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The Push For A Downtown Buffalo Football Stadium



Pat Freeman is loyal Bills fan, and covers the games in  his role as Sports director for WUFO Radio on Buffalo's East side.

 But when he's not watching the team, he is pushing aggressively to have them re-locate in the heart of downtown Buffalo.

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Freeman's plan to sell sponsorship bricks and have the community help fund the effort, proposes putting a new domed stadium on the site of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority's Perry Projects,  with ancillary lots all up and down an expanded Metro Rail system.

 And he's got the attention of the Governor's office and other politicians who have expressed interest in looking at his plans ( below) .

While the current Bills management -- and Erie County officials negotiating a new stadium lease-- are  focused on improvements at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, any future ownership group would likely want a new facility, he says. And he also worries about the results of a pending cement study looking at the foundation- and viability- of the Ralph Wilson Stadium .

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Here's the summary of  Freeman's plans: The Downtown Stadium Plan Summary Freeman's Funding & Transportation Ideas






Freeman has also launched a video in support of the project.

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Topics : Sports
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Locations : Buffalo, Erie County
People : Brian Higgins, Dave Debo, Pat Freeman
09/17/2012 9:37AM
The Push For A Downtown Buffalo Football Stadium
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09/18/2012 12:52PM
No!
The last thing we need is a new stadium sucking away our tax dollars. Unless the team is owned by the state or county so that we get to keep the profits to offset our tax expenses, we're just subsidizing someone's private profits, while socializing the expenses.
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