{"id":937627,"date":"2026-07-05T20:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/937627\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T20:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:42:15","slug":"bills-to-hold-open-practice-at-highmark-stadium-on-august-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/937627\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills to hold open practice at Highmark Stadium on August 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naturally, fans were frustrated when word circulated that even a ticket to the intrasquad scrimmage will be difficult to obtain. The Bills anticipated the reaction. The stadium will also host two preseason games in August, a matchup with the Carolina Panthers\u00a0at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, and the exhibition finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27. Guelli and the team\u2019s staff wanted to find another way to open the doors to as many fans as possible.<\/p>\n

After discussing options during a meeting last month, Guelli walked into coach Brady\u2019s office to ask the Bills\u2019 first-year coach for help. It was Brady who floated the idea of an open practice. He had brainstormed dates in August for his players to practice on Highmark Stadium\u2019s natural-grass surface.<\/p>\n

The two discussed timing before Brady settled on a date. The open practice will occur two days before the Bills practice against the Cleveland Browns in Berea, Ohio. The two teams will play a preseason game at Cleveland\u2019s Huntington Bank Field on Saturday, Aug. 22.<\/p>\n

Return of the Red and Blue will be the finish line for the Bills\u2019 training camp. Beforehand, they will hold seven practices at St. John Fisher University in Pittsford. Rather than returning to the dorms following the scrimmage, Brady opted to keep his team in Orchard Park. It\u2019s part of his reimagining of the Bills\u2019 daily schedule, as Brady also changed start times for their workouts and meetings before and during the regular season.<\/p>\n

The Bills open the 2026 regular season in Houston on Sunday, Sept. 13, and their first game in Highmark Stadium is against the Detroit Lions\u00a0at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat I like about the entire setup is we now have four major events at the stadium in August, and they are at a variety of times,\u201d Guelli said. \u201cWe want as many people in Buffalo as possible to experience the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naturally, fans were frustrated when word circulated that even a ticket to the intrasquad scrimmage will be difficult…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[265,5445,5443,5459,215,124019,214,53,2086,7,4704,124018,122,6,47357,1890,31916,1369],"class_list":["post-937627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-buffalo-bills","tag-american-football","tag-american-football-league","tag-american-football-league-teams","tag-american-football-leagues","tag-bills","tag-bn-soc","tag-buffalo","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-buffalobills","tag-football","tag-highmark-stadium","tag-joe-brady-american-football-coach","tag-national-football-league","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-seasons","tag-nfl-teams","tag-pegula-sports-and-entertainment","tag-tom-brady"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116869316230941404","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}