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How so?

True, but in this [overly] politically correct world we live in you don't think CBS would rather dump Danny Boy than piss off the NFL? Ex-players are a dime a dozen.

I would think Green bay for sure. Probably Cleveland. Any other clear ones? Otherwise 7 or more owners that would vote against it purely for nostalgia reasons? Hmmm maybe NE*, Mia, and the Jets would rather keep the Bills than take their chances with whatever other team they would put in the AFCE if the Bills moved far enough.

I would agree that 3 seems very very low unless Manuel sucks big time and/or can't stay on the field again.

Well even most of the politically motivated posts mention either the Bills or the stadium.

Well duh, would you sue your employer while still working there?

And Bills fans writing positive ones. It's the way of the world

The problem with what you are saying is that the NFL wants owners and players alike to make more and more money every year. Given the amount of games that do not sell out it seems they have reached the pain point for ticket prices in a lot of markets. They also can't up the TV revenue much without supplying more product such as more games per season. They really have to expand their market beyond the US to do this effectively. That way if it is popular they can have more TV contracts in Europe for example and keep the gravy train running.

Sorry just saw this. You stated "there's got to be 40k-50k other folks out of the +1M in the Greater Buffalo Area that can do so as well." Only 50k to 60k people out of that +1M are season ticket holders, the others do not matter as they will not be buying a PSL. So basically I am saying change "there's got to be 40k-50k other folks out of the +1M in the Greater Buffalo Area that can do so as well." to "there's got to be 40k-50k other folks out of the 60K season ticket holders that can do so as well.". There could well be enough people willing to buy a PSL. But 2/3 or more of the current season ticket holders? Not sure.

Maybe she doesn't think the Bills are all that important in the grand scheme of things and is letting Senator Chuckles do all the grandstanding. She also could not agree with spending tax money on a new stadium. I know I don't. But no one gives a **** if I do or not, but they would care about her making such a statement. As Abraham Lincoln said, Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Something Senator Chuckles might want to consider in general.

Or potentially less as well. If the Bills try to relocate during the lease, and if the county takes the Bills to court, and if the judge rules in favor of the Bills, the judge could make the county prove the $400 million in damages. If they cannot to the judges satisfaction, he could award a lesser payment. On the other hand ... If the Bills try to relocate during the lease, and if the county does not take the Bills to court, I believe they would get the $400 million penalty payment.

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Really? That cost was probably negligible compared to the cost of the 3 lots on a lakefront and building what I would have to assume was a pretty good sized high quality house on them. That was just another incremental cost that was factored into doing the project.

Yeah having a fat wallet makes a whole lot of things possible

Toronto and Erie both are just under 100 miles so count them and obviously Rochester is in as well. Toronto's 6 million for the region itself I think would get the number to 7 million. But i think if he had said 8-10 you would have been in trouble

Yup I understand completely. And I agree that even a multi-million dollar purchase gets their attention and they do not take it lightly. And I can only wish I was playing in their sandbox However one of the reasons most of them (ignoring inheritance) got that rich was by thinking long term and not getting spooked by the potential of a short term loss, even a significant one, if the long term outlook is strong enough. Like I said above, it is one factor in their decision making process.

It would not be empty. Plenty of people would go and enjoy the last few seasons. And even if they did not, the amount lost due to ticket non sales is nominal compared to the TV revenue. That few million dollars a year would not hurt someone like a Larry Page for example enough to deter him from his long term goal.

Mrs. Wilson is one of the Trustees is my understanding. No one here knows the details of the trust, and the only people that do know are not talking. So everyone here and in the press is just speculating. Typically the trustees have the responsibility to get the maximum money they can for any asset attached to a trust. So for example if you were the trustee of a trust worth a billion dollars, you could not sell it to your brother for $1. But who knows what wiggle room Mr. Wilson may have had written into this trust. Not astronomical to multi-billionaires who deal with large corporation financials every day. To them it is simply a cost of doing business that is one factor into their decision of whether or not to buy an asset and how much to offer. But it would be pretty astronomical to any group that was struggling just to put together enough cash to purchase the team.

It's not 40k-50k out of 1M+ in the area. It's 40k-50k of the 50k-60k season ticket holders. It's also not just about being able to afford it. It's about the thought of people giving their hard earned money to billionaires for essentially no real reason and getting nothing in return "The owners make millions upon millions of dollars every year. Why do they need my $4k?" Maybe enough people would go for it, I'm not sure. But even if I loved going to games and was a long time season ticket holder I would have a hard time choking that down.

I'm looking forward to it coming to that!

Do you think the Bills would sell 60,000 PSL's at $4,000 a piece? I think even attempting that could be catastrophic to the season ticket numbers. Unless of course the Bills really turn the team around starting this year and become a contender.

I suspect he meant that there won't be tickets left for you to buy with the team still in Buffalo if the team breaks it's 14 year ****-streak and becomes good. Which seems logical. If they can sell 50,000 seasons now just imagine how many will want them if they become a good team.

Ask your wife to see if any of her single girl friends would want to go to any games with you and see if she commits to any more games But seriously, in years past I have often seen people in Hammers lot looking for one ticket. Unless that has changed in the last few years I suspect you wouldn't have a difficult time selling one. You can also sell it to a scalper though you will lose money on it that way.

Great news! What's the capacity (i.e. tickets that need to be sold for a sell-out) of the Ralph these days after the renovations?

Not impossible at all. Google has facilities all over the world including 29 in the US with several on the east coast. But they tend to stick to large and/or popular cities such as NYC (which has ~3k employees). Buffalo NY, being currently as well as historically a blue collar low tech area would be a very long shot I would think. Rochester might have a outside chance though.