Buffalo Bills want a new stadium – and for taxpayers to foot the bill

[Joe]

49 minutes ago, GG1 said:

 

They should build it like the Euro soccer stadiums & Hard Rock redesign with the canopy over the seats.

 

Eh. Anyone who's been to a game in WNY in say, December, will tell you that very often the precipitation comes sideways ha

 

[Beer__League__Hockey]

7 hours ago, GG1 said:

 

They should build it like the Euro soccer stadiums & Hard Rock redesign with the canopy over the seats.

Agree, the Seahags stadium is another good example.

[Ann]

 

https://twitter.com/TomPreciousALB/status/1426509618860134400

[GG1]

1 hour ago, Ann said:

 

https://twitter.com/TomPreciousALB/status/1426509618860134400

 

Hi, we're the Buffalo News.  After Tim Graham embarrassed us twice about an incorrect and poorly sourced article we rushed to publish On August 1, we are back two weeks later not to recant and correct the story, but to frame the new article to say that we were right on 5% of it, and you should ignore the 95% we got wrong.

[Ann]

1 hour ago, GG1 said:

 

Hi, we're the Buffalo News.  After Tim Graham embarrassed us twice about an incorrect and poorly sourced article we rushed to publish On August 1, we are back two weeks later not to recant and correct the story, but to frame the new article to say that we were right on 5% of it, and you should ignore the 95% we got wrong.

That about sums it up.

[Ann]

Pegula executives: Renovating Highmark Stadium for Bills is 'just not realistic'
 

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“Many people believe you can renovate the stadium,” PSE spokesman Jim Wilkinson said, asserting the required work for a full-scale renovation would cost at least $1 billion, compared to $1.4 billion for a new stadium. “That’s just not realistic.”
 

There are concerns about the water and electrical systems, some of which date back to the original construction in the early 1970s.
 

The reports also highlights a concern for fans in wheelchairs. Because of when the stadium was built, it is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Some wheelchair-access seating is at the top of the 300 level in the upper deck and is accessible only by elevator. In the event of a power outage, patrons in wheelchairs would need to be carried down by staff. Many of the team’s suites lack wheelchair access.
 

Then there are updates to modern practices. These aren’t strictly necessary, but something that a multi-billion dollar organization should be able to handle. Trash and waste need to be loaded onto carts during the event to go through the fan concourse to the dumpsters instead of being stored or moved behind the scenes. It’s the same with restocking the vendors, who don’t have space to store their next batch of items and need it carted in from a central hub during the event. The food isn’t prepared in the stadium but at a secondary building, and moved to the stadium after.
 

“It’s very clear the Pegulas want a new stadium,” said PSE spokesperson Jim Wilkinson. “We think it’s clear that renovating this one’s not an option, and we want people to know that putting upwards of a billion dollars into renovating a stadium that they don’t own is simply not fair or going to happen.”

As we wrote in our previous reporting on the issue, none of the renovations we mentioned in here would make the team or Erie County or the State of New York any more money. It would be $400 million to $1 billion just to maintain the status quo and fix the deficiencies.
 

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[Joe]

On 8/14/2021 at 10:33 AM, GG1 said:

 

Hi, we're the Buffalo News.  After Tim Graham embarrassed us twice about an incorrect and poorly sourced article we rushed to publish On August 1, we are back two weeks later not to recant and correct the story, but to frame the new article to say that we were right on 5% of it, and you should ignore the 95% we got wrong.

 

Who's worse? Graham, Wawrow or Sullivan?

 

[Nanker]

2 minutes ago, Joe said:

 

Who's worse? Graham, Wawrow or Sullivan?

 

That’s an ugly triumvirate. 

[Ann]

41 minutes ago, Joe said:

 

Who's worse? Graham, Wawrow or Sullivan?

 

Wawrow was on twitter last night trying to take down Uber. 🙄

Constantly complaining is not a good look for anyone. These three remind me of Crankshaft or Walter Matthau in Grumpy Old Men.

[GG1]

1 hour ago, Joe said:

 

Who's worse? Graham, Wawrow or Sullivan?

 

 

Look above.  Graham is the best journalist of the three by far, followed by Wawrow, and Sullivan doesn't even belong in the conversation.

 

That's a totally different topic than the idiotic twitter hot takes.  

[Nanker]

I have zero use for crusading “journalists” (or “journalists on jihad either.)

[Ann]

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/HannahBuehler/status/1427725503327260675

[Seasons1992]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/08/18/the-saber-rattling-over-the-new-buffalo-bills-stadium-officially-has-begun/

[Ann]

Well, here is one way to "negotiate"
 

 

 

 

[Ann]

 

 

https://twitter.com/jennacallari/status/1429801260211970050

[Ann]

 

 

https://twitter.com/haprusak/status/1429802094786142211

[Ann]

 

 

https://twitter.com/jennacallari/status/1429812872440434689

 

 

[Joe]

Gee, thanks for the input, Rog.

 

Big fan of your work @Roger Goodell

[Nanker]

Without question it must be a destination rather than simply a little used venue. 
I detest the team, but Kraft did it right when he built Gillette Stadium for the **Patriots. 
https://www.patriot-place.com/

 

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Edited August 23, 2021 by Nanker

[GG1]

Timmah just updated his story on the Atlantic.   All parties were in OP today to tour the stadium.  Apparently it was the first time PSE, EC, NYS and NFL were together to start discussing the rebuild. 

 

The fact that all the parties already had their counsel there, indicates that a deal will be hammered out very soon.