Denver Bronco's announce multi-billion privately funded retractable roof stadium/mixed use project.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

1 hour ago, henry jones said:

Isn't Mile High Stadium, or whatever it's called now, like 20 years old?  

Yea I’m pretty sure it was built in the 2000s

3 hours ago, May Day 10 said:

Retractable is a very silly idea.  Just cover it, but a lot of glass to give the outdoor feel.   These things are never open.

 

I don't like seeing these 20-25 year old stadiums being replaced already.  That makes major league sports even less sustainable in WNY.

Retractable is such a pet peeve of mine haha it feels like a marketing ploy.  The roofs are hardly ever open 

[SirAndrew]

2 hours ago, Charles Romes said:

A disgrace to cover up those mountain views. 

Very true, I’m not trying to mention domes in Buffalo, but I wouldn’t have cared if I had to sit in a dome in OP. You wouldn’t be missing much. Denver better at least have many areas with glass to showcase the mountain views. Denver’s not a horrible place to sit outside in the winter anyways. Sure, they get the occnasty cold front, but the average winter day feels much better under that western sun. 

[May Day 10]

8 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Yea I’m pretty sure it was built in the 2000s

Retractable is such a pet peeve of mine haha it feels like a marketing ploy.  The roofs are hardly ever open 

 

So you probably love it when fans suggest they leave the roof open for bad weather games for home field advantage.

 

I remember seeing that from a few bills fans, and scrolled through some comments on this news from Denver and people made the same 'strategy'

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

17 minutes ago, May Day 10 said:

 

So you probably love it when fans suggest they leave the roof open for bad weather games for home field advantage.

 

I remember seeing that from a few bills fans, and scrolled through some comments on this news from Denver and people made the same 'strategy'

Yea I’m all for people preferring indoor/retractable roof on a personal comfort level but these business and strategy reasons I’ve seen people come up with for indoor football are a little ridiculous in my opinion 

 

 

Edited September 10 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Charles Romes]

21 minutes ago, SirAndrew said:

Very true, I’m not trying to mention domes in Buffalo, but I wouldn’t have cared if I had to sit in a dome in OP. You wouldn’t be missing much. Denver better at least have many areas with glass to showcase the mountain views. Denver’s not a horrible place to sit outside in the winter anyways. Sure, they get the occnasty cold front, but the average winter day feels much better under that western sun. 

I think we will see a retro-return to open air stadiums within a generation. These suffocating indoor stadiums will be looked at like the multi-use baseball/football parks of the 70s. 

[LabattBlue]

Another city with potential for cold/snow games is building a covered stadium.  What a novel idea…except here in WNY where Pegula tried to convince everyone that open air is what the fans want. 😂

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

3 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

If you're a local Buffalo resident, you'll pay about $100 total across the next 10 years to absorb the stadium cost. Worth it to have the Bills in such a small market.

 

But if you want to talk about the lack of dome and not being downtown, let's light that fire! 

 

 

hehe. Don’t bait me into this discussion!! 

[zow2]

For a city like Denver, a retractable roof stadium effectively eliminates weather games.  That roof will only be open in the early season on a nice day.  Once they get in to the time of the season where you see the players breath as they are huffing and puffing, the roof will be shut and it's sterile.  You won't see games from there with any white stuff on the field that's for sure.

[SoonerBillsFan]

Privately funded and a Roof.  Ok Ill say it #Terryischeap!

[BillsPride12]

2 hours ago, henry jones said:

Isn't Mile High Stadium, or whatever it's called now, like 20 years old?  

Yeah it's crazy I went to that stadium in 2014 when the Bills played in Denver and it still felt like a "newish" stadium at the time and that was only 11 years ago. Not a big fan of this trend of every team thinking they need a new and "bigger and better" and more expensive stadium every 20-25 years

[The Poojer]

My son did the opposite last year, went from Denver to just north of Tampa, he loved Denver but it was getting too expensive for him.  I like having him back on the east coast

 

8 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

Good for them, and hope they enjoy it.  One of my best friends transplanted from Tampa to Denver several years ago.  As far as the new Bills Stadium, I’m elated our culture will not change, but improve.  Cutting out a ton of the elements, controlling wind, and a state of the art stadium is great, yet its still feels like Buffalo.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

17 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

Yeah it's crazy I went to that stadium in 2014 when the Bills played in Denver and it still felt like a "newish" stadium at the time and that was only 11 years ago. Not a big fan of this trend of every team thinking they need a new and "bigger and better" and more expensive stadium every 20-25 years

I feel like every big enough city where it’s logistically possible is just angling for hosting a Super Bowl and that’s the real reason we’re seeing so much of this.

 

i just happened to be in Cleveland this year at the time Huntington bank field hosted a huge concert and it was an absolute sh*tshow haha so I wonder if any of these smaller cities will even get to host even with the fancy indoor stadium 
 

 

Edited September 10 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Augie]

2 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

AKA the American working class.

 

You seem angry. Are you upset for the people who work there, or the people who shop there? 

[DrDawkinstein]

3 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

You seem angry. Are you upset for the people who work there, or the people who shop there? 

 

I'm upset for the people that work there, and for the rest of us taxpayers that pay their wages while the Walton family rakes in Billions from scamming America.

 

[MikePJ76]

39 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

Yeah it's crazy I went to that stadium in 2014 when the Bills played in Denver and it still felt like a "newish" stadium at the time and that was only 11 years ago. Not a big fan of this trend of every team thinking they need a new and "bigger and better" and more expensive stadium every 20-25 years

They do this to get than insane value of the franchise jump.  They will be worth multiple billions more if they build a stadium and that is the bottom line with these soul less corporate creeps.

 

Talking about climate control and Fan comfort is the BS front they put out there.  

 

 

[Mister Defense]

 Bad for the league, but great for the real teams like Buffalo and others who decide not to give into the awful movement to a game that  we will no longer recognize.

 

Teams like the Bills and the others who make the wise decision to play football the way it was meant to be played--outside and on grass as well--will likely be the dominant teams in the next few decades.

 

Teams like the Bills, Chiefs, the Packers (can you imagine the Packers' home as a dome!?), will just take over the league.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

4 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

If you're a local Buffalo resident, you'll pay about $100 total across the next 10 years to absorb the stadium cost. Worth it to have the Bills in such a small market.

 

But if you want to talk about the lack of dome and not being downtown, let's light that fire! 

 

 

 

Football is meant to be played outdoors. 

[DrDawkinstein]

3 minutes ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

Football is meant to be played outdoors. 

 

Yes, agreed. If I'm looking at it from just a football fan perspective, keeping it open and keeping the tailgates alive in OP was a good outcome.

 

But if I'm thinking about the bigger picture, and as a Buffalo resident who wants the best for the city overall, a closed building downtown was the best way to go.

[LabattBlue]

4 hours ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

Football is meant to be played outdoors. 

You have ~10 owners who disagree with you, and another 4 who are going down that path. 

[Dick_Cheney]

Ah yes, more arguments of how the game should be played in horrible elements that players have never experienced before because of the tradition and aesthetic of the game. 

 

Sorry, I've said it before, but I'd prefer having Josh play in picture perfect settings every time, versus an outdoor game looking cool or being what old timers are accustomed to. Hopefully it's truly a non issue in the new stadium, but we've had plenty of games impacted by horrible weather, and I'd much rather have a W than literally any other factor that people throw out as to why outdoor games are how it should be.