Sabres Announce a 10 year extension for the naming rights of Key Bank Center

[JohnC]

On 8/1/2025 at 4:34 AM, spndnchz said:

What’s a namifh

Wasn't he a quarterback who played at Alabama and then won a SB with the Jets?

[ponokasabre]

 

[Drag0nDan]

21 hours ago, ponokasabre said:

 

Good - the place is in massive need of major overhaul.  The physical seats are garbage, there are 0 sightlines from any concourses outside the 200s.  The TV's around the stadium are probably 10-15 year old pieces of junk.  The pre-game on ice production is terrible.  The circle around the stadium is small and difficult to see.  It feels like it's basement lighting.  Peeling paint.  Dust.  Just an absolutely soul-less place that reflects about as much care as the team they put on the ice.  I sat in the front row behind the goalie - there's a gap between the bleachers and the boards, a hole in the wall so they can run an extension cord for the goal light, and the seat bottom dips forward.  My back shouldn't hurt from going to a hockey game. Also no freaking cups fit in the cup holders!  Not a 20 oz soda, not a beer can, not a draft beer.  Nothing.  It's insanity!

The other major overhaul I'd like to see is with the MSG production - it has gotta be the worst TV produced hockey in the league.  Terrible angles.  Dark.  Sound is consistently off, and quiet.  Like i hear the annoucers more than the action.  And nothing takes me out of a game more than hearing a post clang like a second after it happened on the ice.  

Ok, rant over :-).  I feel better.  

[inkman]

21 hours ago, ponokasabre said:

 

Does anyone care anymore?  This team lit its fans base on fire.  Why does anyone care what amenities have changes when the important things still haven’t been addressed?  

[mjd1001]

4 hours ago, inkman said:

Does anyone care anymore?  This team lit its fans base on fire.  Why does anyone care what amenities have changes when the important things still haven’t been addressed?  

For the harder core fans, you are correct.

For many of the casual fans, and kids who go to the games that might be bored of staring at the action on the ice, that stuff matters.

Ideally you get both. Winning is MORE improtant, but the other stuff matters to many of the casual fans.

[Mango]

On 8/7/2025 at 12:12 PM, ponokasabre said:

 

 

This doesn't change my cynicism around the arena and the weird gaslighting around the naming rights.

Doing absolutely nothing and just letting the lease roll over to year to year, or 5 years, or whatever the agreement says happens without a new proactive lease isn't a commitment from ownership. It's happenstance.

 

 

[LTS]

6 hours ago, Mango said:

 

This doesn't change my cynicism around the arena and the weird gaslighting around the naming rights.

Doing absolutely nothing and just letting the lease roll over to year to year, or 5 years, or whatever the agreement says happens without a new proactive lease isn't a commitment from ownership. It's happenstance.

 

 

Can you explain this to me?  Is gaslighting being used correctly here?

[spndnchz]

When they went to LED for arena lighting I sent an email. Next game it was adjusted. 
 

only complaint I would have is the concourse being taken over by beer/soda. No place to chill with friends

[Mango]

10 hours ago, LTS said:

Can you explain this to me?  Is gaslighting being used correctly here?

I think it was purposely misrepresented to casual fans as a 10 year agreement to extend the lease on the arena. They called a full county presence and put on a drone show as if the Sabres committed themselves to Buffalo for 10 years.

They didn't.

[JohnC]

38 minutes ago, Mango said:

I think it was purposely misrepresented to casual fans as a 10 year agreement to extend the lease on the arena. They called a full county presence and put on a drone show as if the Sabres committed themselves to Buffalo for 10 years.

They didn't.

I’m confident that casual fans don’t care an iota about lease agreements. On the other hand, even casual fans recognize a poorly run franchise. They just need to check the scoreboard and look at the standings. The price and quality of the beer is more of a concern to them. Even they have the awareness to recognize a diluted and bland beverage and product on the ice. 

[shrader]

1 hour ago, JohnC said:

I’m confident that casual fans don’t care an iota about lease agreements. On the other hand, even casual fans recognize a poorly run franchise. They just need to check the scoreboard and look at the standings. The price and quality of the beer is more of a concern to them. Even they have the awareness to recognize a diluted and bland beverage and product on the ice. 

I was about to ask if the casual fan event noticed this event. 

[Thorny]

I was just thinking today, after taking a bit of a break..

I can’t believe we didn’t do anything this offseason with management, or with coaching, or really even with the roster (you know what I mean, seriously. I get it, Doan. Ya.)

No other point here. Just wanted to say it again. I just feel it’s important- cause it’s not just something we say: they truly are absurd. 

[LTS]

8 hours ago, Mango said:

I think it was purposely misrepresented to casual fans as a 10 year agreement to extend the lease on the arena. They called a full county presence and put on a drone show as if the Sabres committed themselves to Buffalo for 10 years.

They didn't.

I see.  I guess if that's how people took it then that's on them. It's not like they said they were committing themselves for 10 years. I think that's why I questioned the use of gaslighting... 

Not a big deal.

[Indabuff]

Good times...

 

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/watch-piece-of-keybank-center-roof-comes-crashing-down-in-leak/

[oddoublee]

5 minutes ago, Indabuff said:

Good times...

 

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/watch-piece-of-keybank-center-roof-comes-crashing-down-in-leak/

Hand to face emoji

[shrader]

31 minutes ago, Indabuff said:

Good times...

 

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/watch-piece-of-keybank-center-roof-comes-crashing-down-in-leak/

Who writes the headline in the links? If it’s inside the building, it’s not the roof. 

[LGR4GM]

7 minutes ago, shrader said:

Who writes the headline in the links? If it’s inside the building, it’s not the roof. 

Thank you. The ceiling came down and that looks like a water pipe burst. 

[shrader]

16 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Thank you. The ceiling came down and that looks like a water pipe burst. 

But we have to go for shock and awe by mentioning the roof.

[LTS]

46 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Thank you. The ceiling came down and that looks like a water pipe burst. 

Yep.  But people want to go on about it as a metaphor for the franchise.  The franchise is bad enough. Reality is almost any location suffered a pipe burst like this there would be significant damage that occurred.

[sabremike]

1 hour ago, LTS said:

Yep.  But people want to go on about it as a metaphor for the franchise.  The franchise is bad enough. Reality is almost any location suffered a pipe burst like this there would be significant damage that occurred.

It's the single worst secret on earth that the place is a crumbling and decrepit shithole and it was a very public example of that fact.