Beyond the Xs and Os : keeping the Bills in Buffalo
Mark C. Poloncarz (Author)
"Beyond the X's and O's is the previously unpublished story of how a long-term stadium lease was negotiated and signed by New York's Erie County, the state, and the Buffalo Bills football team. Told by Mark C. Poloncarz, the elected executive of the community that owned the stadium, we are given a rare glimpse into the long, difficult, but ultimately rewarding effort to successfully conclude negotiations between an NFL franchise, the National Football League, and a multitude of players from the political arena including Governor Andrew Cuomo and US Senator Chuck Schumer. Poloncarz discusses the financial side of sports and reveals how the county was able to navigate what proved to be often turbulent waters. Complicating negotiations was an on-going frenzy in the local news media, hungry for any news about the new lease, and Bills team owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr., who was 92 and had said the team would be sold upon his death. In the end a new lease was signed and the Bill remained in Buffalo at time when a number of other cities watched their teams relocate to other cities"-- Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2019
Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, Albany, 2019
History
1 online resource (xii, 213 pages)
9781438475950, 1438475950
1112734748
The stadium in Orchard Park and the 1998 lease agreement
Starting from scratch
The first meeting
Finding the right team
Viability = D x P3
C
Enter Populous
G4 or 4G?
Should I stay or should I go?
Percoco
The more things change, the more they remain the same
At least they fed us
The letter
Thank God we got Schumed!
It's pronounced like the bread
They want a what?
Well those were a crazy few days
The $400 million bomb
Detroit
Sandy and troubles at home
In the red zone
They might as well go now if that is the case
I probably just lied to the media
Touchdown
I think I made Jerry Sullivan speechless
The legislative interlude
Blue Tick Hounds
Includes index