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‘”It feels like it’s been ages, a long offseason. I’m excited to see the guys,” said Diggs following Day 1 of training camp. “You get away from football for a little bit, and then you start missing, you get that itch again just to be out there in the grass, and just running around, talking junk.’

‘The preparation for training camp in Pittsford typically begins every January or February, right around the conclusion of the season. Harrison and other officials from the university start to meet with the Bills then and regularly check in to work on a number of things that went well the year prior, things that need changing, or other factors that will affect daily operations of camp in a given summer. Harrison says if the move-in process is around two-and-a-half weeks for the Bills, the move-out process is even faster at two-and-a-half days.’

‘Roth was recently named the COO of the Buffalo Sabres and Pegula Sports and Entertainment (PSE), and will continue to work in all three roles. With the Bills, he will oversee the team’s ticketing, business development, and the media and content departments.’

‘”I tried to pay him a few times for the car rental, he wouldn’t allow it,” Guenther said. “It was just a great experience, and he’s truly why our Buffalo Bills and Buffalo is the way they are. He’s just down to Earth, the normal dad bringing his daughter home from a softball tournament.”‘

‘”We’re starting to finish up some of the early work, the prep. The site fence has been established to secure the perimeter, we’re working on temporary power and other utility relocations and establishing some utilities to be used during the construction project,” said John Polka, Vice President of Stadium Development with the Bills. “As most people can see as they’re driving by, we’re underway with mass excavation of the work around the property and in the stadium bowl.”‘

‘Allen becomes the first player in Bills history to be named the cover athlete for the EA Madden NFL franchise. He is also the first player since 2021 to grace the cover of the popular video game after the company honored the legacy of the late John Madden last year.’

‘Representatives from New York State, Erie County, the Bills and the National Football League will be on-hand for Monday morning’s ceremony slated for 9 a.m. ET along Abbott Road across from Highmark Stadium. This includes the likes of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Bills owner Terry Pegula, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.’

‘The program was developed by Legislature Chair Baskin, in coordination with Erie County’s departments of Environment and Planning, Public Works, and the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity.’

‘While major construction work has yet to get underway – target date for extensive excavation work to start in early June – some crews are starting work on the site with fencing and other operations taking place. The land where the new stadium will sit (once the RV Lot and other parking) has been mostly stripped of the concrete and asphalt.’

‘This final vote ends a long process that began nearly two years ago when talks of a new stadium for the Bills began heating up in discussions with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and the Pegula family.’

‘”Starting this out, it’s all a journey. It’s definitely a marathon, it’s not a sprint,” said Erie County’s Commissioner for the Department of Public Works, Bill Geary on Wednesday. “The expectation is we can get through this, but there are so many different aspects to know, like what Chair [April] Baskin did with the community benefits agreement. There’s so many other aspects of this stadium that are going to have residual effects in this community for years to come, long after I’m gone, and most of the people that are here today. We should be proud of that, and we should also know the Buffalo Bills, as a franchise, will be here for 30 years.”‘

‘”For a long time now, people have been saying, ‘When are you getting the Bills deal done? When are you getting the Bills deal done?’ It’s done. The Bills deal is done,” said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz during a press briefing of the announcement on Tuesday.’

‘In the latest round of renderings for the new Bills stadium, the team revealed additional looks at the outside façade of the stadium from different angles, including a close up look showing greater detail of the mesh-like metal perforated screens designed to create “wind confusion”.’

‘”Right now, all the major issues are done. The documents I was hoping we would be able to have as of last week, but there’s still some things that the attorneys are dealing with on opinion letters and the like that are just keeping it from being signed by me, being signed by Terry Pegula, and then sent over to the [Erie County] Legislature for the final approval,” said Poloncarz during a media event on Monday in Lancaster. “There’s no major issues that have to be dealt with, from a standpoint of the economics of the deal, the finances of the deal.”‘

‘This latest release comes well over a month after the Erie County Legislature approved a state environmental review for the new stadium on Jan. 19. That officially kicked in a 30-day window to finalize all documents that are part of the stadium deal.’