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haroldwaide

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  1. I honestly don't see going 100% EV on the next 10 to 20 years unless charging times are reduced significantly and charging stations become much more plentiful but that's just my opinion.  

     

    As for ERESU, my hunch is they have looked at three, possibly four targets to acquire with the hopes of landing 2 of them.  What those specific targets are I can't even begin to speculate, but Terry and Kim don't want a failed business venture to taint there legacy.  You can bet that if they went public with this, they know full well what the next steps are going to be, even if we don't...

  2. Yeah.  Definitely a "long haul" investment.  Still probably a real nice one to have in your retirement account .  I'm actually hoping to buy more shares as time goes on since I had some extra money lying around that I didn't need for anything and really needed to start saving for retirement....

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  3. No way.  I love that team.  I almost bought stock last time it was offered, but it was before Ralph passed and there were rumors/whispers circulating in various places that a similar situation could happen with the Bills.  I opted to take a wait and see approach because the Bills staying in Buffalo was my number one priority.

     

    Seeing a game in Green Bay is definitely on my bucket list, but right now it is cost prohibitive, if not just plain impossible to find 6 seats together for my family and I.  Someday though...

  4. 4 hours ago, thewookie1 said:

    I would retrofit the present stadium in OP. Mainly for two reasons, cost and infrastructure.

     

    It wouldn't be as expensive to renovate Rich Stadium as it would be to build a new stadium. Right off the bat just the land acquisition and  utilities being set up costs a lot and a downtown stadium would require a lot of space

     

    Even more so would be the infrastructure required to make it work. Sabres games are bad enough with 30+ min wait times, now multiply that by 3 or 4 and just imagine the gridlock. The state would need to pour funds into Buffalo just to build infrastructure with the stadium itself being a separate funding enigma. Parking would be ridiculously expensive. And Buffalo's public transit is rather tiny. 

     

    An inner-city stadium would likely kill tailgating which is effectively one of the primary draws for Bills fans year in and year out and or reduce it to a degree that would make it nothing special. Buffalo Bills fans are an older average crowd (season ticket wise) and still have some struggles with paperless ticketing; how will that demographic deal with price hikes and travel time increases? There isn't enough of a young rich crowd to pick up the slack thus we'd likely see the Bills crowds shrink by a great number as tailgaters stay home to party and some of the older crowd just stay home lamenting of days gone by.

    I chose OP as well, but I opted for a new build with some minor infrastructure improvements to ease traffic congestion.  Build near the existing site, then tear down what we have, and use that space for the amphitheater, stores, or whatever else you want to add for fan experience.  I'm not an engineer, but I've noticed some cracks in the cement of NEF and that raises some questions about it's viability long term.  

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