Archives for May 23, 2014

Batavia: 33%

Downtown Buffalo’s outer harbor: 29%

Orchard Park (renovated Ralph Wilson Stadium): 28%

Niagara Falls: 5%

Other: 5%

‘He helped Buffalo, but Buffalo really helped him. Because Buffalo helped make him $110 million richer, it could help him return the favor again.’

‘In a column last week I indicated that reader email response to me was 3-to-1 against what the Bills did in the draft. That was actually less a negative response than might have been expected.’

‘We do have better ideas. Like the City of Buffalo, for example. Pick a spot. Downtown near the First Niagara Center could work. The Perry Street housing area has been mentioned and makes some sense. Pushing farther away from the arena area, somewhere between Larkinville and the Central Terminal on the East Side could work. I’m not closed off to something along Route 5, though I do think of all potential city sites, it is the most challenging in terms of getting people in and out.’

‘I don’t think there’s any reason to be nervous about Tom Golisano owning the Bills. Even if he sells the team I can guarantee one thing, he would not sell the team until it was iron clad that the Bills were staying in Western New York.’

‘”When I look at the five years he spent up at Baylor he became very independent,” she said. “The most I did for Cyril when he was in college was cook for him after his football games. He made sure he paid his bills on time, he went to class on time, was at practice on time. He showed up and he did what he was supposed to do.”‘