May Day 10

I just like the character and variability of an outdoor venue. The indoor teams' home games appear to be dark and miscellaneous.

I have driven 10+ hours to attend a baseball game at Wrigley. It was very inconvenient. Some asian man sold me parking for $10 at his nearby townhouse. The experience was unforgettable and I would recommend it to anyone. The stadium was from "another era" as you say. Fenway, same thing. Ralph Wilson Stadium is becoming increasingly awesome in many ways and it doesnt necessarily mean the tailgating (although the Stadium in the neighborhood thing adds to the ambiance). I know people who make or intend to make a trip to a Bills game a "destination" for the experience. Crowd is into it because we dont have a stratified by class stadium and have a bunch of suites in front of the fans. Sight lines are great. Its got the "dump" factor which becomes more charming over the years. It would be awesome if someday I could bring my kid to a game when he is older and show him the exact place I always went to games.... passing it down generations. This is where the comeback happened, the Raiders AFC Championship game, Kelly, Thomas, Reed, fans storming the field winning the AFC East, etc... Many of us played high school championship games there, saw concerts there, Grateful Dead, etc. I dont want to hit the reset button. There is a lot of value in keeping the old place running. IMO the fans are who we are. I dont believe we have a wealthy class waiting to plop their money down as long as there is a new stadium built... The experience would be downgraded for many of the current paying customers with a new stadium and the prices would increase. As long as the team is competitive at the new debt free stadium, they will be able to increase ticket prices. Suites are there and they struggle to fill those up as it is.... why need more, and more expensive ones. Buffalo is not San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, or even Minneapolis. I say make effective renovations to preserve RWS. I wouldnt hate it if it didnt take 20 minutes to go to the bathroom, and for food to take forever... but I dont need fantasy football lounges, rotating seats, red zone channel piped into my brain, etc.

I think the Ralph is great. For sports stadiums, the older the better. I'd give a lot to go to sabres games in the aud

Even with the annual haggling, it costs a lot. They still pull some dirty tricks with the tiering. Just to get stupid Nbc sports to watch the sabres it's a big upgrade.... Nhl network, MLB network... I watch very little to no television so it's just a coordinated money syphon between the sports leagues and cable providers. Comcast owns an nhl team, the biggest cable provider, and is the Nhl TV partner. They haveven a vested interest in the antiquated rules and not progressing. All I need is netflix, an MLB app, nhl app, and Disney app. Would subscribe to NCAA football too.

The single team option is not even a choice for me. They are blacked out in WNY because we are in their "market".... which is criminal. I would like to just drop Directv. The only things tying me to it are Cleveland and the Sabres, really. I enjoy College football season too. Thats a HUGE expense to have the ability to watch my 'home' teams legally.

Autographed jerseys, footballs, and new sneakers, plus $75K each and the complainants forget what happened.

Sounds like things are happening behind the scenes.

I would love it if they played in a small generic venue. What they have now is awful in every aspect. The layout is comical it is so bad. Its like you are watching a game from the hubble telescope. If they had a venue similar to any of the other MAC schools, I would probably attend a lot of games. Heck, if they just had bleachers set up around the field in the same zip code, I would go. Akron:

well, it is good this happened right after the Superbowl during Newton-gate and Manziel-gate

"Feel The Rash"

I follow them. I don't go to games though. It is due to the venue.

Well, when it looked like the Bills were a threat to move, I thought it would be a possibility if not a probability. Now that they are staying, it seems unlikely.... But a Bulls team on-par with Temple is attainable and I don't see it taking away from the Bills' popularity. They would never become a 'power'. The catch 22 is though I dont think average Buffalo sports fans would support that (Temple-level) anyways, The basketball thing is interesting though. I did see Russ Brandon said they are going to try to get NBA preseason games

yeah, it was really a joke to be honest... The real wall that needs to crumble is the blackout restrictions. If I want to watch the Sabres, I MUST subscribe to a cable/satellite service (and I think DISH doesnt get it?) Also, Im an Indians fan. we for some reason are in their "market". In order to watch the Indians, I need to subscribe to Directv, and add a $12/mo sports package so I can get Sports Time Ohio. Its a racket. In Philly, you can only watch the Phillies, Flyers, and 76ers if you subscribe to Comcast. Once the blackout restrictions are done... then cords will be cut. I would absolutely pay for stand-alone MLB/NHL streaming services if I could get my home teams. I think this is why they were so eager to 'settle'.

Charged with being awesome

Bruce mcnall they spent loads of money and were aggressively raiding the Oilers dynasty including gretzky

Idiot. Why?

yeah, just saw that one. Doesnt look good Can we start pleading the ideal gas law? Preponderance of the evidence?

It looks like the person they are trying to prove is McCoy... is trying to hold another guy back from the pile?

in the hypothetical of a new stadium downtown as well as mutual interest from UB to play there... would it be in Pegula's interest to possibly donate money to the UB program in an effort to push them in the direction of program growth? A high level (meaning a power conference) program would certainly be a compliment to the One Buffalo thing and the whole 'campus' downtown.

I would have to say that is incorrect. The Knoxes bid on expansion and Buffalo was unjustly bypassed for St. Louis.

UB seems desperate to get some traction for people coming to their games. The stadium is awful though. I like the MAC. I tried. I bought season tickets and attended 1 game and that was it (also went to the RWS game). It is like you are watching a game from the moon. I do think they are putting a lot of money into that stadium, but only for exclusive alumni clubs and such. Basically, they just need to tear it down and build the seats closer to the field and to each other. I think for NYC/EC/Pegula/DN to allow UB to play home games in the new stadium would be a smart move. They all have interest in foot traffic downtown and it also further justifies the expense and it is a handful more events every year. Im sure they would get a rake of concessions and such too. It makes sense for UB as well as it will be a state of the art field, would help with recruiting, and make the sky the limit for program growth, hosting events, etc... I'm sure all the details, contractual stuff, insurance, T&Cs, etc are fairly complicated... but I would think this would be a likelihood. That said, the optics of a 60K-70K stadium with 10K people is rough. They would have to really work on getting people there, make it fun. Its a tough sell. TBH, Buffalo isnt that great of a sports town. We love the Bills and Sabres... Bandits too I guess. But after that, support for lower-level stuff is a bit difficult. If the program was able to get some traction and go the route Temple took... I think they could get into one of the major conferences and maybe could earn more 'common' support from the locals.

at least Incognito seems to be a good guy who takes his career seriously.

If it's on campus I think. A few venues off campus allow... probably some other red tape too.... Anyways, I would go to ub games but that venue is comical how bad it is.

Do we know the officers' 40 times? May need some RBs

Let's wait until the sentencing at least