In conclusion – when you compare the two markets and even add you San Diego and St. Southern Ontario fans make up about 20% of Buffalo’s season ticket holders. Additionally, Toronto is 98 miles from Buffalo and the Southern Ontario market between Toronto and Buffalo is 6.5 million people – about 25% of all of Canada’s population. As of the latest numbers (2019), approximately 15% of Buffalo’s 60,000+ season ticket holders are from the Rochester area. Rochester is 75 miles from Buffalo and it’s own metro of 1.1 million people. What you failed to factor in, however, is the Rochester, NY and Southern Ontario markets. That does seem large compared to the 1.2 million people of the Buffalo market.
The NFL considers a TV market to be 75 miles so this is about right. Stracick, CEO and president of the Greater Buffalo Sports and Entertainment Complex, unveiled a proposal on. San Antonio-Austin is about 5 million people and 79.7 miles apart. Nicholas Stracick figures if he builds it, the Buffalo Bills will stay. You compare San Antonio and Austin as a fan market vs the Buffalo market. And as far as towns that have already had a shot at supporting NFL teams properly but have failed, they should not be given precedence over those cities that have never had the opportunity to support their own teams. But that should not and likely will not preclude the Bills from moving eventually. Jerry Jones is powerful within league circles and so are the McNair’s.
A new stadium on the I35 Corridor between San Antonio and Austin would make the perfect spot for an NFL club. Paul and the other is a small Western New York community with limited growth potential. One is the size of Seattle-Tacoma and Minneapolis-St. Economically there is no comparison between the San Antonio-Austin area and Buffalo. RELATED STORIES: Pegula Sports pitch $1.Fanbase loyalty notwithstanding the best economic decision that the Pegula’s could make regarding a new stadium for the Bills would be to sell the Sabres and then pack up and move the Bills to Texas.
Talks have been slowed in part because of New York’s change in governor, with Kathy Hochul taking over last week following Andrew Cuomo’s resignation. PSE’s proposal is considered preliminary and subject to change based on discussions, with no renderings of the proposed facility having yet been submitted. The expectation is the state and county will be asked to cover more than 50% of the project, raising concerns about the potential for taxpayer funding. The Bills have already said team owners Terry and Kim Pegula are committed to sharing part of the cost, but have not identified how much. From AP:Īt issue is how quickly a deal can be approved, and how the construction costs would be split between the team and taxpayers. Andrew Cuomo had been supportive of the Bills’ stadium efforts new governor Kathy Hochul, who hails from Buffalo, has already met with Pegula Sports and Entertainment officials. In an ideal scenario, the new stadium would be funded by the state of New York, Erie County and team owners Terry and Kim Pegula, and open for the 2027 NFL season. Improving fan conditions would mean the addition of a third deck and cost $540 million–money that could be better spent on a new facility. Highmark Stadium opened in 1973 and has been upgraded several times, but the team and local officials decided the facility is at the end of its economic life. The new stadium would be built in a parking lot next to Highmark Stadium, which would eventually be torn down. Highmark Stadium, the team’s current home, seats around 72,000. The proposed facility would not featured a covered roof, but the design would shield fans somewhat from the elements. By Kevin Reichard on Augin Buffalo Bills, NFLĪ proposed new Buffalo Bills stadium in Orchard Park would cost $1.4 billion, seat 60,000 and feature 60 suites, under a plan presented to state and county officials.ĪP was first to report the specifics of the deal, though various other outlets have run stories about the proposals in prior weeks.