The Bills have broken camp at St. John Fisher University, but the road to the regular season continues Saturday night with one of the team's annual summer traditions.
The Buffalo Bills return to the field Saturday night for the annual Return of the Blue & Red practice, but this year's event comes with a twist. The 7 p.m. practice will be the first public event held at the new Highmark Stadium, offering fans their first chance to experience the team's new home.
Training camp wrapped up Friday in Pittsford after two weeks of practices, position battles and plenty of storylines. Now the focus shifts back to Orchard Park, where thousands of fans will get another more glimpse of Josh Allen and the Bills before preseason games begin.
Follow along here
for live updates, observations and photos throughout the evening.
Joe Brady glad he gets to coach in new stadium
04:42 PM ET, August 8 2026, Sal MaioranaThe new head coach made a funny comment Friday when he was asked what it has been like to watch the stadium rise over the past few years.
"It's been incredible to see it kind of go up the whole time. We were just hoping that we're going to get to coach in it," he said with a smile. "And I know that sounds crazy, but that's how this profession kind of works."
Sean McDermott thought he'd be the first head coach to lead the Bills into the new stadium, he said on numerous occasions over the past couple years that he couldn't to do it. Unfortunately for him, the loss to the Broncos in the playoffs upended that plan, and Brady was promoted to take his place, so he'll be the man leading the team onto the field.
"Every time you go in there, you notice something else and it's incredible," Brady said. "It's such a special place for everybody in this community and the city and I think it's going to be a stadium that people don't want to come play at. But it's important for us early to get a lot of exposure to it where we're not wowed by it when we walk in it, come regular season."
A quick view of Family Circle
04:29 PM ET, August 8 2026, Sal MaioranaI just took a walk over to the Family Circle area where the massive bison are situated and it's a pretty cool area. Plenty of fans are already congregated there looking at the metal structures and the Wall of Fame plaques that surround the them.
Here's a quick walking video of what it looks like:
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Bills Blue & Red practice live updates from new Highmark Stadium
