Originally Posted by
Night Train
Being older, a little perspective.
It was a baseball/football multi-purpose stadium. Buffalo was hot for MLB at the time and the National League was expanding. It wasn't that large in seating capacity ( talk was around 60,000 ) and Wilson hated the idea, threatening a move to Seattle unless the idea was killed. He wanted a larger outdoor stadium that was football only.
Wilson got his way and the baseball team went to Montreal instead. Many locals were very pissed at Ralph for killing the MLB dream.
Class dismissed.