Beerball Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 I want some news!!! Anyone have any nuggets that they care to share? I would think this offseason should give plenty of news but that front has been quiet for a while.
Nanker Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Nuggets? They're going to sell nuggets at The Ralph? This is good news!
machine gun kelly Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 I haven't heard anything. You would think they would take advantage of the NYS money in enhancements to the current stadium, and exact a long term plan for a breaking ground around 2022.
BackInDaDay Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 i saw Terry leaving his trailer in his pick-up this morning.. had his drilling equipment with him.. won't be long.
mead107 Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 They told Hammer they would give him a million for his land.
Hammered a Lot Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 They told Hammer they would give him a million for his land. The ink is drying right now
K D Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 I wouldn't be in such a hurry to want the new stadium. It's going to be downtown and tailgating will be a shell of what it is now. Also higher ticket prices and more traffic. I think we need to enjoy the Ralph while we can
Buffalo_Stampede Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 I wouldn't be in such a hurry to want the new stadium. It's going to be downtown and tailgating will be a shell of what it is now. Also higher ticket prices and more traffic. I think we need to enjoy the Ralph while we cantailgating will be great because it's Buffalo.
Nanker Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Not a treatise. mini-treatise? A Treatsie Roll perhaps.
billsfan_34 Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 I have a feeling a new stadium isnt going to happen. Tons of tax dollars have been poured into the city and I cant see anymore coming our way anytime soon- not that I am against a new stadium but fiscally it isnt the best move.
Hammered a Lot Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 I have a feeling a new stadium isnt going to happen. Tons of tax dollars have been poured into the city and I cant see anymore coming our way anytime soon- not that I am against a new stadium but fiscally it isnt the best move. New stadiums are like casinos, they are designed to have you spend all your game day $$$ in them, not around them. If there is any spin off development it hurts existing properties away from the "stadium zone".
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 I wouldn't be in such a hurry to want the new stadium. It's going to be downtown and tailgating will be a shell of what it is now. Also higher ticket prices and more traffic. I think we need to enjoy the Ralph while we can I'm still not even sure what the business case will be. Even if they end up doubleing the revenue per seat, the marginal increase will take 20 or 30 years of sell outs to recover the principle for an average sub billion dollar stadium. And the wny tax payers certainly don't need to foot the bill for it, or the supporting infrastructure. I've come around to the belief that any metropolitan stadium will compromise tailgating. And compromising tailgating will mean they will only be able to keep the seats filled by winning. Right now there is enough peripheral experience to keep em coming even when they suck perpetually. I'm interested in the compelling pro argument for any new stadium, particularly down town buffalo. Who's got it?
TheFunPolice Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 They are seriously considering a total and complete retrofit of RWS, like GB did with Lambeau field, IMO.
Hammered a Lot Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 They are seriously considering a total and complete retrofit of RWS, like GB did with Lambeau field, IMO. You have a complex now located on 196 acres, You won't find that downtown.
TheFunPolice Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 You have a complex now located on 196 acres, You won't find that downtown. Exactly, plus all the infrastructure is already there and would be wasted in a move downtown. RWS is also very close to downtown as it is. It will be interesting to see what happens. It would be such a shame to see Bills football moved indoors into a stale airplane hangar though.
vincec Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) I wouldn't be in such a hurry to want the new stadium. It's going to be downtown and tailgating will be a shell of what it is now. Also higher ticket prices and more traffic. I think we need to enjoy the Ralph while we canA downtown stadium will mean less traffic because there are more than two roads in and out of downtown Buffalo. Also, downtown roads handle more people on a daily basis than go to a football game on Sunday. Tailgating will change. There will still be the same number of people but many of them will meet at bars instead of parking lots. It would be good for local businesses. Ticket prices will go up with any new stadium, anywhere. That is a given. Typically parking is more expensive at downtown stadiums, but Buffalo has a surplus of parking unlike a lot of other cities so I'm not sure that will be the case there. Edited January 16, 2016 by vincec
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