Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

[YardRat]

Re: Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

I prefer an outdoor stadium, but as others have stated we're going to end up with a dome or retractable roof, most likely downtown. I like the Ralph, a lot, and have heard many comments from out-of-towners at games, or friends from other markets that have attended a game there, regarding what a great football venue it is, but the NFL has changed and unfortunately Buffalo is going to have to change with it.

[imbondz]

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yes I want one of everything

[Meathead]

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Fans that sit in the 200 level, "Club Section," at Ralph Wilson Stadium are the red seats that are often more than half empty, but they don't count as official seats to be a sellout.

all those seats are already sold. the ppl that buy them usually have tons of money so the empty seats are either them sitting inside or just not coming and dont care about the tix not getting used

[Meathead]

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i have too many awesome memories of epic bad weather games to ever be enthusiastic about a dome

isnt it ironic that hockey has always been an indoor game and its fans cant get enough of the so called winter classic. you know if you do it every other week its sorta not classic. how about the winter memorable, or the winter mildly unusual

[notacon]

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Yes. A retractable dome, in downtown.

Orchard Park location for a stadium sucks. The stadium built there sucks. It always has sucked and was built for the stupidest of reasons...to save money.

[mightysimi]

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Has Pegula come out and said he is paying for a stadium on his own? If he is looking for any public money, things like retractable roof or even a roof at all can get slashed to reduce to cost on the stadium. Now if he is paying for it? I believe football is meant to be played in the elements. Open air for me.

[WagonCircler]

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Has Pegula come out and said he is paying for a stadium on his own? If he is looking for any public money, things like retractable roof or even a roof at all can get slashed to reduce to cost on the stadium. Now if he is paying for it? I believe football is meant to be played in the elements. Open air for me.

It will be a combination of him, private (Delaware North) and public funds, offset in part by PSLs.

[trapezeus]

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pegula said that it was made clear upon purchase that a new stadium is needed, and they will move forward with that.

as he builds up downtown, i think he wants to have more things come through buffalo. a dome ensures that.

in the end, it will matter about costs. can a dome be put on with taxpayers willing to see that it's open more than 8 weekends a year? if not, we will get an open air stadium. if retractable is too muhc, but people see a value in a year round building,

[Uncle Jesse]

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I want a new stadium, with a retractable roof. I've sat through enough 35 and rain games in my time as a season ticket holder where it's old now.

The team has no advantage these days in snow, so you might as well become modern and get a retractable roof. That also opens tons of options for year round use.

[Bill Cody]

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I'd be happy with an open air stadium in the same spot but the economics of the league have changed and it simply won't work.

In the end this is a math problem that Peg will do. You have some revenue gains with a dome that are probably pretty significant but on the other hand a retractable dome doubles the cost. The Cowboys can make that investment with confidence but Buffalo ain't Dallas. That's Peg's challenge. Sure he has a huge billfold but he's a businessman, the math has to work and he's going to be running the numbers. Does it? I don't know. I'm skeptical the state is going to pony up anything for the building itself, infrastructure yes.

[WagonCircler]

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Terry doesn't do anything on the cheap.

[Bill Cody]

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Terry doesn't do anything on the cheap.

But pretty sure he drills for gas where he knows there's gas

[MidnightVoice]

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Lambeau Field seems to do pretty well without a dome and with tailgating

[delectrolux]

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Just an aside, the OP is wrong about the Vikings new stadium. It's going to be a fixed roof stadium. For all the reasons that people are giving for a dome in Buffalo.

[THATHURMANATOR]

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Dome or nothing.
Sorry but sitting in the cold sucks.

AMEN!!

Coming from someone (ME) who has not missed a home game in 14 straight seasons sitting out in the cold freaking BLOWS!!!!!! SICK OF IT.

I went to the Detroit game and I can tell you the home field advantage we get from the noise of a dome is a HELL of a lot more than cold weather.

Do the people who talk as if the cold is an advantage to the Bills ever sit back and realize that 90% of our own players come from the south and are not used to the cold weather? THINK PEOPLE.