The public financing share for the Buffalo stadium is smaller than most previous NFL deals. When Highmark Stadium (pictured above) — the Bills current home field, the fourth oldest in the NFL — was built in 1973, it was 100% publicly financed. However, in recent years, franchises have contributed the funding to build their venues.
Rams owner Stan Kroenke footed the $5.6 billion bill for Inglewood, California’s, SoFi Stadium — the most expensive stadium ever built. Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas received $750 million in public funding, but the Raiders paid $1.1 billion of their own money to build it, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
