5 Cities Tried to Steal The Bills From WNY

[K D]

48 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

I can think of:

 

1. Portland

2. San Antonio

3. Salt Lake City

4. St.Louis

5. San Diego

 

 

They said Orlando and Austin were the biggest threats (allegedly)

 

I think it's all nonsense. They were never moving. They just needed a reason to sell this to the tax payers.

[Rubes]

1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

I can think of:

 

1. Portland

2. San Antonio

3. Salt Lake City

4. St.Louis

5. San Diego

 

 

 

Salt Lake would like to move into the big leagues but the NHL and MLB are higher on the list before anything happens with football.

 

Also, the Sunday thing.

 

[JohnNord]

1 hour ago, Saxum said:

 

Two of them were in Texass but do not count since Jerry Jones has declared Texass his territory.  He is still mad that Houston got a team and did not need to pay rent to him like owners in LA and NJ.

Part of what Hochul said is just lore.  I believe that San Antonio was never a serious contender.  It seems like the cities that we knew were in contention were Toronto and Los Angeles 

[Saxum]

1 minute ago, JohnNord said:

Part of what Hochul said is just lore.  I believe that San Antonio was never a serious contender.  It seems like the cities that we knew were in contention were Toronto and Los Angeles 

 

It was mentioned in paper in Albany; the source was someone in government in Albany.

[Lost]

1 hour ago, thronethinker said:

Been a little inflation since the stadium budget was created.

 

They agreed the deal at the height of the post Covid supply chain issues.   Construction costs were already highly inflated at that point.   Stadium probably coulda been built for around 1 Billion in 2019 or 2020.   Hell we could have had an Allegiant stadium for the price we're paying.

[MJS]

2 hours ago, Breakout Squad said:

I heard that from Dunkirk Don 😂

Follow the money...

[NoHuddleKelly12]

3 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

If it were finished inside the original budget, I believe that would 🟰the first commercial project in the US to have done so. 🤷‍♂️

[BillsShredder83]

3 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

Opening day surprise roof! Woohoooo

3 hours ago, Lost said:

Which ones? 

 

Let's guess:

 

San Antonio

St Louis

San Diego

Toronto 

 

-Probably another Texas city

[BillsShredder83]

2 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

I can think of:

 

1. Portland

2. San Antonio

3. Salt Lake City

4. St.Louis

5. San Diego

 

 

Good call on Salt Lake. Utah has been crazy active trying to get anything and everything there. Just got nhl, ufc has been there annually a few years in a row. Last ufc there was a commercial for the city talking about trying to bring in the best entertainment.

 

Good call by them honestly! It's a beautiful area from everything i hear and that's the kind of thing that makes your city pop up as being a major city. Certainly isn't the nightlife in Mormon country I don't think

[Saxum]

What do you think of the Dallass Buffalo?

 

Jerry Jones already has ear of owner and if Pegulas could not make a deal with county/state he would be glad to rent stadium on weeks Cowpokes were not playing.

[GASabresIUFan]

Toronto, Mexico City, London UK, San Antonia and Oklahoma City.

[Saxum]

1 hour ago, JohnNord said:

Part of what Hochul said is just lore.  I believe that San Antonio was never a serious contender.  It seems like the cities that we knew were in contention were Toronto and Los Angeles 

 

A lot of what Hochul said is leaked speculation making it look like there was competition.

[Saxum]

5 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:

Good call on Salt Lake. Utah has been crazy active trying to get anything and everything there. Just got nhl, ufc has been there annually a few years in a row. Last ufc there was a commercial for the city talking about trying to bring in the best entertainment.

 

Good call by them honestly! It's a beautiful area from everything i hear and that's the kind of thing that makes your city pop up as being a major city. Certainly isn't the nightlife in Mormon country I don't think

 

Salt Lake City has bars and speakeasies including those open on Sundays.

There is a casino two hours away in West Wendover, NV.  Bunch of players could take a Limousine Party Bus Rental there.