Bills ask for Draft in Buffalo

[Mr. WEO]

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/buffalo-bills-nfl-draft-highmark-stadium-2028-2029-nashville-kansas-city-detroit/article_18dec6ee-5a76-11ef-8837-b7f956c11691.html

 

is this like "officially requesting a trade"?  

 

hopefully that woks out more quickly for the City of Buffalo

[Brand J]

Do you maybe wanna include an interesting excerpt from the story since it’s behind a paywall?

[Mr. WEO]

39 minutes ago, Brand J said:

Do you maybe wanna include an interesting excerpt from the story since it’s behind a paywall?

 

that's pretty much it--a followup to the initial mention in June.  The NFL sent out memo soliciting interest for sites for 2028 and 2029.  Bill submitted.

[Mark Vader]

Where would they have it?

[Saxum]

45 minutes ago, Brand J said:

Do you maybe wanna include an interesting excerpt from the story since it’s behind a paywall?

 

A trick - get Seamonkey browser, open link and then edit page - most of article will be available.

 

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In early June, when the Bills first publicly expressed their interest in hosting the draft, they targeted only 2028. They have now added 2029.

 

The Bills’ bid for 2028 or '29 falls in line after the 2026 opening of the new Highmark Stadium. Last month, [Chief Operating Officer Pete] Guelli said the footprint of the new stadium would be the hub to the Bills’ draft-hosting proposal.

 

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“We’re currently setting up meetings with other teams who had successful bids to get an understanding of what the process is and how we can position our bid,” Guelli said.

 

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[DrDawkinstein]

16 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

that's pretty much it--a followup to the initial mention in June.  The NFL sent out memo soliciting interest for sites for 2028 and 2029.  Bill submitted.

 

Just Bill or the whole team?

[Jamie Nails]

7 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

Where would they have it?

 

Would have to be water front stage with party all throughout downtown like Detroit. Doubt they would do it in OP

[Einstein]

4 minutes ago, Jamie Nails said:

 

Would have to be water front stage with party all throughout downtown like Detroit. Doubt they would do it in OP

 

Id be shocked if it wasn’t in OP with the new stadium.

[QCity]

Just now, Einstein said:

 

Id be shocked if it wasn’t in OP with the new stadium.

 

Of course it would be by the new stadium.

 

 

The Bills’ bid for 2028 or '29 falls in line after the 2026 opening of the new Highmark Stadium. Last month, Guelli said the footprint of the new stadium would be the hub to the Bills’ draft-hosting proposal.

 

In addition to talking to other franchises, the Bills are in a waiting game.

 

“We haven’t heard back from the league on timing, but we’ve communicated to the highest levels that we’re very interested in hosting the draft in one of those two years,” Guelli said.

 

If the league office alerts the Bills that they are in contention for either draft, the Bills will put together a detailed proposal.

“We tried to be more thorough (with the initial interest form) so they would understand how serious we are about this,” Guelli said. “We want to deliberately follow the process and stay in the hunt.”

[GunnerBill]

Would be cool. Might happen post new stadium, but I imagine there are a few other places ahead in the queue 

[Jamie Nails]

It's rarely, if ever, "at the stadium". They just wouldn't do it. Needs to be near some event space, hotels etc. That has been the trend in every city since Dallas. They would get it because of the new stadium, but it wouldn't be in OP. It would be downtown. 

[Saxum]

1 hour ago, Jamie Nails said:

It's rarely, if ever, "at the stadium". They just wouldn't do it. Needs to be near some event space, hotels etc. That has been the trend in every city since Dallas. They would get it because of the new stadium, but it wouldn't be in OP. It would be downtown. 

 

Likely there would me events at different places like the Olympics does for picked cities.

[teef]

the weather should be perfect.

[Royale with Cheese]

Draft picks ride on top of American Bison's?

[WotAGuy]

17 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Draft picks ride on top of American Bison's?

Bring back the Jills, wearing only raw chicken wings. 

[MJS]

I bet the NFL will do it to reward the Bills for building a new stadium. It was such a focus for so long.

[Jamie Nails]

45 minutes ago, Punching Bag said:

 

Likely there would me events at different places like the Olympics does for picked cities.

It usually all central. In KC and Vegas, for example, there was nothing at the stadiums. Same with Detroit, and Ford Field was actually somewhat walkable from the draft stage. Tennessee did have the draft experience around Nissan, but that was just over the bridge from downtown- not a drive out to OP.   

[SoonerBillsFan]

2 hours ago, Mark Vader said:

Where would they have it?

If only they had a dome...

[GASabresIUFan]

https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/events/draft/2024/NFL-Draft-Map-2024-v2.pdf

 

Here is the map for the Detroit draft locations.  
 

 

[Metal Man]

Agree with those thinking that this being at the stadium wouldn't make a lot of sense.

It needs to be within walking distance of a lot of other things to do. Doesn't seem like there are a lot of people just sitting in the "theater" watching all the picks on day 2 and day 3. That needs to be the type of thing people can wander in and out of.

 

A stage somewhere around Canalside seems like the best bet for a successful event.