You can move to Toronto, a far larger global market, and build a presence by towering over the mediocre CFL, and you'll probably retain that Western New York fanbase, or you can continue to be the big fish in Cleveland's sister city in misery. It seems like an easy choice. If this were an asset I owned, I'd be looking to move to LA or Toronto before Jax, Minnesota, or Detroit. -X-
Did you even watch the game in Toronto the last two seasons? The Toronto fanbase wants nothing to do with the Bills in football. Most Canadian fans love coming to Orchard Park for the games. The "rock-concert" atmosphere is never going to have the same feel in Toronto. LA failed, twice, with NFL teams. Toronto has shown that their version is sterile at best. Keep the team in the WNY region and try and build the area economically, that's what is best for the franchise. It's feasible once NYC and the downstate counties stop fleecing upstate New York. Have you ever been to Buffalo? Just curious as to your experience there.
LA's unemployment rate - 11.3% Ranked 285 out of top 369 U.S. cities NYC's unemployment rate - 9.2% Ranked 202 out of top 369 U.S. cities Buffalo's unemployment rate - 8.5% Ranked 163 out of top 369 U.S. cities Look's like Buffalo is faring better than NY and LA. Why would a businessman take a billion dollar enterprise to a region with unemployment that high? Of course, I'm leaving out California's tax and debt crisis. Good thing you're not a businessman. If you are, I shudder to think of the deals you've made.
I have a buddy that is from Buffalo and he just sold his house and got more fair market price then he would have had he lived in most other cities. Granted it helps that his house was over 2000 square feet not including the finished basement but I know he was more then happy with the deal.
I actually went to college with a chick that thought it was in Canada. I tough she was joking at first, but she was dead serious.
$50 for sideline tickets is cheap, they're almost $200 here, but 50 bucks to watch the bills sucks sounds like too much to me.
Well, its jsut right for a JEts fan who can easily make the drive though... Love going to see the JEts in buffalo, its always a great atmosphere for a game.
