Sunday, July 27, 2014
Bills moving in 2020 and what could it mean to the city of Buffalo
The Buffalo Bills are going to get new ownership as they do not have an owner and it is unlikely that the team will be staying in the Wing city.
Whoever gets the team will keep the team in town until 2020 as the price to the move the team before and after 2020 in the 10 year deal will be way too high but in year 7 (2020) the cost to move the team is a very easy to swallow 27 million dollars (US).
So who will get the team could be Terrence Pegula, Thomas Golisano, a Jim Kelly group, and even Jon Bon Jovi want the team but in the end the team just like selling a house will go to the highest bidder. This is because the only Wilson who cared for the team was Ralph so his family does not care what happens to the team they just love the movie Jerry Maguire as in "show me the money".
In 2020 the could move:
To LA which is a city that have massive tv revenue opportunities and all 32 teams have a good group of fans in LA as people come from all over the country to live in LA.
To England as it is a untapped revenue and would have the largest interest in a NFL team and would likely fill a very large stadium and get behind their own team just like they come out in huge numbers for the Jacksonville Jaguars games who play a few games a season in England.
To Toronto it will not be the greatest crowd because Toronto comes up with huge excuses to not do anything except for that hockey team called the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Toronto bidders will have huge pockets but will need to fix that built in excuse of not being able to tailgate i.e. carry around open beers as people are not allowed to walk around the streets of Toronto with open beers just like in Vancouver during the 2010 games.
To me I fill that Toronto would be the best choice as it is close to Buffalo so it would have stay close to its home just like having the Buffalo Braves playing games at Maple Leafs Gardens. The owners that move the Bills to Toronto will handle the Toronto Argos with kid gloves as the NFL would not like the death of the CFL on their hands.
It will be interesting where the Bills will play in 2020
Tom Mehegan
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