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Hibbards is the best in WNY. Great, now I'm craving Hibbards.

There is a KINKO's in West Seneca; they have computers/internet access: West Seneca NY Buffalo 650 Orchard Park Rd West Seneca, NY 14224-2671 Phone: (716) 677-2679 Fax: (716) 677-2695 Email: usa3696@fedexkinkos.com or go to the Apple Store at the Walden Galleria Mall - all computers have internet access. Good Luck.

Looked on the net - couldn't find anything cool - can you recommend any special links? thanks

Wow.

Well, ever since Wegmans stopped sponsoring/partnering with the Bills and Tops took over - I know prefer Tops over Wegmans. It's all about supporting the corpations that support the Bills. Just my thoughts. ps: I wish they would open a Whole Foods in BUF. Great store.

My point is - as fans - we don't have much say - but we do have the opportunity to make a statement about our commitment to the Buffalo Bills. We don't need to provide them with a built in excuse - "they can't even sell out their stadium with seaseon ticket holders." If they go to LA - which I doubt will ever happen - the NFL and new owners (IF not local) will win the PR battle based on that fact alone. Let's not enable their departure by providing them any reason to leave... Regarding a regional team - I think the Bills should play their pre-season games in Toronto and Rochester. It would have a tremendous impact. However, I believe Ralph Wilson should have a franchise right over Toronto. Keep the Bills in Buffalo. Period.

I'm glad someone brought this up - I've been thinking - we have six years left on the lease - Anything can happen at any time with the buy out clause. Although there seems to be a general consensus that the Bills have a bright future in Western NY/Souther Ontario - I think FANS seriously need to step up to the plate. The fact that there are so many available seats / 40,000 season ticket holders - does send a message. Folks in LA will be more than willing to guarantee a waiting list of Season Ticket holders. I know we have the blue coats - but somehow - as fans - we need to devise a plan to assist with season ticket sales. We can't expect existing clients to buy 1 or 2 additional seats - but we could ask existing clients to recruit friends and family to purhase season tickets. We could ask the BILLS to set up some type of Incentive program for existing ticket holders. Trust me - I've worked at other membership based organizations - and you can easily double the size of an existing member base by simply offering a unique benefit. WE must become a bit more proactive in recruiting season tickets or this will bite us in the ASS big time. What are your thoughts? Do you feel guilty or have a self imposed responsibility or desire to help keep the Bills here? Would you be willing to get involved?

I never suggested that it was... but all the D&B's I've been to have 4-6 tables if not more. Not a lot of space...

Clearly there is a misconception at what type of people frequent Jillians and Dave & Busters. We're not talking just your average Joe who sits at the corner bar in South Buffalo - Lot's of young professionals hit up these types of places all the time. Ever been to the Jillians in Boston? It's an awsome place. Have you guys ever been to Pearl Street in downtown Buffalo? They have a nice set of tables - and it's always filled with professionals. That's all I'm suggesting for the Eastern Hills location. If they have just games - good luck getting suburban corporations to host off site meetings, conferences and team building experiences at D&B... You need to offer a range of activities - not everyone wants to play Atari all day. But then again, we're just buffalo - and we should just accept anything and never question or suggest. With that mentality - that's why we have UB in Amherst, Rich Stadium in OP, a Thruway/Skyway that cuts us off from our waterfront, and so forth. Right guys?

You think the Cheescake Factory will sell Cheesecake at the Buffalo location? I mean - we're only Buffalo - we should be grateful and only expect less... What a crock of !@#!. No wonder Buffalo is a Mickey Mouse town.

Listen freak show - I didn't suggest that you write and B word - I simply said send them an eamil ask them to include Billiards. I wrote them a very nice letter regarding my experience with Dave and Busters and asked that they consider some billiards - They were very nice and responded immediately. Regarding them picking Buffalo - we should just be grateful and swallow mediocrity? Get some class man.

Less games. My company in based in New England and we often hit up the Providence D&B. Pretty nice place - if Providence can support a full operational D&B - so can Buffalo. The former Jenss/Burlington Store is quite large - has two floors, too. I'd like to see them have less games - and add pool tables.

Eastern Hills Mall yeah, it is weird - email them and tell them to include pool tables.

