Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Now these are some renderings! Wow. 1 1 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Now these are some renderings! Wow. that is a ”renovation” 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with No Name Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 aren't they 100% committed to leaving the city? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olliemets Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 As renderings go, this is a great pitch. But isn't this old? Bears are leaving because capacity is too low and they want to buy up the real estate surrounding area near the proposed new stadium and do what Packers are doing and What Pats have already done in Foxborough...Braves in Cobb County. Etc. Suck in as much revenue as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBillsJunkie Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 That is amazing. What a stadium. Now they just need a real team to play in it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's No Moon Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Olliemets said: As renderings go, this is a great pitch. But isn't this old? Bears are leaving because capacity is too low and they want to buy up the real estate surrounding area near the proposed new stadium and do what Packers are doing and What Pats have already done in Foxborough...Braves in Cobb County. Etc. Suck in as much revenue as possible. I drove past Foxboro a couple months ago. I saw two hotels and a strip mall. Impressive really. Granted, it's two more hotels and 1 more strip mall more than OP has built at the stadium in 50 years but whatever. There wasn't a specific reason to stop. What Denver is doing around Mile High was more impressive but it's also way closer to downtown than either OP or Foxboro. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olliemets Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Just now, That's No Moon said: I drove past Foxboro a couple months ago. I saw two hotels and a strip mall. Impressive really. Granted, it's two more hotels and 1 more strip mall more than OP has built at the stadium in 50 years but whatever. There wasn't a specific reason to stop. What Denver is doing around Mile High was more impressive but it's also way closer to downtown than either OP or Foxboro. The idea is to buy up everything in the surrounding area and monetize it. Long Term. Bears leaving Soldier Field less than 2 decades after it was rebuilt for them kind of a bad look. But thats why they are doing it.$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Pretty cool for Chi-town. And yep, Our new stadium in Orchard Park will always be a monument to the Bills, in the middle of nowhere really, with no hotels or retail surrounding it. The venue will be used 10 times a year,, with maybe a few high school games added and a summer concert. We will still freeze our asses off for winter games but hey, at least it will have wind buffer technology around it. 3 3 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiva Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Our rendering were cheap and boring. Why can’t Buffalo spend necessary money?? Even cheap out of the renderings. 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
947 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, Man with No Name said: aren't they 100% committed to leaving the city? Pretty much, yes. The City of Chicago would cost a ton more in leasing & taxes. The potential new site is in Arlington Heights, one of the northern suburbs. I don't even think they could get those renovations approved with Soldier Field being a historical landmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Gump Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 A roof? Bunch of pansies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Noggin Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, 947 said: Pretty much, yes. The City of Chicago would cost a ton more in leasing & taxes. The potential new site is in Arlington Heights, one of the northern suburbs. I don't even think they could get those renovations approved with Soldier Field being a historical landmark. But but but the historical architecture gets absorbed into a high-end club bar. The poors never really appreciated the neoclassical, Doric columns anways... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZBILLS Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 LOL a roof...why would anyone want a roof 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty shackleford Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 36 minutes ago, Kiva said: Our rendering were cheap and boring. Why can’t Buffalo spend necessary money?? Even cheap out of the renderings. We have Ralph’s legacy to uphold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I go to a game a year...to see the game...not for amenities blah blah blah...I sit at Rich and don't see how it can get better by any real measure other than having bigger bathrooms... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, TH3 said: I go to a game a year...to see the game...not for amenities blah blah blah...I sit at Rich and don't see how it can get better by any real measure other than having bigger bathrooms... Really???? Bathrooms are the only issue at Highmark??? Talk about low standards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 10 hours ago, That's No Moon said: I drove past Foxboro a couple months ago. I saw two hotels and a strip mall. Impressive really. Granted, it's two more hotels and 1 more strip mall more than OP has built at the stadium in 50 years but whatever. There wasn't a specific reason to stop. What Denver is doing around Mile High was more impressive but it's also way closer to downtown than either OP or Foxboro. I had no reason to stop so I made one. Pulled up the shout song on YouTube and played it at full blast while I drove laps around the parking lot. We ended up going to eat at one of the restaurants and watch Thursday night football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 This seems like the equivalent of the city of Buffalo releasing some renderings of a downtown stadium while the team, county and state are in agreement to build the stadium in OP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I hit the pause button every time they showed the dome. Oh, and all my clothes were 100% on the whole time...freaks. 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Doug Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I would love a Transformer stadium. You press a button and it transforms into a dome. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irv Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 10 hours ago, That's No Moon said: I drove past Foxboro a couple months ago. I saw two hotels and a strip mall. Impressive really. Granted, it's two more hotels and 1 more strip mall more than OP has built at the stadium in 50 years but whatever. There wasn't a specific reason to stop. What Denver is doing around Mile High was more impressive but it's also way closer to downtown than either OP or Foxboro. Bah. Who needs that stuff. There's a perfectly good Red Carpet Inn across the street for $700/night most game nights. They don't even charge extra for the pet cockroaches. