BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Rumors of a 100% taxpayer-funded stadium for the Buffalo Bills appear to have been just that -- rumors.
Bills owners Kim and Terry Pegula will pay at least a portion of the team's next stadium's construction costs, they said through a statement to The Associated Press. This in the wake of reports they requested for Erie County taxpayers to foot the entire bills and rumors that they would move the team to Austin, Texas if that request was not granted.
"When it comes to the future new home of the Bills, (the Pegulas) have always known that, like virtually all NFL stadiums, this will ultimately be some form of a public/private partnership,'' Pegula Sports and Entertainment senior vice president Ron Raccuia told The Associated Press on Saturday.