Comments on: Bills shift focus back to multi-year lease

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:40:16 +0000

You can’t help but wonder if the one year extension is being proposed merely to wait out the eventual death of Mr Wilson.

I’m afraid that small market teams won’t be able to survive in the NFL going forward.

It’s just the way it’s all going.

By: mistercharitystripe34

mistercharitystripe34 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:47:10 +0000

They should get a new stadium at Niagara Falls. The American side has NOTHING but a casino. The Falls are a great tourist hotspot and they’re only about 25 minutes away.

By: buffalodiehard

buffalodiehard — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:46:23 +0000

Am I the only one cynical enough to believe there’s something more to this BS one year extension? Is this typical with other stadium leases instead of a long-term extension? With this much money in play doesn’t it seem obvious that somebody who wants the team to move (LA lobbyists or otherwise) has their hand in this and is just trying to run out the clock until our 94-year-old owner passes away? He hasn’t exactly been the picture of health lately…this could happen tomorrow people! Then it’s negotiations OVER. I get more and more angry every time I read these articles!

By: badintent

badintent — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:38:58 +0000

The state is broke, the county is broke and the city has been broke forever !
So where is the $$ going to come from ? Buffalo isn’t Glendale , AZ( sarcasm) A hedge fund ? Brad Pitt ? The NFLPA ? This team is going to Toronto, soon or later.Wilson family will sell the minute the old man is lowered into the ground.

By: nflofficeadmin

nflofficeadmin — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:36:10 +0000

The only team that plays in NY.

By: silvestregonzalez74

silvestregonzalez74 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:28:52 +0000

Buffalo will not lose the bills because the NFL will not allow it to happen.because the NFL is trying to get the original NFL back.bring the rams back to la,jacksonville will vacate their franshise to st louis,raiders will stay in oakland.and will be back to normal.

By: sirsprague

sirsprague — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:04:07 +0000

Good, this is the kind of deal that should happen. If the public helps pay for a team’s stadium, then the team should stick around.

And I’ve never understood the people who *want* the Bills to move. Do these people truly believe that a profitable franchise should be taken from its fans?

By: rajbais

rajbais — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:26:21 +0000

Just try to get out of Toronto. It does not even count as true home-field advantage, but they still lose there.

By: ballboy48

ballboy48 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:02:26 +0000

This is good news. As a Browns fan, I’d hate to see another blue collar town lose their team, because of their owners greed. I remember going to “The Ralph”, when the Bills held Cleveland Browns Day in 1996, or ’97. It was a blast. Fun fans!

We went back for the Browns game 3 or 4 years ago, for the Monday Night game, and the place is in dire need of replacement. Instead of a $200 M refurb, they should get them a new stadium. $200 Million is just a patch on a building that keeps getting older, and older each year.

By: buffalose

buffalose — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:47:04 +0000

This is the kind of deal that could help them get a real coach