SoCal Deek

It’s weird, right? I’ve still not seen anything about a release and they normally make a big hoopla about it. I’m guessing it won’t be this week.

That’s what I’m seeing everywhere but I’ve yet to see an advertisement on TV for the normal hoopla show surrounding the release….and if the date is correct, it’s THIS week. I’ve looked forward to it every year since I was a kid, almost as much as the Draft, and then I use it to plan my Fall travel schedule.

So does anyone know when the schedule comes out? I’m seeing updates on sites posted as of just an hour ago that still suggest it’ll be this Thursday, May 9th. Really?

He must be good….I’ve actually heard of him! 😉

But remember kids, being a billionaire doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re not also a moron. 😂

The resentment is improperly targeted. Don’t blame the Pegulas for taking the subsidy. If you absolutely must blame someone, then blame state officials for offering it. And I’m NOT saying that to be political. It crosses BOTH party lines.

With all due respect, one person’s taxpayer subsidy is another person’s write off, rent control, student debt forgiveness. etc. EVERYONE is simply trying to get their best deal on everything they buy, sell, or own. Everyone!

The level of disdain on here for monetarily successful people is beyond stunning. As it’s written…remove the plank from your own eye before dealing with the speck in your neighbor’s. To the vast, vast majority of people in the world YOU are wealthy! Having money, whether a lot or a little, neither makes you good or evil.

There’s a lot of whining on here. Yes, the Bills lost in London. I know. I was there. And we had a blast! But if they’d won they’d have ended up hosting the Chiefs in the playoffs instead of having to travel to Arrowhead again….oh wait….never mind!

Yes, we agree, it’s really hard to have complex discussions in a chat room. My point is that you seem fixated on the aesthetic architectural look of the new stadium, which you are perfectly free not to like. Architecture is a very subjective field. You learn it very early in your career. My point is that whether you like the look of the stadium or not, I believe the major focus of the design, is and always has been, on the game day ‘experience’…which is NOT the architecture. It’s the difference between what a place feels like and what it looks like. I’m guessing (and I’m only guessing) you’ll find the new stadium a massive upgrade in the concourses, restrooms, food choices, technological connectivity, and even things like Buffalo/Bills centric art, displays, etc. Does that make more sense?

The experience that I was referring to have nothing to do with the architecture of the facility. Newer stadiums are about providing services before, during, and after the game that are more upscale than the old days of sitting on a cold, aluminum bench eating the cheese-wiz nachos provided at the concession stand. The best analogy I can come up with is that everyone flies on the same airplane, but the folks up in business and first class are treated to a far better "experience" than those back in coach. The NFL, like most sports leagues, are wooing those fans looking for a first class experience.

It might become a new tradition but to date I don’t think they’ve ever held the draft in a stadium. So I have no idea what the new Bills Stadium has to do with it. And there’s less than zero chance that anyone in the rest of the country wants to go to Buffalo for a Superbowl.

I always like your analytical approach to things. As I say every year, there are very, very few roster spots that are ‘up for grabs’ from the start of camp. Most of it is nothing more than chatter for bloggers and message boards. So just like every season we’ll see some guy make a tackle on the opening day kickoff and we’ll all turn to each other and say….”Who the heck is that?” 😂

No idea what you’re talking about. Steel and concrete haven’t changed much in the last century. What has changed are the fan experience amenities in the latest stadiums. I can pretty much guarantee you that the new Bills Stadium will have modern amenities.

Fair enough, but I'm wondering what exactly you were expecting. Is it not better than the 'recently' constructed open air stadiums in the surrounding NE area of the country (Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York, New England, Philadelphia....to name more than a few)?

Feels like we should be due for the next installment of the drone flyover video…no?

Exactly! 😂 That’s what my clients often say.

Nah….people just ran out of ways to call them expensive. 😉 Did you come up with a new one?

People always ask if we can add an additional upper floor to their building many years later, and we always tell them "probably not" without a ton of additional demolition. The same is true with adding a roof to an NFL Stadium. The Dolphins solution is about the only viable option. They added a canopy over Pro Player Stadium by building an entirely new, free standing structure outside the footprint of the original stadium. And, if you look at the photo of the final model of the New Bills Stadium someone posted in the stadium construction thread you'll see that the overhang is not the least bit conducive to extending over the entire seating bowl let alone the entire field. So in a word....sorry.

That's an often assumed fantasy. On a project as unique as a stadium, there is virtually nothing saved on design and engineering. Trust me.

It saves money on what exactly?

At the end it got to the point where if Gabe caught the ball anywhere BUT at the sideline I’d be screaming for him to “go down”! He seemed desperate to stop, turn inside, and then put the ball on the ground when defenders surrounded him. He never learned.

Too bad they’re not both named Josh. That was fun for a bit!

Lindy Ruff?

Yikes that’s a ton of words! As I’ve said repeatedly, the Bills swung for the fences following 13 seconds, believing they were right on the proverbial doorstep…and they missed. Now, they have to reload. Will they be better? Does it matter? They didn’t have a choice but to turnover the roster. Not sure what all the rest of the analogies and yapping is about.