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yeah thats why I laughed when the poster labeled this model as "successful". I mean, it's successful for 1 of the 60,000 people involved.

Most of the people who are upset about it were upset the entire time. For years. Maybe you're just paying attention now?

By entertainment venues do you mean *only* football (or soccer in Europe)? Because I cant think of any other entertainment venue where you pay for the building, then pay to enter the building, then pay to sit in the seat. - You dont do that at concerts (unless its at a FOOTBALL stadium). - You dont do that at comedy shows (no PSL, and taxpayers didnt pay for the venue). - You dont do that at magician acts (no PSL, and taxpayers didnt pay for the venue). - You dont do that at medieval times (no PSL, and taxpayers didnt pay for the venue). - You don't do that at festivals (taxpayers *might* have paid for the venue, but no PSL). It's only football (or soccer). What is successful about it? Do you mean that a few billionaire owners are successful at taking money?

Tax break = / = paying for the stadium. The taxpayers are literally PAYING for the stadium. Then they're being charged to enter the stadium. Then being charged to sit in the seat.

Not many businesses exist where the fans (taxpayers) pay for the building and THEN get charged to enter the building and THEN get charged to buy the product. Imagine if YOU (the taxpayer) had to pay for new Taco Bell building. And THEN when the fancy new Taco Bell you paid for was all constructed, management made you pay to enter the building you just paid for. And THEN once youre in the building you paid to build, and paid to enter, you had to then pay for the actual tacos. Your analogy doesnt wash because 99% of businesses... this would be thought of as insane. Which it is. It is not even remotely close to passing the cost of doing business onto the customer.

Honestly ruins kickoffs in my opinion. The entire optics of the “opening kickoff” is just gone. The number of rule changes that have taken place in the last 10 years is dizzying. Watch a full game from 2000 (not that long ago!) and it feels like a different league.

Exactly right. Imagine the resale value of a PSL during the drought. Would be lucky to get a basket of chicken wings for them.

https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/nfl/bills/season-ticket-holder-shocked-at-400000-price-tag-to-keep-seats-at-the-new-bills-stadium-money-nfl-mafia/71-fc3661ab-73ac-4fb7-917e-eb0cd386e5bc?fbclid=IwAR3jwFi_bjXlXA6-UCrdB0mLSkc2b1q92C6dBzc85a2uT-TYj5MNuzHogKA_aem_Ac-h4ndNB2H8JGvfP81yXDyLZw7StOY6Z-wvccS-FXZGZmxhxPTjrihTIIuKT6PCOlY#lu957j46vme6dsky5t

So they’ll end up paying 5 to 10% of the stadium cost?

Wow. I forgot how badly KC fleeced us on that one.

The Bills could sign a backup long-snapper named Alex Falaffigonobonowitz that no-one has ever heard of, and had an incredible blunder in his only snap ever in the NFL, and there would still be fans here talking like “It’s not hard to see that we got better with this move. Great depth. What a solid signing. Beane strikes again”. I want whatever LSD these fans put in their morning coffee.

I simply write the truth of a situation. If it is positive - like last year - then i write about how happy I am with the improvements we made. When there is little positive, I write about that as well. Re-signing who we already had is important - but it doesnt improve the team. It keeps the team stagnant at that position (which is a good thing if you're re-signing a good player).

You didn't answer the question. PFF watched every snap of his and ranked him as one of the worst in the entire NFL. And judging by his pitiful contract, there was little market for him outside of a 1 year prove-it deal. There is zero evidence that we upgraded depth here, as there is little evidence that he is better than who he replaced.

The only way anyone could be happy with this Free Agency is if they expected literally nothing (as you said). As in, they somehow expected us to field a team of 42 players instead of 53. We have acquired: - Curtis Samuel - A defensive tackle with one of the worst possible grades you could ever imagine (Johnson) - A LB whose former teams fans were celebrating him leaving (Morrow) - A backup center - Mitch Trubisky Maybe I missed someone? We have signed scrap heap players.

He has one of the worst PFF grades in the entire NFL. Do you know much about him? Are the grades not representative of his play?

We are 2 years past due. Yes.

Agreed. I think is likely our weakest roster since 2020.

The funniest thing they did was give that presentation to all of their employees telling them that they need to increase their productivity so that the Pegula's billionaire lifestyle didn't take any hits.

Yeah, I don't think Pegula cares about that. In fact, his wife loves that tailgating atmosphere. What they want from raising prices is MONEY.

I accept your bet. I don't see why any Marriot or Hilton would build in OP because of 8 days of business per year. It is simply not how business decisions are made. Especially with the Hamptons flanking the area in Hamburg and East Aurora, but never full (non-stop vacancies).

You haven't been to a Cleveland, have you? There was a recent story about a Cleveland tailgater in the hospital due to jumping off of a tailgate bus. And there was a massive brawl that became national news at a Cleveland tailgate a year or two ago.

I'm not sure what you mean. I don't own seasons anymore and am not interested in them. You stated that you are looking forward to hotels and restaurants and bars and I was letting you know that there is nothing that hints at this happening. No large chain will build based off 8 days of business a year. Not sure why even a local restaurant would build there for 8 days of business. It makes no fiscal sense, which probably explains why we see no permits being pulled around the stadium for any of these. Ps, the Cleveland Browns stadium is still very blue collar and tailgates similarly to Buffalo.

There will be new business in general. There has been new businesses in Orchard Park every year for the past three decades. However, no large hotel chain or business is building in OP because of 8 days of crowds per year.

Hate to break it to you, but you aren't going to get hotels, bars and restaurants. No permits pulled for any of these. Unless you mean the nachos you'll get at the bars inside the stadium. Unfortunately, your family past time of eating food and laying down in bed will have to take place elsewhere.

I missed this post. Who said this?