Orchard Park, NY (WBEN) - The Buffalo Bills announced on Thursday that the team's stadium in Orchard Park will be named 'Bills Stadium' for the foreseeable future.
"As we continue the transition process from New Era Field to a new naming rights partner, we will officially use the name Bills Stadium for our home in Orchard Park," the team said in a statement.
As we continue the transition process from New Era Field to a new naming rights partner, we will officially use the name Bills Stadium for our home in Orchard Park.More info: https://t.co/2ngtuxZZIc pic.twitter.com/TerjwC9bG5
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills)
August 20, 2020 The stadium has been without a name since the team and New Era Cap announced an end to their naming rights deal in July, not long after New Era Cap Company laid off 117 employees at its Buffalo-based headquarters.
The decision to drop the agreement came four years after New Era acquired the naming rights for what was previously called Ralph Wilson Stadium, and named after the team’s late Hall of Fame owner.
The stadium, built in 1973, was originally called Rich Stadium and known as Ralph Wilson Stadium from 1998 to 2015 and New Era Field from 2016 to 2020.
The first game at Bills Stadium is in just over 3 weeks, September 13th, against the New York Jets.
Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy expressed an interest in buying the naming rights on Twitter.
After a brief conversation with those who matter I am here to say we are very serious about buying the naming rights of the @BuffaloBills stadium and will enter the process.
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente)
August 20, 2020
