Ralph Wilson Stadium
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Ralph Wilson Stadium is an outdoor sports venue in Orchard Park, New York, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and the site of major events including the inaugural NHL Winter Classic.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ralph Wilson Stadium canonical | 6 |
| Bills Stadium | 3 |
| New Era Field | 1 |
| Ralph C. Wilson Stadium | 1 |
| War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T595741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Wilson Stadium Context triple: [NHL Winter Classic, firstEditionVenue, Ralph Wilson Stadium]
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A.
Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium is the primary football stadium of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, known for hosting the Illinois Fighting Illini home games.
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Foxboro Stadium
Foxboro Stadium was a former outdoor sports venue in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s New England Patriots before it was replaced by Gillette Stadium.
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MetLife Stadium
MetLife Stadium is a large, modern multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, best known for hosting NFL games for both the New York Giants and New York Jets.
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D.
Soldier Field
Soldier Field is a historic outdoor stadium in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Chicago Bears and a prominent venue for major sports and entertainment events.
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Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose sports venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates from 1970 until its demolition in 2001.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Wilson Stadium Target entity description: Ralph Wilson Stadium is an outdoor sports venue in Orchard Park, New York, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and the site of major events including the inaugural NHL Winter Classic.
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A.
Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium is the primary football stadium of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, known for hosting the Illinois Fighting Illini home games.
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B.
Foxboro Stadium
Foxboro Stadium was a former outdoor sports venue in Foxborough, Massachusetts, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s New England Patriots before it was replaced by Gillette Stadium.
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C.
MetLife Stadium
MetLife Stadium is a large, modern multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in East Rutherford, New Jersey, best known for hosting NFL games for both the New York Giants and New York Jets.
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D.
Soldier Field
Soldier Field is a historic outdoor stadium in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Chicago Bears and a prominent venue for major sports and entertainment events.
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E.
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose sports venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates from 1970 until its demolition in 2001.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football venue
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outdoor sports venue ⓘ stadium ⓘ |
| access | automobile-oriented access ⓘ |
| associatedWithFranchise | Buffalo Bills ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor |
hosting major NFL games
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longtime home of the Buffalo Bills ⓘ |
| city |
Orchard Park, New York
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surface form:
Orchard Park
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| climateExposure | outdoor elements ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| formerName |
Ralph Wilson Stadium
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bills Stadium
Rich Stadium ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | video scoreboard ⓘ |
| homeTeam | Buffalo Bills ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
NFL playoff games
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NFL regular season games ⓘ college football games ⓘ concerts ⓘ large-scale outdoor events ⓘ |
| league | National Football League ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area ⓘ |
| location | Orchard Park, New York ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ralph Wilson ⓘ |
| namedForRoleOfPerson | Ralph Wilson as founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills ⓘ |
| notableFeature | intense winter weather conditions during games ⓘ |
| opened | 1973 ⓘ |
| operator | Buffalo Bills ⓘ |
| owner | Erie County, New York ⓘ |
| parking | large surface parking lots ⓘ |
| primarySport | American football ⓘ |
| primaryUse | American football ⓘ |
| region | Western New York ⓘ |
| roof | no roof ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 71,000 ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| surface | A-Turf Titan ⓘ |
| surfaceType | artificial turf ⓘ |
| tenant | Buffalo Bills ⓘ |
| type | open-air stadium ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ralph Wilson Stadium Description of subject: Ralph Wilson Stadium is an outdoor sports venue in Orchard Park, New York, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and the site of major events including the inaugural NHL Winter Classic.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ralph C. Wilson Stadium
this entity surface form:
New Era Field
this entity surface form:
Bills Stadium
this entity surface form:
Bills Stadium
this entity surface form:
Bills Stadium
this entity surface form:
War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo)