Josh Allen, Lorenzo Alexander an dothers rave about the on-field benefits of the new facility.
It was an investment that Terry and Kim Pegula committed to personally. In the wake of renovations and improvements to New Era Field, a redesign of the team’s locker room, training room and grass practice field expansion over the last few years, the most recent project by the owners of the Bills may prove to be the crown jewel of the enhancements at One Bills Drive.
Last Friday was the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Bills brand-new 41,000 square foot Sports Performance Center, which Bills players will be making use of today as the team’s offseason conditioning program commences.
“In the end we realize all these players are people,” said Kim Pegula. “They have a life off the field. They have a life outside of this facility and outside of Buffalo. They’re real people. They’re human. The health and safety of all the players is paramount, and not just on game day.
“The health and wellness we can now provide here will not only help them through their career, but their whole life. Hopefully this facility shows them the care and well-being that we want for every player whether we have them for a week, a month, a year or their whole career.”
Players saw artist renderings when the plans were first announced last year, but seeing it with their own eyes left them awestruck.
“The pictures don’t do it justice,” said Josh Allen. “Being in there and seeing how big it is and how nice it is and everything that went into it … they thought of everything. Mr. and Mrs. Pegula have blown me away. It’s pretty awesome. It’s definitely going to help us out and I’m super excited to get in there and start working.”
“It’s ridiculous. I really love it,” said Lorenzo Alexander. “Sometimes you see some things on paper and artists can be really creative and you want to wait to see what it really looks like. I think this has actually outdone the renderings. This is the best facility I’ve ever been around organizationally. I would say it’s probably top-two in the league just hearing and talking to other guys in the league about what their facilities look like.”