Any news on renovations?

[Superb Owl]

Sinks are being removed and thrown at Josh Freeman

[Joe W]

The only tangible thing that comes from the article is that Branden is a tool Why they're spending 135 mill on an already obsolete stadium is laughable

[Joe W]

That new team store is such an important part of the fan experience The guy is such an amazing incompetent

[Hammered a Lot]

That new team store is such an important part of the fan experience The guy is such an amazing incompetent

 

Where is the Bills Hall of Fame??????

Edited October 12, 2013 by Hammered a Lot

[beerme1]

Can I state for the record that these are the all-time dumbest upgrades in the history of stadium upgrades. Not one substantially improves the fan experience. Are you telling me that an awning and new toilets for x million dollars is going to substantially improve the fan experience? They'd have been better off putting restaurants into the stadium and expanded concessions. Lambeau Field's amenities would have been a quality template to work from.

 

The only tangible thing that comes from the article is that Branden is a tool Why they're spending 135 mill on an already obsolete stadium is laughable

 

 

Ok. So making access to the stadium quicker is a fan benefit. Fixing and adding bathrooms is a fan benefit. Building a new concession building in order to provide better food is a fan benefit. Seat time should be the most important thing to a fan. Getting to see the game that they are paying to see, Not standing in excessive beer, food and piss lines all while missing the game! Speed everything up.

 

So to counterpoint, I do not think this is the dumbest upgrade of a stadium of all time. Outside of agreeing with you that this money would be far better served going to a new stadium. With the ownership situation as it is, a new stadium? Not happening. So actually I could argue that spending 135 million on an obsolete stadium that extends it's life by at least ten years is in todays world a pretty fair deal. Cheapest ten years for a stadium in the country I bet!

We have to play in this league. Much like owning A McDonalds franchise you have to do upgrades that you may not like but it is part of playing in that league.

This is smart in that it also allows the proper process to occur should there be a new stadium eventually. It will be designed and planned out properly at a sustainable cost. In my grand scheme it will cost some serious money, and time to demolish all the Perry street projects and build the infrastructure for the new stadium there. :-)

My shortcut is building it across Abbott Rd and then tearing down the Ralph.

 

Where is the Bills Hall of Fame??????

 

In the new stadium :-)

 

 

[DefenseWinzChampionshipz]

I've been to Met Life stadium and also Citifield (Mets' stadium) and honestly, the new stadiums look great and all, but they feel more like a mall than they do a football stadium. As old as our stadium is, it has more of a "football" feel to it.

 

As long as the stadium doesn't collapse, I'm fine with our stadium.

 

They DO need to add more TV screens though (which I believe they are) and the sound system definitely needs an upgrade. Maybe a BOOM BOOM BOOM noise on 3rd down defense and have it speed up so people could start smacking their seats to start a Bills Stampede would be nice too...

[jr1]

I wonder what Chef Robert Irvine from Restaurant Impossible could do to the Ralph with 2 days and $10,000

[mrags]

 

 

 

 

 

Ok. So making access to the stadium quicker is a fan benefit. Fixing and adding bathrooms is a fan benefit. Building a new concession building in order to provide better food is a fan benefit. Seat time should be the most important thing to a fan. Getting to see the game that they are paying to see, Not standing in excessive beer, food and piss lines all while missing the game! Speed everything up.

 

So to counterpoint, I do not think this is the dumbest upgrade of a stadium of all time. Outside of agreeing with you that this money would be far better served going to a new stadium. With the ownership situation as it is, a new stadium? Not happening. So actually I could argue that spending 135 million on an obsolete stadium that extends it's life by at least ten years is in todays world a pretty fair deal. Cheapest ten years for a stadium in the country I bet!

We have to play in this league. Much like owning A McDonalds franchise you have to do upgrades that you may not like but it is part of playing in that league.

This is smart in that it also allows the proper process to occur should there be a new stadium eventually. It will be designed and planned out properly at a sustainable cost. In my grand scheme it will cost some serious money, and time to demolish all the Perry street projects and build the infrastructure for the new stadium there. :-)

My shortcut is building it across Abbott Rd and then tearing down the Ralph.

 

 

 

In the new stadium :-)

stop making sense here.

