New stadium official groundbreaking - Monday morning (6/5/2023)

[Draconator]

 

[Logic]

Amazing to think of how far this team has come in the past decade.

Thinking back to 2014, the Bills were in the middle of a historic playoff drought, their image and culture were in the dumpster, and Ralph Wilson's passing -- followed by the looming bids from entities like Jon Bon Jovi and Donald Trump -- meant that the team staying in Buffalo at all was no sure thing.

Fast forward to June 2nd, 2023. The Bills have quality ownership, a state-of-the-art training facility, a top 10 GM and head coach, excellent team culture, an elite franchise QB, and a perennial Super Bowl contending roster coming off a string of division titles. The Bills are now a team that players accept less money to play for, due to the team culture and the very real chance at a Lombardi. 

And best of all? They're three days away from breaking ground on a new stadium that will keep them here for at least the next quarter century.

Amazing. 

Edited June 2, 2023 by Logic

[Lost]

Somewhere...Ralph Wilson is rolling over in his grave over amount of money being spent on this current team.

[BillnutinHouston]

1 minute ago, Lost said:

Somewhere...Ralph Wilson is rolling over in his grave over amount of money being spent on this current team.

 

Not sure what your intent here is, but you might want to review how much his estate was directed to give away on his behalf.

[Gregg]

Have to think with the new stadium on the way and the Sabres looking like they are going to be a very good team starting next year that another outdoor winter classic game will be coming to OP soon.

[dwight in philly]

16 minutes ago, Logic said:

Amazing to think of how far this team has come in the past decade.

Thinking back to 2014, the Bills were in the middle of a historic playoff drought, their image and culture were in the dumpster, and Ralph Wilson's passing -- followed by the looming bids from entities like Jon Bon Jovi and Donald Trump -- meant that the team staying in Buffalo at all was no sure thing.

Fast forward to June 2nd, 2023. The Bills have quality ownership, a state-of-the-art training facility, a top 10 GM and head coach, excellent team culture, an elite franchise QB, and a perennial Super Bowl contending roster coming off a string of division titles. The Bills are now a team that players accept less money to play for, due to the team culture and the very real chance at a Lombardi. 

And best of all? They're three days away from breaking ground on a new stadium that will keep them here for at least the next quarter century.

Amazing. 

Well said.. 

[RoyBatty is alive]

Wonder if Kim Pegula can make an appearance?

[LabattBlue]

I may go down there just to count the number of politicians fighting over a shovel to be part of the photo op. 😂

[Mike in Horseheads]

48 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

Wonder if Kim Pegula can make an appearance?

That thought crossed my mind also.

[JohnNord]

1 hour ago, Logic said:

Amazing to think of how far this team has come in the past decade.

Thinking back to 2014, the Bills were in the middle of a historic playoff drought, their image and culture were in the dumpster, and Ralph Wilson's passing -- followed by the looming bids from entities like Jon Bon Jovi and Donald Trump -- meant that the team staying in Buffalo at all was no sure thing.

Fast forward to June 2nd, 2023. The Bills have quality ownership, a state-of-the-art training facility, a top 10 GM and head coach, excellent team culture, an elite franchise QB, and a perennial Super Bowl contending roster coming off a string of division titles. The Bills are now a team that players accept less money to play for, due to the team culture and the very real chance at a Lombardi. 

And best of all? They're three days away from breaking ground on a new stadium that will keep them here for at least the next quarter century.

Amazing. 

And yet people continue to B word that NYS gave them money to build a stadium

[Lost]

1 hour ago, BillnutinHouston said:

 

Not sure what your intent here is, but you might want to review how much his estate was directed to give away on his behalf.

 

 

It was a joke.   I loved Ralph, but lets be real here.  There probably wouldn't be any Von Miller signings or paying our QB highest contract in the league type deals if he were still around.  

[The Wiz]

10 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

And yet people continue to B word that NYS gave them money to build a stadium

Don't open the replies to that tweet for your own sanity.

[Shaw66]

6 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

 

It was a joke.   I loved Ralph, but lets be real here.  There probably wouldn't be any Von Miller signings or paying our QB highest contract in the league type deals if he were still around.  

I agree.  Ralph just didn't like spending money on the team. Doesn't mean that he wasn't generous. In fact, he showed great character on behalf of the small-market teams.

[Logic]

14 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

And yet people continue to B word that NYS gave them money to build a stadium

If the state HADN'T given them money for the stadium and the team left for greener pastures, those same people would have been complaining about lost revenue for the state. 

Some people just like to complain and will always find a way to do so, no matter the circumstances.

[Draconator]

4 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

Don't open the replies to that tweet for your own sanity.

Or the Bills tweet for Pride month. Some disturbing people on Twitter. Yet some good ones as well.

[The Wiz]

17 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Or the Bills tweet for Pride month. Some disturbing people on Twitter. Yet some good ones as well.

Really makes you wonder how skittles is still in business.

 

[boater]

28 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

Really makes you wonder how skittles is still in business.

 

Speaking of that.... NY is doing everything they can to ban Skittles. A new law is proposed that would ban their ingredients. https://wyrk.com/skittles-candy-ban-new-york-state/

[JoPoy88]

10 minutes ago, boater said:

Speaking of that.... NY is doing everything they can to ban Skittles. A new law is proposed that would ban their ingredients. https://wyrk.com/skittles-candy-ban-new-york-state/

CA too I believe.

[msw2112]

1 hour ago, Lost said:

 

 

It was a joke.   I loved Ralph, but lets be real here.  There probably wouldn't be any Von Miller signings or paying our QB highest contract in the league type deals if he were still around.  

 

He did pay Mario Williams and I'm sure that Jim Kelly made close to top QB dollar for his era.  And Takeo Spikes was paid.  And Bryce Paup.  There were also rumors at one point in the drought that he was willing to pay Mike Shanahan top coaching dollar to come to Buffalo (which Shanahan rejected).  So there are several examples of Ralph and the Bills paying out the big bucks, but I agree that there were lots of times during the lengthy Ralph era were Ralph appeared to be unwilling to spend at the levels that the competition was spending.

[PonyBoy]

Ground breaking???

What time is the tailgating starting for that Bills Mafia??

Yeah!!! Go Bills!