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Driving from Philly to BOS on Sunday and want to stop at a Bills bar along the way... thinking either in Westchester or one in CT. Which bar is the best?
I would love to go to McFadden's in NYC but do not want to head into the city. Also, I will not make it to the Harp in Boston in time... so, we want to stop along the way!
Appreciate any input - thanks
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This is the preferred message board for Patriot fans:
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/forums/patsfans-com-patriots-fan-forum.10/
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Kim & Terry - give Josh an offer he cannot refuse.
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Per 98.5 Sports Hub...
Pats still win
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The Rattle Inn is the place to go and is just like Cereal said. I live here in Austin - feel free to hit me up if you have questions or come say hi if you go to the Rattle Inn!
Thanks - appreciate the feedback! I'll be there Thursday!
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I will be in Austin this fall for work and I am looking for info on which Bills Backers bar is better?
Austin Bills Backers Association
The Rattle Inn
610 Nueces Street
Austin, TX
512-373-8306North Austin Bills Backers
Maggiores
1420 Cypress Creek Road 100
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No link but being discussed on Boston radio (98.5 The Sports Hub)
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Heartbreaking news for St Louis Rams fans... my heart goes out to them.
I have followed this issue for years. We all knew sooner or later the NFL would send a team back to LA.
Just surreal that its finally happening. History in the making.
I am thankful for the Pegula's and their commitment to WNY. I sincerely hope the political leadership from Albany to Erie County are working together now to partner with the Pegula's in their plan for a refurbished or new stadium.
GO BUFFALO BILLS
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So, I like to check out the opposing teams message boards each week... for whatever reason, I cannot find a decent board for the Eagles. Yes, I Google but the options suck. Which do you use?
thanks
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Hi, curious to know if any of these Bills Backers Bars in Connecticut are active? Going to be spending some time in Stamford this fall and would love to watch the Bills games at a backers bar. Any insight is apprecaited! thanks
Connecticut
Bills Backers of Hartford
Tavern House Grill
200 Merrow Rd.
Tolland, CT 06084
Bills Backers of New Haven
Anna Liffey's Irish Pub & Restaurant
17 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06510-1219
Bills Backers of Norwalk
East Side Cafe
232 East Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06855
Bills Backers of Shelton
Danny O’s Sports Bar & Grille
458 River Road
Shelton, CT 06484
Bills Backers of Stamford
Brother Jimmy’s BBQ - Stamford
112 Bedford Street
Stamford, CT 06901
Buffalo Bills Backers Stamford CT
McFadden’s Stamford
261 Main Street
Stamford, CT 06901
Southern CT Bills Backers
Murphy’s Law
239 Fairfield Ave
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Appreciate everyones feedback! thanks
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Ticketmaster UK are distributing in batches based on the stadium zones I believe. A batch went out yesterday so you might be in that batch. As a UK resident who has been to Wembley games before if you have not received them and are worried it is getting close to your departure from the US ring Ticketmaster UK and the are happy to cancel those tickets and re-issue for collection at the stadium box office on the day.
thank you - really appreciate the advice.
question - I know you're based in the UK but do you happen to have any advice on renting cars in Ireland? We are spending most of our time in Ireland - and plan to rent a car and explore the Island. We are hearing nightmares about fees and additional coverages and expenses associated with the car rental. Any advice?
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For those of you going to London; have you received your tickets from TIcketmaster UK? We are jetting out over a week before the game and would like to receive the tickets prior to departure.
Also, are there any events or pre-game parties or official tailgating events planned?
thanks!
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Hi All,
Happy to finally be posting on here after years of countless lunch breaks, airport layovers, etc. spent reading this site. I grew up in Buffalo, graduated from UB, and worked there for three years, but recently transferred to Ireland a few months ago for work. Although there are a lot more NFL fans here than I expected, it's definitely more difficult to follow the team from over here so I'm looking forward to being an active member on the site and discussing all things Bills with you guys.
A few random thoughts before I sign off:
1. I just bought the International NFL Game Pass package yesterday and it's awesome for anyone else who lives abroad. Cost around $180 USD for the year which is steep, but watching the coaches film and condensed games from last season are already making it worth it. Can't wait for RedZone and Game Rewind on Sundays too.
2. Haven't heard the financial terms on Robey's extension yet, but think that's a great signing for us. He was a beast in Pettine's defense and I think he's shown the motor and ball hawking ability to make up for being undersized.
3. Think this defense could realistically be #1 in the league this year. All the major players back plus Darby who sounds like a steal so far (can't teach speed) and arguably better coaching/scheme could add up to even more frustration for opposing teams this fall. Like everyone else, very concerned about the QB competition (or lack thereof), but I think our D will keep us in every game and McCoy and the skill players will make the QB's job much easier than Orton and Manuel had it last year.
Looking forward to talking with you all, go Bills!
Hey - thanks for posting on the stadium wall!