[plenzmd1]

I wonder what Chef Robert Irvine from Restaurant Impossible could do to the Ralph with 2 days and $10,000

 

I know what he would do first:

 

Beer only lines at the concession stands, and more taps at each stand to keep up with the demand.

 

 

as Beerme1 so adroitly mentioned, biggest key is giving people more seat time.

 

BTW, i think these improvements sound awesome...and I love the Ralph

[Nanker]

Here's what the Washington Peanuts are doing to their stadium, FedEx Field:

A person familiar with the situation had said Monday that the FedEx Field renovation includes Wi-Fi, seating modifications, ribbon boards (a form of stadium signage) and a Hall of Fame expansion.

$27million in renovations and some of it is League money. Anybody know if we got League money for the parking lot lines?

[8-8 Forever?]

Here's what the Washington Peanuts are doing to their stadium, FedEx Field:

A person familiar with the situation had said Monday that the FedEx Field renovation includes Wi-Fi, seating modifications, ribbon boards (a form of stadium signage) and a Hall of Fame expansion.

$27million in renovations and some of it is League money. Anybody know if we got League money for the parking lot lines?

Been in both and the Ralph is better than Fedex. Fedex is like going to the mall. The Ralph is a basic football palace.

[Big Turk]

Lol, yeah some of the renovations led to the sewage issues last game...from what I heard this year's upgrades are going to mostly be internal infrastructure and not be seeable, its next year's upgrades that will be visible

[Offside Number 76]

Ok. So making access to the stadium quicker is a fan benefit. Fixing and adding bathrooms is a fan benefit. Building a new concession building in order to provide better food is a fan benefit. Seat time should be the most important thing to a fan. Getting to see the game that they are paying to see, Not standing in excessive beer, food and piss lines all while missing the game! Speed everything up.

 

So to counterpoint, I do not think this is the dumbest upgrade of a stadium of all time. Outside of agreeing with you that this money would be far better served going to a new stadium. With the ownership situation as it is, a new stadium? Not happening. So actually I could argue that spending 135 million on an obsolete stadium that extends it's life by at least ten years is in todays world a pretty fair deal. Cheapest ten years for a stadium in the country I bet!

We have to play in this league. Much like owning A McDonalds franchise you have to do upgrades that you may not like but it is part of playing in that league.

This is smart in that it also allows the proper process to occur should there be a new stadium eventually. It will be designed and planned out properly at a sustainable cost. In my grand scheme it will cost some serious money, and time to demolish all the Perry street projects and build the infrastructure for the new stadium there. :-)

My shortcut is building it across Abbott Rd and then tearing down the Ralph.

 

 

Thank you for shutting down the naysayers. Always so many naysayers in Buffalo.

 

Been in both and the Ralph is better than Fedex. Fedex is like going to the mall. The Ralph is a basic football palace.

 

Agreed, except for the restrooms and food/drink. But that will be fixed.

Edited October 12, 2013 by Offsides Number 76

[BuffaloBrad]

My biggest gripe with the newer stadiums is that the addition of suites and large club areas tends to push the majority of seating farther away from the field. I've sat in the upper deck at Met Life and I would take the Ralph over it any day.

 

I don't understand what people are looking for when they say they want a new stadium. I get that some people want a dome or a different location, but most of the stadiums current deficiencies could be addressed by renovations: narrow concourses, poor concessions, third world quality bathrooms.

[mrags]

My biggest gripe with the newer stadiums is that the addition of suites and large club areas tends to push the majority of seating farther away from the field. I've sat in the upper deck at Met Life and I would take the Ralph over it any day.

 

I don't understand what people are looking for when they say they want a new stadium. I get that some people want a dome or a different location, but most of the stadiums current deficiencies could be addressed by renovations: narrow concourses, poor concessions, third world quality bathrooms.

this. Great post.

 

I'd love a stadium downtown. Don't get me wrong. But I'd much rather stay at the Ralph as long as the thing isn't falling down. The upgrades, both structurally and cosmetically should help on all fronts.

[KGUNBILLS]

I was watching college football today, (I rarely have time for it) anyways, I could not believe some of these stadiums the colleges have. The Ralph really needs some work. Borderline shameful. Wow