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 It is a neat presentation But man, everything looks and feels like it is a large airport. Soul-less, colorless pile of blah. Trying to get as many people away from their seats as possible to head to baggage claim or check their fantasy teams or whatever 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Ouch: https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-soldier-field-chicago-bears-20230109-xbfrocaeq5fmrkby7o4mkvjptq-story.html https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/9/23545631/a-flag-on-the-play-latest-soldier-field-plan-is-a-false-start-on-stadiums-future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Looks like an open-air canopy stadium similar to SoFi. Has the standing room only areas too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 As I mentioned when the Bills renderings were released, creating these type of videos is relatively easy once the 3D model is built. I’m still not sure why the Bills presentation was limited to just a couple of still frame rendered views. Disappointing. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 14 minutes ago, May Day 10 said: It is a neat presentation But man, everything looks and feels like it is a large airport. Soul-less, colorless pile of blah. Trying to get as many people away from their seats as possible to head to baggage claim or check their fantasy teams or whatever I was curious how many people are going to be dining out at a table during the game.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: Ouch: https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-soldier-field-chicago-bears-20230109-xbfrocaeq5fmrkby7o4mkvjptq-story.html https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/9/23545631/a-flag-on-the-play-latest-soldier-field-plan-is-a-false-start-on-stadiums-future Great line from the Sun-Times: “Unlike the Bears offense last Sunday, we’ll pass.” Another tidbit from that article I didn’t know: “Current NFL rules require a Super Bowl host stadium to have a capacity of at least 70,000 seats.” Edited January 10, 2023 by Rubes 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 This is supposed to be some sort of dunk on Buffalo because the OP wants a roof. Can't let it go. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsDad51 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Last time around, the city had 3 or 4 parcels where they could build a domed stadium. Mayor Daley dictated that Soldier Field be renovated instead. McCaskey family went along. City passed away numerous opportunities to host a Super Bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah John Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Chicago's aiming for a world-class facility, and it has the history to back up its claim to that status. Buffalo is much smaller and is not a world-class city. I think I'm just being realistic here, not trying to cut down my home town. As to putting the new stadium in OP, a small part of that is to enable fanatical tailgaters to continue their parties, and that's fine. A bigger part, I think, is money, and another bigger part is time. Putting the stadium downtown would have required far more time to coordinate and fight lawsuits from who knows where -- but there would be lots. And money to open up a good space for the stadium and parking, and to redo the infrastructure (roads, highways, water, sewer) would have busted the budget. Someone in Chicago spent a lot of money for that great visualization. Maybe that was a good investment, to get the city behind the proposed changes, but Buffalo would dismiss such an exorbitant dream as crazy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whkfc Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Didn't they just redo solder field like a 1 billion reno? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjv Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I believe the Powers to Be in planning and approving the new WNY stadium made an economic blunder by not putting the stadium in downtown Buffalo. In my opinion, the ancillary economic benefit of the stadium would have been much greater for WNY in the downtown location than in Orchard Park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, gjv said: I believe the Powers to Be in planning and approving the new WNY stadium made an economic blunder by not putting the stadium in downtown Buffalo. In my opinion, the ancillary economic benefit of the stadium would have been much greater for WNY in the downtown location than in Orchard Park. and 70 % of the fans would of been pissed because traffic and the lack of the type of tailgating they are used to you would not get in the city. not to mention buiding it in Buffalo stil adds probably $500 million is costs to update the area to handle 60000 people.. Not to mention all those houses you would have kick/buy people out of to make it happen.. I'm positive they did many studies and they all showed that the increased investment could not be recouped with a dome or a city Stadium Edited January 10, 2023 by ddaryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 21 minutes ago, gjv said: I believe the Powers to Be in planning and approving the new WNY stadium made an economic blunder by not putting the stadium in downtown Buffalo. In my opinion, the ancillary economic benefit of the stadium would have been much greater for WNY in the downtown location than in Orchard Park. Well, they did an actual economic study on it. Where's your report? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor26 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 The Bears already committed to leaving the city...this is Lori Lightfoot trying to get them to stay to help her mayoral reelection bid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) We are still looking at this all wrong. We SHOULD have a domed stadium, because then we can put solar panels all over that sucker and have it be an energy self-sufficient meeting place for sports and entertainment. If we heat the heck out of the dome the water runoff from all the snow can be recycled and also stored for cooling the place during the summer months. All the feces and waste during and after events can also be retooled into energy. Jeepers, why the heck is it always my job to come up with these great ideas? Edited January 10, 2023 by dollars 2 donuts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Dave Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 No Thanks. It looks like an airport. New stadiums are all about what ELSE you can do other than sit in your seat and watch the game, creating half empty seats. Also any dome I've ever been in is echoey and hollow; no atmosphere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's No Moon Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said: I had no reason to stop so I made one. Pulled up the shout song on YouTube and played it at full blast while I drove laps around the parking lot. We ended up going to eat at one of the restaurants and watch Thursday night football. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I was watching that thinking "is there a football field in there somewhere?" It's like a shopping mall and an airport had a baby 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I don't get this modern trend of making the stadium about anything and everything OTHER than a place to watch a football game. Who the hell is going to go in there to "hang out" while a football game is going on? Who is going to go in there to hang out while a football game is NOT going on? If only this country spent as much time and money on our roads and bridges. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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