BILLS TO HOST SIXTH ANNUAL ROOKIE TOUR

May 21, 2013 · No Comments

ORCHARD PARK, NY – The Buffalo Bills will host a tour of the city of Buffalo and Niagara Falls for 21 members of the 2013 rookie class on Thursday, May 23^rd from 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm.

The tour is designed to give the 2013 Buffalo Bills newest members a brief overview of what the city of Buffalo and the Niagara Falls region has to offer. The players will board a bus at approximately 1:00 PM from Orchard Park. Buffalo area leaders JoAnne Hudecki and Danielle Shainbrown (both of the McGuire Development Company) will guide the tour.

The tour will stop at the following locations – Naval Park (downtown Buffalo), New Era Cap Company on Delaware Ave., the Buffalo Zoo, Niagara Falls – Prospect Point, and the Hard Rock Café in Niagara Falls.

1:00 pm – Board bus at One Bills Drive
1:30 pm – Naval Park visit (1 Naval Park Cove, Buffalo)
2:15 pm – New Era visit (160 Delaware Ave, Buffalo)
3:45 pm – Buffalo Zoo (300 Parkside Ave Buffalo)
- The rookies, on behalf of the Bills, will present a $10,000 check to the Buffalo Zoo for its ‘Bear Necessities Campaign’. Players will also present polar bears Luna and Kali with personalized Bills jerseys.
- 25 students from a United Way Closing the Gap school (Buffalo Public School 80 – Highgate Heights) will tour the Zoo with the players as well.
- 5:15 pm – Niagara Falls Visit (333 Prospect St., Niagara Falls)
- 6:00 pm – Hard Rock Café (333 Prospect St Niagara Falls)

**Media interested in covering the event should contact Dominick Rinelli, Bills Assistant Director of Media Relations, at Dominick.rinelli@bills.nfl.net. Media can follow the tour bus starting at 1 Bills Drive or meet the group at one of the designated stops along the tour. If media plan to meet at 1 Bills Drive, please report to the media room by 12:30 pm.**

Guests for the day will include the following:

PLAYERS (21)

LB Kiko Alonso – Oregon	G Zack Chibane, Syracuse	DE Izaan Cross, Georgia Tech	CB Kip Edwards, Missouri
RB Kendall Gaskins, Richmond	WR Marquise Goodwin, Texas	TE Chris Gragg, Arkansas	K Dustin Hopkins, Florida St
CB Vernon Kearney, Lane	QB EJ Manuel, Florida St	S Jonathan Meeks, Clemson	LB Keith Pough, Howard
CB Nickell Robey, USC	WR Da’Rick Rogers, Tenn. Tech	CB Jumal Rolle, Catawba	FB Drew Smith, Albany
DT Aaron Tipoti, California	QB Jeff Tuel, Washington St	OL Ryan Turnley, Pittsburgh	S Duke Williams, Nevada
WR Robert Woods, USC