I love what Oakland is proposing for their new stadium, and it is something that would work very well in Buffalo.
The owners of the A's, Lewis Wolff and the owner of The Gap, are going to finance the new A's stadium privately. They will do this by buying up land around a proposed stadium site. In fact, they have been quitely buying upto 140 plus acres in Freemont, CA and plan to put residential and commercial developments on this land. All proceeds will go into the development and building of the new A's stadium. Included in the stadium, are condo's for sale in Center field.
Now, imagine a brand new stadium in Downtown Buffalo, most likely east of Dunn Tire Park, with a mall/hotels/homes or apartments/condos around the stadium. All within walking distance to a brand new, state of the art retractable roof stadium? And the option exists where 50 or so condos will be available for sale to where your living room has a end–zone view of whatever event is going on inside the stadium? Be it a Bills game, Motocross event, SuperBowl?
I know this is just a very speculative post, but this is a great idea that the A's are doing, and is something that a team like the Bills could develop on their own, and give what Bills fans deserve. A stadium that meets the quality of the fans that support them.
Oh. And with The Ralph, I would take off the upper deck, and have a new UB Stadium.