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  1. Before I moved back to the area, I would stay at the Red Roof in on Camp Road in Hamburg. It's definitely not the fanciest place. But it's clean, affordable, and a short ride down Southestern Blvd. to the stadium. As far as bars/restaurants, try Rodney's on Rt. 5 by the lake. It's not too far from Red Roof and they have great wings and beef on weck. You'll get a bunch of other great suggestions from others on the board, but I think Rodney's is an overlooked gem. Make sure to make hotel reservations soon, all of the hotels fill up quick.

  2. 1) I sat in seats in the third row at the 50 yd line last year and while they were awesome, I bet the view from a row or two further back would have been less obstructed. I think you're in a good spot with those seats.

     

    2) Swing by Wegmans on McKinley before going to tailgate and pick up some subs and beer, you'll be all set.

     

    3) I'll defer to others as my knowledge of places to hang out around the stadium is limited.

  3. Any idea on how far behind they actually are?

     

    I remember the head of the construction team months ago comparing whether they were going to finish before the first home preseason game to a "play at the plate." I think the schedule has always been tight and while they may not have everything done on time, it looks like all of the major renovations will be done and the rest will be minor sprucing up.

  4. I decided to do it for the following reasons:

     

    Make my wife happy and attempt to get her to come to more than just the home opener

    Eliminate freezing to the bench or (for one presason game) burning my legs on the seat

    Prevent seat encroachment

    Eliminate one more thing to carry into the stadium (seat cushion)

    Protect my delicate posterior from "metal fatigue"

  5. I just finished visiting with some friends from Seattle and they were telling me about the season ticket smart cards that they have for Sounders games. It sounded cool, so I found this article about it from a couple of years ago:

     

    http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2012/05/14/Facilities/Breaking-Ground.aspx

     

    I think that it would be great if the Bills adopted something like this, especially the idea of season ticket holder lanes at the entrance gates. The Bills could also use the cards as a way of giving bonuses (food, merchandise, access to special events, etc) to give people more reasons to become season ticket holders. What do you think?

  6. That is a beautiful stadium. I did some research. It is in New Zealand and is used for both soccer and rugby.

     

    http://en.wikipedia....th_Barr_Stadium

     

    It has a capacity for rugby and soccer of about 30,000 people. There seems to be some dispute regarding the cost, but it appears that the construction costs were approximately $170-175 million US dollars.

     

    Interestingly, it was designed by Populous - which is the firm that has designed the renovations at the Ralph (as well as Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and many others).

     

    http://populous.com/

     

    http://en.wikipedia....ous_(architects)#American_football

    Yep, and it's located on the southern end of New Zealand and their winters are about as harsh as Western New York's. The material of the dome is ETFE and is being used as part of the roof in the Vikings' new stadium. ETFE is much lighter than glass (weighs 1% of the same size piece of glass) and can hold something like 400 times its weight. It also allows UV rays to penetrate, so you can grow natural grass inside. Although, I think the New Zealanders have had some problems, so they also added in some blades of artificial turf to stabilize the surface.

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