NY State Official Announces Vaccine Passports Required to Attend Buffalo Bills Games

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Erie County, NY Executive Mark Poloncarz announced yesterday that all fans and staff at the Buffalo Bills’ NFL stadium must be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to enter the facility. The same policy also extends to Buffalo Sabres fans.

On Twitter, Poloncarz wrote, “Erie County is in support of returning fans to the stadium and arena, this upcoming fall. The best way to do this is to ensure all fans are vaccinated!” 

The tweet included a graphic which stated the county “supports returning all fans to stadium and arena for fall.” It says the way to achieve this is to “require all fans and staff to be fully vaccinated.”

“No vaccine=no entry,” the graphic stated.

Poloncarz encouraged fans to apply to receive their passports. “

“You can apply now to receive your ‘Excelsior Pass,’ he wrote on Twitter. “There is a app you can download right on your cell phone. This app will show your shot records, and that you have been full vaccinated.”

In a media briefing, Poloncarz said religious and medical exemptions for the vaccine will not be accommodated.

“Some people are like, ‘Well that’s unfair,’ but there’s no God-given right to attend a football game,” he said.

The news of the mandatory vaccination requirement came on the same day the CDC and FDA recommended a “pause” on the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following blood clot complications.