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  • RedEyE
    Registered User
    • Jul 2002
    • 24661
    #1

    More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

    My apologies if this has already been posted as I've been absent from the site intermittently.

    Anyway the short article dicusses an idea submitted by Senator Antoine Thompson and a resolution submitted by Councilmember Brian Davis.


    The article:
    http://www.buffaloideas.com/buffaloideas/2007/11/a-football-stad.html


    Below, the Davis memo connected with the article. Check out the 1st "Whereas":

    Resolution

    By: Mr. Davis

    Re: Building A New Football Stadium in Downtown Buffalo

    Whereas: Recently former Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly who is seeking to form an investors group to purchase the Buffalo Bills raised the idea of building a stadium in downtown Buffalo; and

    Whereas: The Perry Projects bounded by South Park Avenue, Chicago, Scott and Hamburg Streets would be an ideal location for an NFL stadium given its proximity to downtown, the Outer Harbor, State Thruway and a proposed casino; and

    Whereas: The Perry Projects are an aging facility in which many structures have already been removed; and

    Whereas: Any effort to build a stadium at the Perry Projects location will require ensuring that current tenants have input in their relocation to new living quarters; and

    Now Therefore Be It Resolved


    That the Buffalo Common Council is interested in starting a dialogue on the idea of building an NFL stadium at the Perry Projects location.

    Be It Further Resolved


    That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, the Perry Projects Tenant Council, the Mayor of the City of Buffalo, Ralph Wilson and Jim Kelly to obtain their comments and feedback.

    ___________________
    Brian C. Davis
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  • G. Host
    Banned
    • Jul 2002
    • 10298
    #2
    Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

    An article about Perry Projects was posted a couple a weeks ago. I think it was in the Buffalo Zone.
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    • HHURRICANE
      Registered User
      • Mar 2005
      • 15490
      #3
      Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

      I hope all of this happens but i highly doubt it.
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      • hydro
        Registered User
        • Oct 2005
        • 20160
        #4
        Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

        This would be a dream come true. With that said, I am not going to get my hopes up.
        BERNIAC!
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        • Meathead
          Insufferable prick and perpetual crybaby
          • Jul 2002
          • 21349
          #5
          Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

          ok where will the tailgating be. i dont want to turn it into atlanta where everybody just shows up at the game then barely cheers. i want fires, footballs thrown around, and drunken excess
          One set of rules for all in the beloved community
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          • RedEyE
            Registered User
            • Jul 2002
            • 24661
            #6
            Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

            Originally posted by Meathead
            ok where will the tailgating be. i dont want to turn it into atlanta where everybody just shows up at the game then barely cheers. i want fires, footballs thrown around, and drunken excess
            Right? The Atlanta Dome sucks ass.

            Of course the Dome is surrounded by buildings and major roads on 3 sides. There literally is no specified parking other than 1 or two small lots. There is alot of tailgating done in the "Gulch", but the Gulch is a **** hole parking lot that's usually enveloped in thugs.

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            • BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan
              All-Pro Zoner
              • Jan 2004
              • 4556
              #7
              Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

              here I posted this back in November

              The gears are in motion for a new downtown stadium to keep the Bills here
              http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php?t=140610&highlight=perry+projects

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              • LifetimeBillsFan
                All-Pro Zoner
                • Aug 2004
                • 4946
                #8
                Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

                I'd LOVE to see a stadium built there! Then I could take anyone who wants to see where I grew up to the stadium (it would be even cooler if I could find out what part of the stadium would be sitting on the spot where the building I grew up in used to be!).

                If they put the stadium there, though, they really should clear the area all the way to the waterfront and improve that area to better show off the natural assets of the lakefront. If you build a stadium there, but don't clear out the grain elevators, etc., you will just have a stadium sitting in the middle of a depressed, semi-deserted area when you are done--not exactly the kind of area that people will look forward to going to, especially at night, for games and other events that could be held in a domed stadium in the off-season.
                Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. And, thus it was that they surrendered their freedom; not with a bang, but without even a whimper.

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                • Night Train
                  Retired - On Several Levels
                  • Jul 2005
                  • 33117
                  #9
                  Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

                  Have any one you deep thinkers ever been down there in the November-January months ? Ice cold, driving winds with the water right next to you. Where would anyone park ? Who would WANT to park down there ?

                  Tailgating would go the way of the Dodo. I think this is all happy talk without any substance.
                  Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit
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                  • Michael82
                    Registered User
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 82330
                    #10
                    Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

                    Originally posted by Night Train
                    Have any one you deep thinkers ever been down there in the November-January months ? Ice cold, driving winds with the water right next to you. Where would anyone park ? Who would WANT to park down there ?

                    Tailgating would go the way of the Dodo. I think this is all happy talk without any substance.
                    Great post! After going to the Browns game in Cleveland this year, I am even more opposed to a downtown stadium than I first was. I'd rather just hold onto the Ralph until its ready, then build a new one right near it or maybe in Batavia or somewhere else where there is a ton of space....

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                    • Meathead
                      Insufferable prick and perpetual crybaby
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 21349
                      #11
                      Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

                      heck they could put the stadium in wheatfield next to the indian reservation. tons of space, closer for the canucks, about the same for the rochers
                      One set of rules for all in the beloved community
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                      • Meathead
                        Insufferable prick and perpetual crybaby
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 21349
                        #12
                        Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

                        of course after drinking all that fire water the wahoos would give a whole new meaning to scalping but whats a little hair among fans
                        One set of rules for all in the beloved community

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                        • Hard Nose Football
                          Registered Retard
                          • Nov 2007
                          • 83
                          #13
                          Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

                          The stadium should be built on the old Bethlehem Steel site. Nothing else can be done with that contaminated land anyhow.

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                          • RedEyE
                            Registered User
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 24661
                            #14
                            Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

                            Originally posted by Hard Nose Football
                            The stadium should be built on the old Bethlehem Steel site. Nothing else can be done with that contaminated land anyhow.
                            They've started a new power source company with windmills on that site.

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                            • Devin
                              The Octagon
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 23878
                              #15
                              Re: More proof Kelly is making a move to buy the Bills

                              Im not gonna piss and moan about the location of a stadium. Only bills fans I swear.

                              Look if they managae to not only keep the bills here and build a brand new stadium just smile and get in line for tickets.
                              http://gridironjunkies.net/forums/index.php
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