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Statement: Bills president Pete Guelli said Canadians make up about 12% of the team's PSL holders and nearly 20% of its waiting list.
Fact: The Bills Toronto Series moved eight home games to the Rogers Centre between 2008 and 2013.
Statement: Since late 2024, President Trump has repeatedly suggested Canada could become the 51st state and called Justin Trudeau 'Governor Trudeau'.
Fact: After U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed, President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on ~$20 billion in Canadian imports, and Prime Minister Mark Carney enacted retaliatory tariffs.
Fact: Approximately 21% of Canada's population resides within the Buffalo Bills' designated market area.
Fact: NFL bylaws define a team's territory as a 75-mile radius, which for the Buffalo Bills includes Toronto.
Fact: The U.S. is set to ban imports of certain Canadian goods starting September 29.
Fact: The Buffalo Bills decided to perform both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems before their game.
Fact: Andrew Nicholls is a history professor at Buffalo State and a native of Midland, Ontario.
Statement: Bills president Pete Guelli said the decision to play the Canadian anthem is about business and marketing to Southern Ontario and Toronto.
Fact: The Barenaked Ladies are scheduled to perform the Canadian anthem, and Auliʻi Cravalho will perform the U.S. anthem at the Bills game.
Statement: President Trump ordered U.S. federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
Fact: Michael Hoecht is a Buffalo Bills outside linebacker who was born in Canada.
Ticketmaster has not listed replacement openers for Ed Sheeran's upcoming shows.
Ed Sheeran has upcoming concerts at Lincoln Financial Field and at Gillette Stadium on September 25 and 26.
Author Matt Moret is a Staff Editor for The Athletic's news team, previously worked for Colorado Public Radio, Denverite, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and is from the Philadelphia area.
Macklemore wrote the song “Hind’s Hall” about the 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab in the Gaza Strip by Israeli soldiers.
Macklemore decried the war in Gaza and urged leaders to “Free Palestine” during a Sept. 4 performance at MetLife Stadium.
Finneas Eilish, Lukas Graham, and Aaron Rowe dropped out of Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour in solidarity with Macklemore.
Robert Kraft's statement referred to what he called Macklemore’s “broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery.”