PromoTheRobot

Where do you get that. I see four that were 100% public.

You have to determine how many events you could host in a year-round facility. It's a chicken-or-egg thing. There's never been a Final Four in Buffalo, but there's also no venue that could host a Final Four either. Create not just a stadium but a hotel & retail complex ala Patriot Place too. Tell me a OP doesn't need some nicer hotels! "Jerry World" AT&T Stadium. There's probably others.

There are any number of ways to make this work. It could be 100% public financed but that doesn't mean straight out-of-taxpayer-pockets. There are bonds, loans, tax increments, leases, retail development, meals and lodging taxes, all spread over 30 years. The trick is for the stadium to pay itself off over time. That's why I think it really needs to be a dome.

AirBnB! Another revenue stream! Imagine being able to stay AT the stadium!

Someone called Rich/RWS/NewEra/Highmark Stadium a cement pond. Good analogy. Anything that's mostly in the ground is cheaper to build. That's why I don't get the $1.1B price quote. Remember the old Shaeffer/Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro? Opened the same year as Rich. Cost $6MM. Looked like a high school stadium on steroids. All aluminum benches. THAT was a dump!

False and false. The NFL would love to move the Bills anywhere bigger and wealthier. And what you are referring to with Ralph was the $400MM poison pill for breaking the current lease before it expires in 2023. After that date nothing stops relocation. You might be confusing an no-move agreement the Sabres have when Tom Golisano sold the team to Terry Pegula. But I can't imagine any such agreement being in effect in perpetuity.

I know stuff is crazy now, but it should level out once production is ramped back up?

Frankly I'm a bit shocked they are quoting $1.1B for a clone of what we have now. They built Jerry-World for the same price in 2009! They built US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in 2016 for the same price!! Is our quote based on today's post-pandemic, material-shortage prices? Kickbacks and payoffs?

It would help if it were a dome.

Not as much as you think. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Stadium#Timeline Though some of it is considered loans. The real genius is AT&T stadium hosts massive events year round. It pays for itself. Ironically AT&T stadium cost $1.15B in 2009. The Pegulas want the same amount to build an open air stadium. A billion ain't what it used to be.

$1.5B ÷ 20MM people ÷ 30 years = $2.50 a year

News media is running with smaller staffs and no real reporting. They will literally run any story you feed them. Legends, which is owned by Jerry Jones, is the marketing firm the Pegulas hired. I'm sure this Austin BS came from them.

Team 23 just too tough. Still a great trip and fun to see that great Bulls team again

Team 23 is huge. BCU getting all they can handle. Still on it though.

Don't forget the Pegulas hired Jerry Jones' firm to handle stadium negotiations. Austin? I believe Toronto before there.

I do indeed. I would argue the Sabres are the Bills in 2016. They finally have the right crew in charge.

FYI game time is today at 2:30 on ESPN. The Syracuse alums play at noon. Potential SU/UB final!

Yes. Governor India Walton.

More like 40%, 30%, 20%, 10%. Terry & Kim, the NFL, state and county, and PSLs. Everyone will pay something if you want this to happen. Buffalo as a market punches above it's weight when it comes to pro sports. We're a minor league market with two major league teams. Both the NHL and NFL would be thrilled if taxpayers asked the teams to leave. So we all have to ask ourselves how much having the Bills and Sabres mean to us, and would we be fine with AHL hockey and UB football/basketball for entertainment? Of course who will foot the bill to demolish Highmark Stadium and Key Back Center? Those don't just evaporate on their own.

Wow, what a finish tonight! On to the Round of 4!

They've been trying for weeks. But they are asking for a lot, as they should. No serious offers yet. This was meant to shame the team but it's having the opposite effect

Because they would lose in arbitration. It's part of the CBA. No gray area. Sabres have final say. So they are negotiating though the media. Any medical procedure Jack gets that isn't approved by the Sabres voids his contract. I don't know if it voids their rights to him. This procedure has 70% success rate for "return to sports." But it's not clear if they mean playing golf with your buddies or taking hits at full speed. So we're talking a 1/3 chance of ending Jack's career. Would you sign off on that if your were GM?

There was a tweet of him skating with Bruins players in Boston.

Don't miss this game tonight.

Jack and his agent going scorched earth. Not a smart move. There were already questions about his attitude.