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County, state and Bills exploring options for a new stadium down the road
Re: County, state and Bills exploring options for a new stadium down the road
There will be a new stadium before the next lease.
They are not committing to the Ralph at all. They are just spending enough to make it usable for the next 7 years, probably to buy time to work out a new stadium.
There will be a new stadium before the next lease.
They are not committing to the Ralph at all. They are just spending enough to make it usable for the next 7 years, probably to buy time to work out a new stadium.
It should take about 1.5 / 2 years to build a new one plus a year or so of engineering, so that gives them about 4 years to get it right.
I would say at least a few years for all the engineering and infrastructure issues depending on where they would want to build it.
Stadium plans need to involve the waterfront somewhere in WNY, that's the ticket to utilizing the beauty of the area & draw people into potentially moving there.
Re: County, state and Bills exploring options for a new stadium down the road
i'm actually guessing that the $130MM to renovate is the nice way of saying "we are spending to keep this from collapsing on itself."
I'm with you all...the low number suggests a stadium deal may be in the works. i hope local officials don't bungle this again. the region needs a unified, best efforts/best execution on a large project. a stadium downtown is that project.
Stadium plans need to involve the waterfront somewhere in WNY, that's the ticket to utilizing the beauty of the area & draw people into potentially moving there.
I agree, but that makes things more complicated too and will require a lot of work.
I agree, but that makes things more complicated too and will require a lot of work.
Anything good that happens comes with the work you put into it, it just makes so much sense now that we have basically 7 years to get it all straight. If a new stadium is built, the team will be an easier sale as a package to stay in town versus an aged crumbling stadium. NFL team + New stadium + Fan support = WNY has a NFL team for a real long time.
It should take about 1.5 / 2 years to build a new one plus a year or so of engineering, so that gives them about 4 years to get it right.
well they actually have more than that.
I think in an ideal world, it would go like this: The Bills play at the Ralph for 7 years. At the 7 year mark, a new stadium is agreed upon. They play out the existing 10 year lease, giving them three years to engineer and build the new stadium.
Will it happen like that? I have no idea. But it seems like the new lease is structured like it is to allow that to happen if both sides can agree.
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