Orchard Park, N.Y. (WBEN) – Demolition of the old Highmark Stadium along Abbott Road in Orchard Park was able to get underway a bit ahead of schedule back in early May. With the help of some nice weather, crews appear to be even more ahead of schedule with demolition of the site than many were expecting.
“I can tell you the one upper deck came down a lot easier than we thought, so that is ahead of schedule,” said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz of the demolition on Friday. “The thought was they would start doing the fill in the bowl, which they’ve done, and then they would work on the upper decks, and that could take weeks-to-months. As we all know, that upper first upper deck came down pretty quickly, so we anticipate that they’re going to have that site pretty flat once all the other things are removed from it in the next month.”
Poloncarz says it’s possible the site will be flat by the middle of the upcoming season, but there’s not going to be much else going on, especially when it comes to parking for the new Highmark Stadium across the street…