A few of us are heading over to the UK for the Jags/Bills game - checking out Ireland for 6 days and London for 4 days. We've never been to Ireland and wanted to check it out. Have a few questions:
1) I know you've only been over there a few months but have you found a Bills backers bar in Dublin? We will be there a week before the Bills/Jags game in London and would love to watch with other Bills fans! Be even fun to meet another fellow Buffalonian across the pond!
2) Have you explored much of Ireland? We are renting a car and plan to go explore outside Dublin - our tentative plan is to head up to Westport, Galway, Cliffs of Moher, Killarney, and then fly out of Cork to London. Are we taking on too much? Other areas worth exploring?
3) Any must see places in Dublin?
Any insight is appreciated.
thanks
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Anyone know if there is a Bills backers Bar in Dublin? I looked at the Bills website but no luck.
If anyone has any suggestions - cool pubs - whatever - in Dublin - please chime in.
Go Bills!
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Did you look into this? http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eavju61f3578ce86&llr=f9snghdab
I saw that - I don't believe the WGR event includes tickets to the game...
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So my buddy and I just booked flights to London. First hitting up Ireland for a five days then London for five days.
Starting to look for tickets. Notice nothing left is at ticketmaster uk.
Stub hub? Any other sites to recommend?
Appreciate your help.
Go Bills!
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So, did anyone from a national media perspective say anything positive about the Bills draft?
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At Issue Happy Hour: Buffalo Bills Stadium
Join Investigative Post at Allen Street Hardware on Wednesday, March 25 at 6pm for a happy hour and conversation about whether and where a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills should be constructed. Editor Jim Heaney will moderate a panel discussion that will include:- George Hasiotis, vice president of the Greater Buffalo Sports & Entertainment Complex
- Donn Esmonde, columnist for The Buffalo News
- Bill Barden, architect and former director of architectural development & long span structures for Birdair.
Admission is just $10 and includes a free drink and an Investigative Post membership. Visit InvestigativePost.org to learn more and purchase tickets.
Wednesday, March 25 @ 6pmAllen Street Hardware – 245 Allen St.
Tickets: $10 – includes admission, drink and Investigative Post membership
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All very good points. Buffalo 4th poorest city in the US and people think what can fly in LA San Fran, New England will work in Buffalo. A good site to read and follow is Field of Schemes all about stadium$$$$ and the PR machines. I was actually shocked to read in today's Buffalo News ( up to this point ever thing has been rainbows and puppy dog tails good) a negative story about a downtown stadium site . Of course that site is stepping on some powerful toes.
Not biased or anything, HammersLOT?
Bottom line - the Pegula's will build a new stadium. Whether a new stadium is build in Orchard Park or Buffalo, there will be a private and public finacning colloboration to fund this project.
It makes ZERO economic sense to spend any additional money in Orchard Park. Pegula is investing millions in downtown Buffalo - no way he will invest money in OP when and miss out on the synergies he is currently creating in downtown Pegulaville.
Will things change? Yes.
Will taligating be different? Yes.
Can the City of Buffalo's infrastructure support the stadium and traffic? Of course, the city and supporting highways was built at a time when it had DOUBLE the population.
Building a new stadium in Orchard Park reinfoces all the bad decisions that made Buffalo the 4th poorest city in the US.
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I understand economic growth, and its need in Buffalo, but please nothing like Patriot Place in Buffalo. The lot size is approximately a half a square mile, think, half of Kenmore. If you need something to go off of, it is about 3-4 times the lot size of the Galleria Mall. And people want to put that on the waterfront(ish). Something like this doesn't act synergy with the canalside area, it actually is the opposite. Paving a good portion of downtown for more or less a mall is a terrible idea. Skating, music, the riverwalk or whatever they are calling what is going in there, do not work hand in hand with small village sized shopping centers. There is a reason that this place is built 30 miles outside of Boston, and it isn't just available real estate.
Number 1, Being a bit dramatic comparing the size of Gillette/Stadium Place and the Galleria.
Number 2, you may have missed this part in my opening - "within the existing street grid."
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A few points:
1. The architectural fetish in WNY always amazes me. Design is personal and one's perfect building is another's garbage. I don't care what it looks like, the design will have minimal impact on it's functionality and profitable. Actually, I would suggest the non-functional design elements are added costs above utility costs. Frank Gehry is garbage in my mind, he arrogantly puts himself above the community, designs buildings out of context, like many starchitects. Many of his buidligns are fraught with problems because the function poorly. You don't have build it ugly to impress... ask Sullivan, Wright, Yamasaki, etc,
2. Yes Buffalo was a once great city. Yes the biggest and best urban designers and architects worked here. But it's the 50th largest region now and economically depressed. There are few developers and businessman willing, no matter the community, to spend more to make the same profit. We're a selfish, narcissistic, (see Facebook, Twitter, 26.2 bumper stickers), conspicuous consumption society. Most businessman want to leave their mark on the Forbes richest list. That's their symbolic gesture to the community. Few wealthy billionaires want their buildings to be known by who designed it, not who owns it. They want their name on the facade. Maybe Pegula is not that guy but if public dollars are expended, the perception that is gets spent on design details rather than utility will be problematic in this shrinking region.
