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The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs will reignite one of this era’s most storied matchups when they meet in Buffalo on Sunday. The Bills enter at 5-2 following a 40-9 rout of the Carolina Panthers, while the Chiefs come in at 5-3 after their 28-7 primetime victory over the Washington Commanders on "Monday Night Football." With both teams needing a win to sustain momentum into the back half of the NFL season, this remains one of the biggest games of the year. However, while all eyes are on Sunday's contest, the Bills franchise revealed some exciting news on Thursday, announcing that they've signed a three-year extension to keep training camp at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, through at least the 2028 camp cycle. Read More: Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes Sends Clear Message About ‘Hostile’ Bills Fans Buffalo's relationship with St. John Fisher dates back to July 21, 2000, when the organization moved camp there after nearly two decades at SUNY Fredonia, New York. Since then, the college aura — the open practices, the packed stands, and the small-town camp atmosphere — has become an iconic, recurring part of the Bills' season build-up. It's also become an essential element for building team chemistry, according to Bills general manager Brandon Beane. "We really enjoy the setup there. We think it's important to our team," Beane said in the team's official release. "Even though it's a dying breed of teams that like to go away, and we love our facilities here, we feel it provides such an important element of team chemistry, bonding, a real focus for everyone for how to prepare our team for a long season. They do such a great job for us. The staff is excellent there. It's a nice change of scenery to fire you up for the season." Read More: Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Sends Telling Message Amid NFL Trade Rumors While the team commits to anchoring its summer operations in Rochester, the franchise is also in the late stages of a very public stadium project. Construction on the New Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park has already passed its structural "topping out" and remains on track for a summer 2026 opening, a transformational move that will shift game-day life back to a new, modern venue across from the current site. Keeping training camp at St. John Fisher while the new Orchard Park stadium rises shows the Bills are keeping fans front and center as the team modernizes.
