Draconator Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 5 hours ago, peterpan said: Honestly, what’s with the NFL and their stadium complaints? No one is rebuilding “the shoe” at Ohio state, no one says “the big house” at Michigan is too old. The LA Coliseum is plenty good for USC. I think all those stadiums hold more seats than any NFL stadium and college games are just as big productions/broadcasts One big difference between those stadiums and the current Highmark Stadium. Those other stadiums won't have an upper deck collapsing in approximately 10 years. This is one of the big reasons we're getting a new stadium in 2026. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted Thursday at 03:22 AM Share Posted Thursday at 03:22 AM 5 hours ago, stuvian said: so Peyton Manning is behind this! No, it was Paintin Manning. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted Thursday at 04:25 AM Share Posted Thursday at 04:25 AM 7 hours ago, Jukester said: She doesn’t say which 5 cities She also says “we’re [the state] in for $650M of what will be a well over $2B stadium.” What?? No other detail given on what caused such crazy overruns of what started at $1.4B of course not, and you’re a bad citizen for even daring to ask!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted Thursday at 05:05 AM Share Posted Thursday at 05:05 AM 7 hours ago, Old Coot said: At varying points Austin TX, Portland OR, St Louis & San Diego were all interested. Let's hear it for the San Diego Bills! NOT! Toronto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted Thursday at 05:39 AM Share Posted Thursday at 05:39 AM Nice to know we won’t be having this conversation for another 25 20 15…..until Allen is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaenon Posted Thursday at 11:39 AM Share Posted Thursday at 11:39 AM Is the $650M overrun for the retractable roof? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted Thursday at 11:45 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 11:45 AM 13 hours ago, BearNorth said: I think the San Antonio/Austin Corridor [5MM people] would support a team, but Jerry Jones will block that. San Diego had a team and let it walk, too many other things to do on the weekend. Orlando is then next biggest metro, but Tampa might think, not in my back yard, and Jacksonville struggles to fill their stadium. I was interested to see that other than Green Bay, Buffalo is still a bigger market than New Orleans, & esp when you add in Rochester, Buffalo's market is the same size as Nashville. Remember when teams that were close wanted local rivalries? 1950 comes to mind when Baltimore folded for 2 years coming out of the AAFL & then moved to NFL... So they can be a local rivalry for Washington. Screwed the first incarnation of the BFLo Bills out of crossing over in 1950 to the NFL... SF & Cleveland absorbed the rest of the AAFL players and crossed over to the NFL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxum Posted Thursday at 11:52 AM Share Posted Thursday at 11:52 AM 6 hours ago, US Egg said: Nice to know we won’t be having this conversation for another 25 20 15…..until Allen is done. Hopefully he can be cloned by then as in the movie "The 6th Day" - QBs will be even more expensive Mijami may need this ability soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweats Posted Thursday at 01:23 PM Share Posted Thursday at 01:23 PM Wasn't Toronto in the mix there somewhere?.........what a piss poor failed experiment that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat68 Posted Thursday at 01:54 PM Share Posted Thursday at 01:54 PM 15 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: I can think of: 1. Portland 2. San Antonio 3. Salt Lake City 4. St.Louis 5. San Diego More Money now in Austin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benderbender Posted Thursday at 02:02 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:02 PM The state of journalism nowadays. Reporters don't dig. Interviewers don't ask follow up questions. And yet somehow we're supposed to know what is misinformation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleSammy Posted Thursday at 02:16 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:16 PM I took my son to his first Bills game when he was 5 years old. When we got home my wife asked him what he liked best about the game. His response was "Mom, they were peeing in the sink in the restroom". This is our equivalent of The Masters, " a tradition like no other"! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted Thursday at 02:18 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:18 PM I heard it was 500 cities. This is pretty bad pandering by the Gov--"I saved the Bills from moving to 5 other places that I cannot name! Oh, by the way, the stadium will cost over 2 billion, so $650 million is nothing!" lol--politicians at their craven worst. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsGospel2014 Posted Thursday at 02:41 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:41 PM 17 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/5-other-cities-tried-to-steal-buffalo-bills-from-wny-new-stadium-cost-to-surpass-2-billion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted Thursday at 02:46 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:46 PM 16 hours ago, Breakout Squad said: St. Louis had to have tried. They want the NFL back bad. Too late. They already lost a team twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted Thursday at 02:46 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:46 PM 16 hours ago, Malazan said: I lived in Austin until last year. The city and people of Austin did not have interest. Yes- agree. I still am in Austin and the news that Austin was interested was a surprise to everyone. there are few cities in the US that are options for an NFL team move. Jerry Jones would block a Texas move. Orlando doesn't seem realistic given they are surrounded by teams. Moving to Portland or St Louis isn't necessarily an upgrade in wealth and population. I saw a study that said if you drew a 90 mile circle around all of the NFL markets, Buffalo goes from near the bottom to 4th because of Rochester and Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Info Posted Thursday at 03:12 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:12 PM 24 minutes ago, SF Bills Fan said: …Buffalo goes from near the bottom to 4th because of Rochester and Canada. I recall my PSL rep stating that 16% of season tickets were from Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted Thursday at 03:16 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:16 PM (edited) 17 hours ago, Jukester said: She doesn’t say which 5 cities She also says “we’re [the state] in for $650M of what will be a well over $2B stadium.” What?? No other detail given on what caused such crazy overruns of what started at $1.4B Does it matter considering the Pegulas signed on to absorb any of the overage costs? Might as well spend Terry's money and inject some of it back into the local economy one way or another. Edited Thursday at 03:19 PM by DrDawkinstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakout Squad Posted Thursday at 03:20 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:20 PM 33 minutes ago, chongli said: Too late. They already lost a team twice. St. Louis lost their team because their owner is a greedy scum bag. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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