Buffalo fans love their Bills. One couple feels so strong it decided to get married Sunday at halftime of the team’s game with the New England Patriots.
And they did it on the field with custom wedding bands. And who else to give away the bride but former Bills QB, Hall of Famer Jim Kelly?
Mackenzie Park and Jordan Binggeli of Rochester beat out 1,400 other applicants in contest through Reeds Jenss Jewelers that will allow them to be the first couple ever to get married on the field during halftime of an NFL game.
Their first date was a Bills game eleven years ago, according to Park. “So everything’s coming full circle , and still loving the Bills, oh yes, we’ve been through everything, live, eat, breathe, die Bills.”
Retired Bills star Kyle Williams officiated. The team received permission to extend halftime by two minutes so the ceremony could be completed.
“I never thought that I would do this on a football field, much less here,” Williams said. “We’re gonna have a fun day. It’s a real wedding, it’s two people, the culmination of their relationship and they get to do it in a place that’s special for them, so it’ll be a great day for everybody.”
“We’re planning a wedding with 70,000 people attending and the logistics of getting everything and the timing perfected has been really difficult,” vice president of marketing for the team, Stacey Kershner, said. “We still wanted to provide a full wedding experience. So, they’re gonna have hair and make up before the wedding starts. They’ll have cake cutting and a first dance after. They also get to watch the second half in the business class with all the Legends that are here which I think there are 120 Legends.”
