This leads me to believe Ralph may have a buyer lined up after his death. They would not build a stadium or pay someone to design a stadium if the team was not staying in Buffalo. This is of particular interest.

I live 2 hours away and its hard to make it to games with work and all

new stadium in Toronto maybe! I would be shocked if they would ever build a new stadium in Buffalo

if they moved the bills to the american side of the falls? i kno there is a lot of availability for new attractions there and the bills would b one that would stick… just a thought

That would be excellent. Who cares where it is? As long as the stadium is in WNY, not a single Bills fans should be upset. Anything to secure their long term future in the region is a good thing.

I don’t know if I expect this to amount to anything though….

“We’ve been working with the [Minnesota] Vikings for about nine months, and they are still trying to get their funding. The [San Francisco] 49ers and the Buffalo Bills are thinking about doing something and also the [San Diego] Chargers and maybe the Atlanta Falcons. Those are the potential new stadiums in the NFL.”

So basicly they’ve been talking to every team that could move to LA (except Jacksonville) about building a new stadium in their towns. Must suck to be LA.

Bills deny rumor on new stadium

I think they just went down the list of oldest stadiums.

Candlestick Park, Ralph Wilson Stadium, and Qualcomm Stadium are all in the top seven oldest open stadiums in the NFL; three of the other four have had recent extensive renovations (each less than 6 years old and over $300 million).

The Vikings and Falcons are the second and third-oldest domed stadiums, and the oldest (the Superdome) also has a massive renovation project underway.

I think they (the Bills) have to be making some overtures toward a new stadium. It’d be silly not to be thinking of the future, even if you have no idea what it holds.

For the record, I’m totally opposed to corporate welfare. But I also know exceptions do have to be made at times. If NYS can millions billions for new venues for the city teams, it certainly can afford something for the second largest city in the state.

Also, it would have to absolutely be downtown – no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Whether it should go on the waterfront or not, I’m not quite sure. There are huge plots of abandoned land on the cities’ far east side, not even five minutes from downtown and the waterfront. Both would offer some logistical problems.

Also, it would have to be a retractable roof. There is no way a region can justify a building only available to the public for about ten to twelve times a year. Adding a roof would give you opportunities to use it for several other functions. I personally love the idea by gatornation of creating a facility that can be used as a convention center as well.

I would love to see an ambitious architect design a facility with the following specs:

 - A retractable roof.
 - Seeting for about 65,000 fr football. But, I would like like to see the seating “on top” off each other, kind of like th eway the old Aud was built. It makes for such a better atmosphere.
 - Ability to transform into a hockey facility for outdoor events. I’m not just talking about once in a blue moon NHL events either. World Juniors, NCAA events, and public outdoor skaing.
 - Ability to be transform into a state of the art, quality convention center. Right now, the Buffalo Convention Center is a dump. Cheektowaga Town Park is better suited for events right now.

I hate the phrase “think outside the box,” but this is what I think would need to happen.