{"id":1142795,"date":"2021-12-22T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T21:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142795"},"modified":"2021-12-22T16:04:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T21:04:10","slug":"children-5-and-older-must-provide-proof-of-vaccination-to-enter-buffalo-sports-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/children-5-and-older-must-provide-proof-of-vaccination-to-enter-buffalo-sports-venues\/","title":{"rendered":"Children 5 and Older Must Provide Proof of Vaccination to Enter Buffalo Sports Venues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchildren-5-and-older-must-provide-proof-of-vaccination-to-enter-buffalo-sports-venues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142795&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236368541-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Children five and older will now have to provide proof of vaccination to enter Buffalo sports venues, including the KeyBank Center, which is home to the Buffalo Sabres, and Highmark Stadium, home to the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the company that owns the Bills and the Sabres, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochesterfirst.com\/coronavirus\/blue-cross-arena-will-require-5-11-year-olds-to-provide-proof-of-vaccination-for-entry\/\">announced<\/a> changes to its vaccination policy on Wednesday morning, according to WROC. Effective immediately, children ages five to 11 must show proof of at least one vaccination to gain entry to Blue Cross Arena, Highmark Stadium, or the KeyBank Center.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Guests must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sabres\/news\/sabres-bandits-keybank-center-announce-updated-vaccination-policy\/c-329206990\">show<\/a> either a physical vaccination card, a New York State Excelsior Pass, or government digital vaccine proof from outside of New York.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Neither photograph of vaccination cards nor negative coronavirus tests will be accepted for entry.<\/p>\n<p>The venues have required proof of vaccination from children 12 and older since late September, according to WROC. Shortly after the requirement was announced, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/09\/15\/gop-county-lawmaker-promises-to-veto-public-funds-for-new-bills-stadium-if-vax-mandate-remains\/\">reported<\/a> Republican legislator&nbsp;Frank Todaro of Eerie County threatened to veto funds for a new Bills stadium if Pegula Sports and Entertainment went forward with the requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Todaro said in a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today the team joins the County Executive and announces that non-vaccinated fans can no longer attend games. I don\u2019t represent vaccinated and non-vaccinated persons, I was elected to represent people. All people. I personally am vaccinated. It was the right decision for me. It is not the right decision for everyone and I respect that. I do not like the path we are heading down as a society, and as a legislator, I cannot support it. I will not support tax dollars to build a new stadium if rules remain in place that only certain people can use it. If everyone is paying for it, everyone should be able to use it. The rule wasn\u2019t in place on Sunday, and Highmark Stadium was packed. Obviously, people made a choice about whether or not they thought it was safe and I believe they should have that freedom. If they don\u2019t think it is safe, they should stay home. In conclusion, if the Bills want to make these kinds of rules on their own, they can, but they should then stop asking for significant taxpayer support. I was elected to serve, not rule. That standard seems lost on County Executive Poloncarz.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has expressed confidence a deal will get done by March so the stadium can be included in the state budget this April, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nfl-sports-business-kathy-hochul-buffalo-f025bb799ad5ae7b8feb1d0d936b525b\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy desire \u2014 I\u2019m a Buffalo Bills fan \u2014 is let\u2019s lock this down, let\u2019s get it done,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cWe\u2019re very excited about announcing a deal hopefully in the near future. But a lot of devil in the details.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children five and older will now have to provide proof of vaccination to enter Buffalo sports venues, including the KeyBank Center, which is home to the Buffalo Sabres, and Highmark &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1142795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}