{"id":809489,"date":"2026-03-13T05:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/809489\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T05:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:22:18","slug":"multiple-identified-suspects-responsible-for-vandalizing-the-bills-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/809489\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple identified suspects responsible for vandalizing the Bills&#8217; stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The day&#8217;s major News events, business reports, sports updates, Rochester area weather information and tomorrow&#8217;s forecast are presented by the News10NBC Team.<\/p>\n<p>ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. \u2014 Sources told NBC Buffalo that at least one person connected to last month\u2019s vandalism at the new Highmark Stadium is employed by or under contract with 34-Group. <\/p>\n<p>The construction firm, 34-Group, is owned by Hall of Fame running back and Bills alum Thurman Thomas. It is one of several contractors working on the new stadium. <\/p>\n<p>The company said it has \u201conly heard hearsay and unsubstantiated claims\u201d about its worker\u2019s potential involvement. <\/p>\n<p>Multiple suspects have been identified, but police have not released any information about them. <\/p>\n<p>The vandalism caused $150,000 in damage to locker rooms and suites, halting work for days last month.<\/p>\n<p>Original article<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have identified two people who may be responsible for graffiti at the Bills Stadium. As of Saturday afternoon, no charges had been filed, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Gilbane Turner, the company overseeing the new stadium, said work resumed on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Erie County officials reported that vandals caused $150,000 in damage to the new Bills stadium. The damage primarily affected the locker rooms and suites, where black spray paint was used on unfinished marble.<\/p>\n<p>A $100,000 reward was being offered for information leading to a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/top-news\/work-suspended-on-new-highmark-stadium-due-to-graffiti\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/top-news\/work-suspended-on-new-highmark-stadium-due-to-graffiti\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Work suspended on New Highmark Stadium due to graffiti<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials previously said 300 tradespeople would be interviewed to determine who is responsible for the vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>The Erie County executive expressed his belief that the vandalism was an inside job. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/orchard-park\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orchard Park<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/buffalo-bills-stadium\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills stadium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The day&#8217;s major News events, business reports, sports updates, Rochester area weather information and tomorrow&#8217;s forecast are presented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,41825,2086,7,6,21520],"class_list":["post-809489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-buffalo-bills","tag-bills","tag-buffalo","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-buffalo-bills-stadium","tag-buffalobills","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-orchard-park"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116220195371612620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}