Wilson first encountered Terry and his wife, Kim Pegula, when she had input in selling the Bills to them in 2014 for a then-NFL record $1.4 billion following her husband’s death. “Their entire leadership to make this happen, I think Buffalo, they’ve got no idea how great it’s going to be.” “I love what Terry said,” Mary Wilson told The Associated Press afterward.

It was held amid construction equipment in what served as a former stadium parking lot already being prepped as the site of the Bills’ 60,000-plus seat new home. The hour-long ceremony was a celebration of the team’s future, which is essentially secured with a new stadium that comes with a 30-year lease, and also the past. Kathy Hochul on Monday dug into a small plot of dirt across the street in breaking ground on new stadium scheduled to open by the 2026 season, and projected to cost $1.54 billion, with taxpayers picking up $850 million of the tab. Using the Bills current home as a backdrop, Pegula, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and New York Gov. “And don’t start crying because you’ll get me crying.” “And what would he say to that, Mary?” Pegula said. “Ralph, we’re moving across the street,” Pegula said to an eruption of laughter from a large gathering that included Wilson’s wife, Mary. (AP) - In preparing to break ground on the Buffalo Bills new stadium, owner Terry Pegula looked to the sky to deliver a message to his late predecessor and franchise founder, Ralph Wilson. Barnes/AP Show More Show Less 6 of6 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula talk prior to the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Bills Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Monday June 5, 2023. Barnes/AP Show More Show Less 5 of6 Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula gets emotional during his speech prior to the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Bills Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Monday June 5, 2023. At right is NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Barnes/AP Show More Show Less 4 of6 Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula, left, talks with Mary Wilson, wife of the late Bills owner Ralph Wilson, prior to the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Bills Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Monday June 5, 2023. Barnes/AP Show More Show Less 3 of6 Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula takes part in the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Bills Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Monday June 5, 2023. Barnes/AP Show More Show Less 2 of6 From left, Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott, General Manager Brandon Beane, EVP/Chief Operating Officer Ron Raccuia, owner Terry Pegula, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell participate in the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Bills Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Monday June 5, 2023. 1 of6 New York Governor Kathy Hochul, left, Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, right, participate in the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Bills Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Monday June 5, 2023.

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