Report: Vikings have preliminary stadium deal

[OpIv37]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7587788/report-minnesota-vikings-preliminary-agreement-stadium

If this pans out, it's bad news for Buffalo because it puts us one step closer to the top of the list of candidates to move to LA.

[mikemac2001]

Re: Report: Vikings have preliminary stadium deal

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/75...eement-stadium

If this pans out, it's bad news for Buffalo because it puts us one step closer to the top of the list of candidates to move to LA.

**** that move the jags

[ublinkwescore]

Re: Report: Vikings have preliminary stadium deal

As much as I'd love to see the Bills stay in Western NY, if they have to move, I'd be absolutely thrilled to hear they moved out here to California... with them being closer, it would make me being able to see them soooo much more easy.

[ddaryl]

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I am not worried about Buffalo moving

I, however would like to say that Minnesota Viking fans deserve to keep their team, and I am happy for them

[ddaryl]

Re: Report: Vikings have preliminary stadium deal

As much as I'd love to see the Bills stay in Western NY, if they have to move, I'd be absolutely thrilled to hear they moved out here to California... with them being closer, it would make me being able to see them soooo much more easy.

how could you root for the team after it moves. They are the Bills because they are from buffalo, if they move ot LA, they would change the name and it would never be the Bills again.

Even if they did keep the name it still wouldn't be the Bills. if a move to California is all you need, then become a Chargers, Raiders or 49'ers fan, it would be the exact same thing

[OpIv37]

Re: Report: Vikings have preliminary stadium deal

**** that move the jags

the Jags don't have the fan base we do. That's obvious.

But they also have a brutal stadium lease that is very expensive to break.

The Bills currently have no stadium lease after this season.

For a potential investor who would want to move the team, that makes us much more appealing.

Again, I'm not saying it's going to happen. Ralph has said he won't sell the team while he's alive, there's still time to get a lease done, and a new owner won't necessarily want to move the team. But if it were my money on the line and I didn't have any emotional attachment to a team as a fan, I'd certainly be taking a long, hard look at the Bills.

[Jaydog57]

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the Jags don't have the fan base we do. That's obvious.

But they also have a brutal stadium lease that is very expensive to break.

The Bills currently have no stadium lease after this season.

For a potential investor who would want to move the team, that makes us much more appealing.

Again, I'm not saying it's going to happen. Ralph has said he won't sell the team while he's alive, there's still time to get a lease done, and a new owner won't necessarily want to move the team. But if it were my money on the line and I didn't have any emotional attachment to a team as a fan, I'd certainly be taking a long, hard look at the Bills.

I heard about that, but I thought the lease was able to be broken upon change of ownership. Maybe not, though.

[YardRat]

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The Bills aren't moving out of WNY, period.

No lease is unbreachable, it's just a matter of negotiating the right buy-out for the right dollar amount in the city's eyes. Considering that naming rights to the new LA stadium have been reported to be in the $700mil range, IMO it wouldn't be too difficult to pull off.

[more cowbell]

Re: Report: Vikings have preliminary stadium deal

As much as I'd love to see the Bills stay in Western NY, if they have to move, I'd be absolutely thrilled to hear they moved out here to California... with them being closer, it would make me being able to see them soooo much more easy.

I live in California too...I would hate the "Bills" more than any team in Professional Sports if they moved from Buffalo.

[better days]

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how could you root for the team after it moves. They are the Bills because they are from buffalo, if they move ot LA, they would change the name and it would never be the Bills again.

Even if they did keep the name it still wouldn't be the Bills. if a move to California is all you need, then become a Chargers, Raiders or 49'ers fan, it would be the exact same thing

Well said.

[better days]

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I heard about that, but I thought the lease was able to be broken upon change of ownership. Maybe not, though.

The amount to break that lease becomes less every year. It looks like the moves the new owner of the Jags is making is putting them in position to move.

[jamze132]

Re: Report: Vikings have preliminary stadium deal

As much as I'd love to see the Bills stay in Western NY, if they have to move, I'd be absolutely thrilled to hear they moved out here to California... with them being closer, it would make me being able to see them soooo much more easy.

Eh... They wouldn't be the Bills. They wouldn't be from Buffalo.

How many Ravens fans live in Cleveland?

[better days]

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Eh... They wouldn't be the Bills. They wouldn't be from Buffalo.

How many Ravens fans live in Cleveland?

If the Bills ever moved they would no more be the Bills than the LA Clippers are the Buffalo Braves.

[Night Train]

Re: Report: Vikings have preliminary stadium deal

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/75...eement-stadium

If this pans out, it's bad news for Buffalo because it puts us one step closer to the top of the list of candidates to move to LA.

No it doesn't.

San Diego, Oakland, St. Louis & Jacksonville are the teams always mentioned as most likely.

[ublinkwescore]

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how could you root for the team after it moves. They are the Bills because they are from buffalo, if they move ot LA, they would change the name and it would never be the Bills again.

Even if they did keep the name it still wouldn't be the Bills. if a move to California is all you need, then become a Chargers, Raiders or 49'ers fan, it would be the exact same thing

I know they wouldn't be the Bills any more, but that would still be my team if they moved closer to me - if they move to canada, IDK if I could be a whore for a canadian football team.