketplace on one day. Prices can change with the opponent, seat location and timing.
The drive starts at the county’s population center, so mileage will vary by where a family lives. The parking figure is an allowance, and the concessions estimate uses a basket priced at Lambeau Field. Families comparing games can start with the total checkout price for four seats together, then add the cost of the drive and the parking they plan to use.
Photo: The new Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Oct. 4, 2026. Dekema via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for publication.
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