Bills staying in Buffalo with new lease

That new stadium project in LA just cost NY taxpayers $95 million. (I forget how much it cost Minnesota taxpayers.) I wonder how much it will cast California taxpayers before it is finally built.

Honestly, where can any team go to? Toronto is not an option and LA is just the cannard. Ralph wilson is getting way up there, the team will be sold and I suspect Jim Kelly will lead a group to buy it.

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Originally posted 12:15 PM ET  12.21 by 50yearfan

Honestly, where can any team go to? Toronto is not an option and LA is just the cannard. Ralph wilson is getting way up there, the team will be sold and I suspect Jim Kelly will lead a group to buy it.

My guess would be that the advanced age of Ralph is the reason for this 10 year deal. It's a poison apple that goes with the team, so when Ralph is gone the team will have to stay in Buffalo, regardless of who buys it.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Ralph's estate claim that the deal unfailrly reduces the value of the team, because it can't be moved.

$130M for a stadium built 40 years ago? That won't go very far. It's putting lipstick on a pig at best. Good for Bills fans though that they get to keep their team in WNY for the immediate future.

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Originally posted 01:02 PM ET  12.21 by wend28

$130M for a stadium built 40 years ago? That won't go very far. It's putting lipstick on a pig at best. Good for Bills fans though that they get to keep their team in WNY for the immediate future.

This is where I think the NFL shows its ugly face. Remember! the new cBA deal gave them an extra billion every year off the top just so they could do things like build stadiums to advance the league. That is now a $3 billion pool and counting. Where is the money????

As a Torontonian (and a Bills fan), I hope they end the Toronto fiasco. The Bills belong in Orchard Park - the games in Toronto are a joke (fans are more interested in the half-time show than in the game). Toronto is NOT a football town!

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Originally posted 02:30 PM ET  12.21 by nedkelly

As a Torontonian (and a Bills fan), I hope they end the Toronto fiasco. The Bills belong in Orchard Park - the games in Toronto are a joke (fans are more interested in the half-time show than in the game). Toronto is NOT a football town!

You are right. Toronto is just s one trick pony every year that gives the bills extra millions in the deal. That deal was renewed last week I believe.

What is amazing is that L.A has been without a team fro almost 20 years. I thought waiting 12 years was a long time in Baltimore.

~ralph wilson stadium~ reminds me of one of those (old built-in/pools) with a liner , like the ones' you see at old/motels down in florida !

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Originally posted 03:03 PM ET  12.21 by {+}MOTHER-MARGE{+}

~ralph wilson stadium~ reminds me of one of those (old built-in/pools) with a liner , like the ones' you see at old/motels down in florida !

Maybe so, but the fans are amazing.

I got friends in the Buff/Niagara area and have been going out to the opener as a kind of tradition. Love it. Yeah, the stadium is old but has character. Three years ago i wasnt used to the weather induced sloping steps and embarrassingly slipped and hit my face on a rail. Ouch. Too many Blue Lights. LOL. Had a great time and am glad they are still there. Tailgaiting is phenomenal there.

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Originally posted 02:26 PM ET  12.21 by 50yearfan

This is where I think the NFL shows its ugly face. Remember! the new cBA deal gave them an extra billion every year off the top just so they could do things like build stadiums to advance the league. That is now a $3 billion pool and counting. Where is the money????

BINGO...show me the money!

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Originally posted 05:06 PM ET  12.21 by Mangler.

BINGO...show me the money!

You won't see a penny of it until the taxpayers wake up and stop paying for stadiums to benefit the NFL.

But damn, taxpayers have been stupid the last few years.

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Originally posted 06:53 PM ET  12.21 by Debbie Does

You won't see a penny of it until the taxpayers wake up and stop paying for stadiums to benefit the NFL.But damn, taxpayers have been stupid the last few years.

And I graduated from college...now you tell me!!!