‘“This has been vitally important to the league, to Roger Goodell personally,” sports consultant Marc Ganis, who has worked with most NFL teams, told The Buffalo News about the commissioner’s efforts to secure the financing agreement. “He has a massive, very effective team effort at the league. He had a whole team put together to work on this – legal, finance, stadium development, fan engagement, all together working on this. This was priority one on their list.”’