machine gun kelly Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I'm a Buffalo Bills fan, not an LA or TORONTO fan. I left Buffalo 23 years ago, but bleed red, white and royal blue. If the Bills stay in Buffalo, I will always be a Bills fan. Moving to another city, I'm done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Chicago market is huge, Phoenix huge, San Francisco Huge. Baltimore is much larger than Buffalo, Philadelphia Huge. Pittsburgh is much larger. Green Bay is close to Buffalo but they have unique ownership structure which can no longer be duplicated. In addition the average household income In Buffalo pales in comparison just about every other city in the league. Even If you take the smallest market both population and economic Buffalo does not match up well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awwufelloff Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) Chicago market is huge, Phoenix huge, San Francisco Huge. Baltimore is much larger than Buffalo, Philadelphia Huge. Pittsburgh is much larger. Green Bay is close to Buffalo but they have unique ownership structure which can no longer be duplicated. In addition the average household income In Buffalo pales in comparison just about every other city in the league. Even If you take the smallest market both population and economic Buffalo does not match up well. Not if you include Toronto which is only an hour drive away and should be included in its market segment because only Buffalo can target that market unless the NFL actually opens a stadium in Canada which I doubt they want to happen. If you include Toronto/Lower Ontario/WNY/Rochester our market segment is actually top 10 maybe higher. Cities within an hour drive of Buffalo. Stats from 2011: Canada: Toronto CMA 5,583,064 Hamilton CMA 721,053 Kitchener CMA 477,160 St. Catharines–Niagara CMA 392,184 US: Erie County, population 950,265 Monroe County, population 735,343 Niagara County, population 219,846 Chautauqua County, population 139,750 Ontario County, population 100,224 Wayne County, population 93,609 Cattaraugus County, population 83,955 Livingston County, population 64,328 Genesee County, population 60,370 Allegany County, population 49,927 Orleans County, population 44,171 Wyoming County, population 43,424 Canada: 7.1 million people US: 2.6 million people Our true market segmant is roughly around 10 milion people. Maybe moving the stadium to the City of Buffalo and or Niagara Falls would help grab the interest of those in nearby Canada? In the long run a successful team in itself will gather the needed fans from over the border to become Bills fans. 14 years without playoffs is certainly not helping. Edited March 28, 2014 by Awwufelloff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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