Buffalo taxpayers will be paying the Bills to not play football

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  • ddaryl
    Everything I post is sexual inuendo
    • Jan 2005
    • 10714

    Buffalo taxpayers will be paying the Bills to not play football




    Here's a nice little piece of rag journalism that seems to do little more then defecate on Bills fans.

    Personally I think the revenue the team creates via sales and local businesses, offsets the tax revenue used to maintain the ERIE COUNTY OWNED Stadium.

    But reading the comments underneath the article really irritated me. I get tired of people attacking the city of Buffalo.

  • superbills
    Registered User
    • Mar 2003
    • 1170

    #2
    Re: Buffalo taxpayers will be paying the Bills to not play football

    People cry doomsday whenever they hear the word "taxes" mentioned around here. Context doesn't matter, utter the word "taxes" and people's heads start to explode.
    "The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
    Ronald Reagan
    40th president of US (1911 - 2004)

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    • ddaryl
      Everything I post is sexual inuendo
      • Jan 2005
      • 10714

      #3
      Re: Buffalo taxpayers will be paying the Bills to not play football

      Here's how I calculate it. Someone correct me if I'm off



      Bills tickets 70,000 per game
      average price per ticket $80.

      70K * $80 = $5,600,000

      5.6 million * 7 games (not including preseason) = $39,200,000

      $39.2 mil * $0.08 = $3,136,000 in tax revenue not including concessions, parking, and local business revenue/jobs that benefits from the Bills.

      taxes are being used to upkeep Ralph Wilson Stadium, which is owned by Erie County, is bad ?

      Seems to me more tax revenue is being generated then what is being spent. Not to mention local jobs created

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      • clumping platelets

        #4
        Re: Buffalo taxpayers will be paying the Bills to not play football

        Visiting team gets 40% of non luxury seating revenue

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        • ddaryl
          Everything I post is sexual inuendo
          • Jan 2005
          • 10714

          #5
          Re: Buffalo taxpayers will be paying the Bills to not play football

          Originally posted by clumping platelets
          Visiting team gets 40% of non luxury seating revenue
          but I assume the taxes paid on tickets bought locally are taxed locally...

          Although this probably skews my calculations considering a small portion of tickets are sold in other states, the majority are sold in NYS, and are taxed.

          I don't think tax revenue is shared

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