The Lancaster, NY Dome Stadium that never was.

[Utah John]

3 hours ago, Just Jack said:

 

 

I was quicker than that, but it wasn't hard to beat the traffic at least as far as Lake Avenue.

[chris heff]

9 hours ago, Marv's Neighbor said:

As I recall, the dome was an inflatable type.  Not sure how that would have handled the Blizzard of 77, etc.  I think the contractor was an outfit called Bird/Byrd? air.

 

It would have been very handy to the airport.

I don’t think that is correct, I believe it was a solid dome.

 

I remember a scale model of it at the Boulevard Mall.

[Buffalo Boy]

   I grew up a mile from there and my Mom used to talk about how happy she was it never happened.

   As a kid, we used to hunt back there.

   There was a pretty big lawsuit that went on for decades regarding that site afterwards though I don’t know the particulars.

[Direhard Fan]

I was on The Resonsible Dome Action Comm While working at the Big N in Cheektowaga.  As I remember it the Council split 50-50 with the Dems and Republicans.  The mayor was a Dem and said no to it.  We had a huge display in the store and you could sign a petition for it.  Politics!

[LabattBlue]

Another article(no paywall) detailing what happened, and the subsequent lawsuit filed by Ed Cottrell. 
 

https://ampoleagle.com/when-it-comes-to-a-new-stadium-we-should-learn-from-the-past-p8386-208.htm

[stevewin]

I grew up in Lancaster and remember hearing the stories of the dome stadium that never was - would have been right behind the high school

Edited October 30, 2021 by stevewin

[Marv's Neighbor]

On 10/30/2021 at 9:10 AM, chris heff said:

I don’t think that is correct, I believe it was a solid dome.

 

I remember a scale model of it at the Boulevard Mall.

It;s a long time ago but there may have been more than one version, and inflatable was being discussed.  The same company did some building for the NY World's Fair 64-65, so they were in the picture.

[RJ (not THAT RJ)]

The Carrier Dome, which came a decade later, was the first experiment with inflatable roofs. I don't remember if it was related to the plans for Lancaster.

[BuffaloBill]

Lancaster would have been a better location than OP considering how many people are coming in to games from Canada and points east (Rocha, cha and cuse) 

[Buffalo Barbarian]

Still waiting for the Letchworth blueprints ...