New Era name to be dropped from Bills stadium Tim O'Shei Jul 15, 2020 Jul 15, 2020 Updated Dec 26, 2025 0 New Era Field in Orchard Park Wednesday. Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tim O'Shei The New Era era at the home of the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park is ending.kAm%96 qF772=@\32D65 9625H62C 2?5 2AA2C6= 4@>A2?J 92D 2D<65 E96 E62> E@ C6=62D6 :E 7C@> :ED ?2>:?8 C:89ED 28C66>6?E[ H9:49 >62?D E96 DE25:F> H:== ?@ =@?86C 36 42==65 }6H tC2 u:6=5]k^AmkAm%96 EH@ @C82?:K2E:@?D :DDF65 2 ;@:?E DE2E6>6?E (65?6D52J 4@?7:C>:?8 E92E }6H tC2 925 D@F89E E@ 86E @FE @7 E96 ?2>:?8 C:89ED 2?5 DA@?D@CD9:A 562=D H:E9 E96 q:==Di Q%96 q:==D 2?5 }6H tC2 2C6 4FCC6?E=J ?68@E:2E:?8 E96 56E2:=D @7 E9:D D6A2C2E:@? 2?5 E96 q:==D 2C6 368:??:?8 E96 AC@46DD @7 AFCDF:?8 2 ?6H ?2>:?8 C:89ED A2CE?6C 7@C E96 DE25:F>]Qk^Am kAm%96 6I24E 52E6 @7 E96 492?86[ 2D H6== 2D E96 ?6IE ?2>6 7@C E96 DE25:F>[ :D DE:== E@ 36 56E6C>:?65]k^Am People are also reading… Furniture and a car highlight Joyous Junque yard sale this week in Moneta Diamond Avenue residents ask for solutions to a longtime problem Franklin County High School senior eager to teach farming to next generation Corey Feldman hospitalized after medical emergency on flight Flour returns to the shelves of Big Spring Mill 4 years after closure Inmate 'died in agony' at Western Virginia Regional Jail, lawsuit claims Carter Bank drawn into Greenbrier ownership fight Franklin County schools make deep cuts, still expected to finish year over budget Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center in predawn operation Virginia Tech board reverses Living-Learning Program cut, proposes alternative In 40th year, water quality program still crucial as ever at Smith Mountain Lake Va. 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Related to this story Column: From old days to New Era, home of the Bills has a Rich legacy Erik Brady takes a look back at the names of stadiums that the Buffalo Bills have called home since their birth, in 1960. New Era signs start to come down at football stadium in Orchard Park The Buffalo-based headwear and apparel company announced July 15 that it had asked the Bills to release it from its naming rights agreement. Watch now: What Bills fans call their stadium For some, it will always be the Ralph. Others fondly remember it as Rich Stadium. Bills' home has a new name: Highmark Stadium New signs for what will officially be called Highmark BlueCross BlueShield Stadium – but sure to be known by the shorter version – will be ins… Termini: Bills stadium can work successfully in downtown Buffalo "This is the time to do it. We always think small, instead of thinking big. Now we have an opportunity, and we’re cheaping out," Termini said. Poloncarz says he will not call the Bills stadium New Era Field any longer Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said the company doesn't deserve to have its name gracing the stadium after its treatment of local employees. New Era laying off one-third of Buffalo workforce, ending furloughs by August An executive from New Era confirmed to The News that the company is laying off 187 employees, 117 of whom worked at its Buffalo headquarters. Tip of the Cap: Remembering the Bills' New Era era The Bills played at the stadium formerly known as New Era Field for four seasons, from 2016 through 2019 Bills fans have all the suggestions for a new name for New Era Field The news that the New Era name is not long for the football stadium in Orchard Park led to a social media storm of suggestions. Mark Poloncarz urges Bills to use Veterans Stadium as new name Poloncarz said the team should honor veterans such as former owner Ralph Wilson and former Bills player Bob Kalsu, who was killed in Vietnam. 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Column: From old days to New Era, home of the Bills has a Rich legacy Erik Brady takes a look back at the names of stadiums that the Buffalo Bills have called home since their birth, in 1960.
New Era signs start to come down at football stadium in Orchard Park The Buffalo-based headwear and apparel company announced July 15 that it had asked the Bills to release it from its naming rights agreement.
Watch now: What Bills fans call their stadium For some, it will always be the Ralph. Others fondly remember it as Rich Stadium.
Bills' home has a new name: Highmark Stadium New signs for what will officially be called Highmark BlueCross BlueShield Stadium – but sure to be known by the shorter version – will be ins…
Termini: Bills stadium can work successfully in downtown Buffalo "This is the time to do it. We always think small, instead of thinking big. Now we have an opportunity, and we’re cheaping out," Termini said.
Poloncarz says he will not call the Bills stadium New Era Field any longer Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said the company doesn't deserve to have its name gracing the stadium after its treatment of local employees.
New Era laying off one-third of Buffalo workforce, ending furloughs by August An executive from New Era confirmed to The News that the company is laying off 187 employees, 117 of whom worked at its Buffalo headquarters.
Tip of the Cap: Remembering the Bills' New Era era The Bills played at the stadium formerly known as New Era Field for four seasons, from 2016 through 2019
Bills fans have all the suggestions for a new name for New Era Field The news that the New Era name is not long for the football stadium in Orchard Park led to a social media storm of suggestions.
Mark Poloncarz urges Bills to use Veterans Stadium as new name Poloncarz said the team should honor veterans such as former owner Ralph Wilson and former Bills player Bob Kalsu, who was killed in Vietnam.
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