BUFFALO, N.Y. — Erie County and Pegula Sports & Entertainment will be opening a COVID-19 vaccination site inside KeyBank Center in Buffalo, County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced Thursday.

Vaccinations will be administered at the Lexus Club inside the arena. It’s expected that more than 1,000 people will be able to get vaccinated per day.

The site will open Wednesday, March 10 with appointments specifically for people ages 65 and older.

“I thank the Pegulas, Pegula Sports & Entertainment and the Buffalo Sabres for providing the KeyBank Center location as the site for a new Erie County vaccination POD and we look forward to opening this site as soon as possible. Their commitment to our area and to protecting our residents stands out and is greatly appreciated as we work towards getting more and more people vaccinated. This site is well-placed to serve the City of Buffalo and all of Erie County, and as more vaccines become available we will be able to increase operations here,” said Poloncarz. “Together with existing county vaccination PODs at SUNY Erie South and SUNY Erie North, we are expanding our capacity to vaccinate more residents and protect more people.”

“Our organization is proud to work with County Executive Mark Poloncarz and his team to help provide as many vaccinations as possible to our community. We appreciate the work of our front line healthcare workers and are happy to help in any way that we can," said Kim Pegula, Pegula Sports & Entertainment president and CEO and Buffalo Sabres owner and president.