The good news is: We're getting a Dave and Busters. The bad news is: they're not including pool tables @ the Buffalo location. Not good. Send an email to Dave and Busters and tell them to include Billiards - appreciate it: Olivia_DeLoach@daveandbusters.com Dave and Busters Buffalo News Article

...little worried about all the Adelpia jobs in Buffalo Niagara... Business First

I'm not in favor of a downtown Buffalo casino or any other place except maybe another one in Niagara Falls USA... but... it looks like indians will get their way and take over the Convention Center in downtown Buffalo. That being the case - why don't we steal a page from the Jets play book and build a retractable stadium/convention center on the waterfront? Just an idea...

http://www.hkhyalliance.org/Dec15.htm

http://wcbs880.com/topstories/local_story_089101607.html

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3499500?print=true Yankees are asking the city/state to spend $300 million on a new train station, an improved ferry terminal, and a parking garage....

http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/41671.htm Under the Jets' plan, the MTA would not be responsible for the platform. Its would be covered by the $600 million in state and city funds going into the Jets' proposed stadium and convention center.

I love the Olympics, the NFL and all - but NY State cannot subsidize a venture of this magnitude. I do say that cautiously... tho... if and when the BILLS decide to pin WNY againt a new stadium or a new city - we will need to rely on NYS as well. Executive Says Cablevision Tops Jets' Bid by $40 Million By CHARLES V. BAGLI ablevision, which has spent a year and tens of millions of dollars trying to block the Jets and the city from building a stadium over the West Side railyards, has bid $760 million for the property, topping the team's competing offer by $40 million, according to an executive who works with the company. The executive said that Cablevision, unlike the Jets, submitted an "all cash, noncontingent" offer to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Monday for the 13-acre parcel along 11th Avenue between 30th and 33rd Streets. Cablevision, which owns Madison Square Garden and regards the proposed stadium as a threat to its business, has not disclosed many financial aspects of its proposal to buy and then develop the site, but it has indicated that its plans include apartment towers, a hotel, a five-acre park, a school and a performing arts enclave on a platform over the railyards. Cablevision estimates that its project would take 12 years to complete. The bidding for the development rights has escalated rapidly since Peter S. Kalikow, chairman of the transportation authority, decided to terminate his exclusive negotiations with the Jets in February and open the bidding up to any prospective buyers. Mr. Kalikow's unhappiness with the Jets' original $100 million offer was compounded when Cablevision suddenly said it would pay significantly more for the property. He said the transportation authority, which is struggling with fare increases, service cuts and shortages in its capital program, had a duty to get the most for the property it could. At this point, it is difficult to draw any quick conclusions about which of the latest bids would be the most lucrative because the offers are so different and there are few details available. The Jets' bid alone runs 1,000 pages. Jets officials, for their part, raised their bid to $720 million when they submitted their latest proposal on Monday. The team, which is putting up $280 million, made its offer in combination with a group of developers who agreed to buy additional development rights for $440 million on the condition that the city agrees to rezone the property. A third company, TransGas Energy Systems, offered $1.05 billion, although it requires that the transportation authority help the company build a power plant in Brooklyn and sign a 20-year contract to buy power from TransGas. There is no doubt that the outcome of the bidding could determine whether Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg succeeds in his quest for a structure that he says could start the redevelopment of the area and serve as an Olympic stadium if the city wins its bid for the 2012 Games. Jeremy Soffin, a spokesman for the Regional Plan Association, which favors the development of housing and some office buildings on the West Side instead of a stadium, hailed Cablevision's offer. "We now have a noncontingent bid that outperforms the Jets both economically and from an urban design standpoint," he said. "Because it's noncontingent, there's no risk to the M.T.A., and the taxpayers are spared $600 million in stadium subsidies." The city and state have agreed to invest $600 million in the $1.7 billion stadium, with the team covering the remaining cost. The Jets, not surprisingly, dismissed the merits of Cablevision's offer. "It doesn't matter what number Cablevision pulls out of thin air, because their proposal isn't real, and the M.T.A. will see right through it," said Matt Higgins, a Jets vice president. Mr. Kalikow hopes to select a winner at the transportation authority's board meeting on Thursday. In the meantime, it hired the Newmark real estate company to evaluate the offers. Real estate experts say the authority will have to take into consideration the fact that part of the Jets offer, $440 million, is contingent on the city agreeing to rezone the railyards, a move that would take at least a year and require an environmental review, public hearings and approval by the City Council. Cablevision also wants the property rezoned, but it is offering $760 million without any conditions, according to the executive. Judging by its original offer, Cablevision's bid includes the cost of building a deck over the yards, which could cost $350 million, leaving the authority with a net of $410 million. A lawyer for Cablevision sent a letter to the authority yesterday complaining about what it said was the authority's "failure to release the bids promptly for public review." It also questioned whether Newmark could fairly assess the bids when several of the company's executives had contributed to the city's effort to win the Olympics. Tom Kelly, a spokesman for the authority, said its general counsel had found no grounds for disqualification. Newmark, he said, will not be involved in discussions with the bidders or board members.

OK, if NY State agree's to help fund the $1.7 billion dollar project - Albany BETTER promise $250,000,000 for a new Peace Bridge; $300,000,000 for a new Bills Stadium on the Waterfront near downtown; Medicaid Relief, and aide to ALL UPSTATE and WESTERN NEW YORK COMMUNITIES... this is a crock of Sshhhiiiittt http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/42973.htm JETS GO FOR THE BOMB By TOM TOPOUSIS The Jets offered an astounding $720 million for the West Side rail yards yesterday in a blockbuster deal that has the football squad teaming up with six of the city's biggest real-estate developers, sources told The Post last night. By huddling with the developers, the team — which wants to build a $1.7 billion stadium on the site — was able to boost its bid to more than seven times what it offered to pay the MTA just a month ago. The NFL team and Madison Square Garden submitted rival bids to the MTA yesterday afternoon — several hours before the deadline — in the ultra-high-stakes battle for the future of the West Side. The Jets' bid now calls for buying up all the development rights for the 13-acre site. Its partners would transfer roughly two-thirds of those rights to build on sites in the surrounding district. The Jets have partnered with Glenwood Management Corp., Jack Resnick & Sons, Rockrose Corp., The Related Companies, Donald Zucker Organization and The Brodsky Organization. Madison Square Garden officials would not say how much they bid for the site. Earlier this year, the Garden's owner, Cablevision, offered $600 million. But that did not include the cost of a platform over the rail yards — which the MTA would have had to build. The platform is estimated to cost at least $250 million. The Jets' $720 million offer does not require the MTA to pay for or build the platform, which means that all the money would go directly into the cash-strapped agency. "After four years of hard work and planning, we are proud to put forward what we believe is the best proposal for the MTA, for straphangers, for the community and for all New Yorkers," said Jets president Jay Cross. The Jets' share of the bid is $280 million. The team's partners will fork over the additional $440 million for excess development rights that they can use to build larger projects than zoning permits in neighboring areas. The Jets' bid was delivered to the MTA's Madison Avenue headquarters by 11 former and current Jet players, each carrying two aluminum briefcases. "We're building it!" shouted former defensive end Joe Klecko, who, like all his teammates, wore a Jets jersey as they marched, single file, into the MTA offices. The MTA is expected to decide by March 31. Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, said he was approached by the developers who were interested in partnering with the Jets. A longtime supporter of the stadium project, Spinola said the real-estate firms believe the stadium will boost the development potential of the surrounding area, making their investment pay off. The idea of a West Side stadium — a critical element of the city's bid to host the 2012 Olympics — has come under fire from the Garden's owner, Cablevision, and neighborhood groups, as well as local elected officials. And Democratic mayoral candidates have attacked the $600 million in public financing and the Jets' initial offer. At a press conference at Radio City Music Hall earlier yesterday, Garden officials outlined their proposal but declined to say how much they're now offering the MTA. The Garden's proposal calls for construction of 5,800 high-rise apartments, a 750-room hotel, commercial space that would house businesses that support the theater district, a five-acre park and room for an elementary school and library. The project would be built in phases, with completion slated for 2018. "We expect our proposal will be better than any other proposal in every way," said Garden Vice President Hank Ratner. Garden officials estimate that their plan would employ more than 3,000 construction workers annually for 12 years until the project is done and it would generate $275 million in new taxes for the city and state by 2018. "Overall, we think this will be a significant addition not only to this area of the city, but also to all five boroughs. Its impact to the economy will be substantial," said Andrew Lynn, also a vice president at Madison Square Garden. Jim Whelan, head of the pro-stadium Hudson Yards Coalition, blasted the Garden's plan. "They have no ability to pull it off," Whelan said. "All this is about is preserving their monopoly for sports and entertainment venues in New York City." Meanwhile, Mayor Bloomberg, a staunch supporter of the stadium plan, said again that the city would support any developer chosen by the MTA to build on the rail yards. "If it's Cablevision that wins then we will cooperate with them and we'll give them the same help that we have been giving to the Jets and anybody that wants to build in this city," Bloomberg said. But Bloomberg said that picking a winning bid is more complicated than just choosing the proposal with the highest dollar figure attached to it. "This is not like selling a house," Bloomberg said yesterday. "There are enormous differences and complexities in a project of this size. There are dollar amounts, but dollar amounts are measured in different ways." Sources said the Jets would be willing to close on a deal with the MTA by May 2. The team had originally hoped to begin construction by June, but city officials have said recently they expect the start date would be about six weeks behind schedule.

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Hey, I went to Niagara Wheatfield High School with Liz Johnson - she is not a native to Cheektowaga. And yes, I look 30.