The Buffalo Bills and Erie County kind of teamed up in a way previously to get the attention of New York State in regard to getting some number of fans into Bills Stadium this season.
The Bills announced for the “foreseeable future” that fans would not be in the stands at Bills Stadium in late September. That was soon after Erie County announced via county executive Mark Poloncarz that the local government, who owns the team’s facility in Orchard Park, would OK around 7,000 fans to watch games.
Essentially a return of fans to Bills Stadium has to be approved three sides: the team, county, and state.
On Sept. 30 after that teaming up of sorts, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference he would take a visit of Bills Stadium with the team and Erie County reps to see what their safety plans are and how he feels about them. But on Thursday at a press conference via the Buffalo News, Poloncarz said that has yet to take place, even though it’s been over two weeks since Cuomo said he’d take a trip to Orchard Park.
The phrasing used was “no talks lately” in regard to updating the state’s pending visit to Bills Stadium. Buffalo’s next home game is scheduled for Monday at 5 p.m. against the Chiefs. Fans attending that game has been off the table for quite some time. Poloncarz’s recent statement could perhaps shake things up for a possible return in Week 8, the Bills’ next home game against the Patriots.
As of now, it seems like we’re a long ways away from getting spectators through the door at games.
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