3. Convention centers are a bigger loser than a stadium. Buffalo will never compete for major conventions against San Diego, Orlando, Tampa, Vegas, Atlanta. It's a typical "hey everyone else is doing it, why be original, we'll just copy it" bad idea. The place would be empty from November to April. Don't do it, bad idea. Why compete for what are essentially a fixed number of annual conferences against these places.
Most will not disagree with you on some of your arguments - but there is NO reason why form cannot follow function.
I laugh at your comment regarding an "architectural fetish in WNY" - have you ever been outside Love Joy? People in most towns and city's care what buildings, bridges, parks and infrastructure look like... They not only want them to be functional; but designed with respect.
If Buffalo, Erie County, and New York State are going to collaborate and invest in a stadium with the Pegulas and maybe the Jacobs - there is NO reason to not build something significant. We only get so many opportunities to spend tax and private money on something amazing; let's get it done right. And why not design a new landmark for WNY?
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Once, a very long time ago, when Buffalo was the 8th largest city in the country, it was the place where all the best, most "modern" thinkers about urban space, seemed to be plying their trades. Louis Sullivan, the father of the skyscraper and a son of Chicago, had to come to Buffalo to build. He was followed by other greats, such as Frank Lloyd Wright in architecture, and Frederick Law Olmstead, who designed Delaware Park as part of the visionary lay-out of the city designed by Joseph Ellicott, an acolyte of Pierre L'Enfant, which essentially saw the city itself as a park, with neighborhoods connected by parkways and greenswards.
What stands out about this past is that the men with the money to build offices, factories, houses and all the other structures of a city, and to commission those talented creators, seemed to always choose to go a step beyond the ordinary and utilitarian. They thought big and they thought -- no way around this -- artistically and modern. It seems to me that the Pegulas are kindred spirits to the Larkins and the other luminaries from that past. What they have already accomplished in a very short time is heartening, and is hopefully a harbinger of things to come.
With that in mind, if a stadium is to be built in the city, I would like to see the design commission go to a visionary, someone who can rethink the current dull approach to stadiums and the areas where they dominate. I would at least like to see someone like Frank Gehry be part of the mix. Or perhaps someone completely out of left field. What I do not want to see is just another looming gargantuan structure that's dark for nearly all the year, its size and location chilling the area where it is eventually sited.
Impressive response. Although I cannot look a gift horse in the mouth - I wish the urban pioneers of today (Pegula's/Uniland/Ellicott) would be a bit more aggressive with their designs in Buffalo. With that said, I respect Gehry but I am more of a Calatrava fan... I just think Buffalo really needs to dig deep into their history of attracting the best architects and designers and build something truly cutting edge. I'm not saying people will come visit Buffalo because of our stadium; but ask the folks in Milwaukee what the Calatrava designed Art Museum or Boston's Zakim Bridge did for the psyche of the region - they all point to those designs with pride.
Calatrava
Boston's Zakim Bridge:
Milwaukee Art Museum:
Other Calatrava designs:
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Patriots Place general manager eyes Foxborough expansion
Let me just say - I am all for an new stadium in downtown Buffalo. I don't care if it has a roof or not. With that said, I would like to point out what they are doing here in Boston/Foxboro with Patriot Place.
It is quite clear the Bills and Erie County missed an opportunity to develop a similar concept in Orchard Park but that ship has sailed...
I would really like to see Kim and Terry build something architecturally stimulating in downtown Buffalo. I would love the downtown campus to incorporate retail, housing, offices and restaurants within the existing street grid. Yes, I understand some streets will be paved over with the new stadium; but we really need to develop a synergistic plan with HarborCenter, First Niagara Center, Canalside and the stadium.
It feels so good to have owners who crave to do the right thing... I know Ralph did his best; but it is time to grab the bull by the horns and think BIG for a change. The people of Western New York and the fans of the Buffalo Bills deserve it...
Go Bills.
On a different note - have you seen some of the stadium designs coming out of LA's latest attempt coming from the St Louis Rams owner. Pretty cool - blends right into the neighborhood. Although it is low key I'd really like to see Buffalo take a more modern approach like this instead of the Colts/Lions stadiums.
Personally, I still really like this proposed design for Buffalo. I don't know enough about the merits of the proposed location but I still love the design. Kind of takes a real modern approach for Frank L Wright... going in the right direction in my opinion:
NEW Bills Stadium question
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Don't forget about the NY Power Authority... the can CERTAINLY assist with paying for this.
Also, Jeremy Jacobs / Delaware North said they wanted to help build/manage the new stadium.
No, please no not clone Lucas Oil. I cannot stand Lucas Oil Stadium from a design perspective. We have enough real stuff in Buffalo that we don't need to Disney the F out a stadium with fake preservation/industry design.
Go bold and modern.