Re: Jim Kelly to Bid on Bills with D Trump
No, can you please explain more about how basic economics work but only in crayons and pictures?
It's going to cost nearly a billion dollars when its all said and done to buy the Bills, and the new stadium is going to be close a billion as well. No matter how much you want to live in la-la land and think NYS is going to pony up big bucks for a WNY stadium they may get the same $200 million the Falcons just got from Georgia for their stadium. That still leaves roughly $800 million to be financed by the owner(s), maybe Erie County (or whatever County is ends up being in) does similarly to Fulton County and puts a Hotel/Motel tax in place to help finance part of it, but the tourism there isn't like the tourism in Atlanta so the assistance is probably minimal.
Finally you have to keep in mind what owning the new stadium for the owners means v. leasing it. With their ownership they will get the parking fees, they will get the rental fees for other events, and expos that come into town to use the facility. Otherwise that all goes back to the government. Hell they could even do something similar to what Blank did in Atlanta and make it a multi-use facility. Maybe have Toronto FC come and play an exhibition or two games in the new stadium a year to give the soccer community something to go and watch. Hell they could even ask for land around the stadium and build up the area for leasing out to restaurants, bars, and apparel shops. Not sure how much money that could make them, but if the tailgating area is going to be limited its a good alternative.
It would all be well and good if NYS just ponied up, bent over the taxpayers, and made you all pay for it, but I don't think that's realistic.
Originally posted by WagonCircler
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It's going to cost nearly a billion dollars when its all said and done to buy the Bills, and the new stadium is going to be close a billion as well. No matter how much you want to live in la-la land and think NYS is going to pony up big bucks for a WNY stadium they may get the same $200 million the Falcons just got from Georgia for their stadium. That still leaves roughly $800 million to be financed by the owner(s), maybe Erie County (or whatever County is ends up being in) does similarly to Fulton County and puts a Hotel/Motel tax in place to help finance part of it, but the tourism there isn't like the tourism in Atlanta so the assistance is probably minimal.
Finally you have to keep in mind what owning the new stadium for the owners means v. leasing it. With their ownership they will get the parking fees, they will get the rental fees for other events, and expos that come into town to use the facility. Otherwise that all goes back to the government. Hell they could even do something similar to what Blank did in Atlanta and make it a multi-use facility. Maybe have Toronto FC come and play an exhibition or two games in the new stadium a year to give the soccer community something to go and watch. Hell they could even ask for land around the stadium and build up the area for leasing out to restaurants, bars, and apparel shops. Not sure how much money that could make them, but if the tailgating area is going to be limited its a good alternative.
It would all be well and good if NYS just ponied up, bent over the taxpayers, and made you all pay for it, but I don't think that's realistic.
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