Sabres extend lease at KBC for 5 more years

[Brawndo]

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/article_24ecb14a-7059-4f7d-9732-dc6a17b63b3b.html

[Doohickie]

Kick the crisis can down the road.

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, Doohickie said:

Kick the crisis can down the road.

Considering they didn't even have a framework of a new deal moving forward and the current lease runs out in 4 days, probably about the best we could've hoped for at this time.

[pi2000]

great

[That Aud Smell]

[Shoot da Puck]

This should turn the franchise completely around. Remember this date. 

[Eleven]

For those negging on this (not Brawndo):  Is there somewhere else we expected them to play?

[PromoTheRobot]

41 minutes ago, Eleven said:

For those negging on this (not Brawndo):  Is there somewhere else we expected them to play?

Naw, we just crap on everything. It's a reflex.

[Doohickie]

4 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Naw, we just crap on everything. It's a reflex.

This is the way.

[Big Guava]

[7+6=13]

Happy to hear this.

[DarthEbriate]

Five years should be sufficient to finish the stadium, win a Super Bowl, and use the afterglow to ask for $600M of public funding in a massive arena renovation in the KBC structure. The Sabres can play at.... Penn St., an outdoor home game in Boston, etc., for the season while KBC in its biggest construction throes.

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

Five years should be sufficient to finish the stadium, win a Super Bowl, and use the afterglow to ask for $600M of public funding in a massive arena renovation in the KBC structure. The Sabres can play at.... Penn St., an outdoor home game in Boston, etc., for the season while KBC in its biggest construction throes.

Why not Blue Cross Arena in Rochester?

Actually they might be able to play at KBC even during construction. They pulled it off in Cleveland with the Cavaliers when Quickin Loan Arena was being updated.

[DarthEbriate]

They could split some time with the Amerks, but it's called the Pegula Ice Arena (and though smaller, it's much newer). Pegula would love to do games there, especially games against Pitt/Wash/Philly where they could get an upscaled price and a full barn of visiting fans.

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, DarthEbriate said:

They could split some time with the Amerks, but it's called the Pegula Ice Arena (and though smaller, it's much newer). Pegula would love to do games there, especially games against Pitt/Wash/Philly where they could get an upscaled price and a full barn of visiting fans.

Why would Buffalo play their games 4 hours away when there's closer rinks nearby? 

[DarthEbriate]

4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Why would Buffalo play their games 4 hours away when there's closer rinks nearby? 

Pegula pride.

[Eleven]

There's no reason for them to play games *anywhere* else.  The arena needs renovation, not reconstruction, and it will be fine if the work is done during successive summers--once it begins.  They're not going to play in a 6,000-person arena in the middle of nowhere.

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, DarthEbriate said:

but it's called the Pegula Ice Arena

Well there you go. Case closed.

[Drag0nDan]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

There's no reason for them to play games *anywhere* else.  The arena needs renovation, not reconstruction, and it will be fine if the work is done during successive summers--once it begins.  They're not going to play in a 6,000-person arena in the middle of nowhere.

Yeah... they can make reasonable accomodations on a multi-year renovation.  They don't exactly WANT to lose seats either.  

[Taro T]

3 hours ago, Drag0nDan said:

Yeah... they can make reasonable accomodations on a multi-year renovation.  They don't exactly WANT to lose seats either.  

Uh, define "lose seats."

One of the proposals they seemed VERY interested in back a few years was replacing a lot of the seats down along center ice in the 100's with tables that 3 or 4 could sit and and watch the game getting a full concierge experience.  Think the seats over by the bar on the 200 level behind / near the goal line that the Sabres defend twice.

Hoping they don't decide to do that, because that would result in a full reshuffling of where everybody that's put up with this team for the past 15 or so years (with many being there for much longer than that) ends up having their tix.

[mjd1001]

14 hours ago, Taro T said:

Uh, define "lose seats."

One of the proposals they seemed VERY interested in back a few years was replacing a lot of the seats down along center ice in the 100's with tables that 3 or 4 could sit and and watch the game getting a full concierge experience.  Think the seats over by the bar on the 200 level behind / near the goal line that the Sabres defend twice.

Hoping they don't decide to do that, because that would result in a full reshuffling of where everybody that's put up with this team for the past 15 or so years (with many being there for much longer than that) ends up having their tix.

I think in some football or baseball stadiums, they have areas where they take out seats... Or seats were never put in and they have the concierge experience locations like you're mentioning. 

The thing is they don't have to be right down center ice, and a lot of those cases. They're tucked away in the corner or they take out the bad seats and put them in. 

The thinking is a lot of people who want to sit there... They want exposure to the game, but the experience is more important than being in the exact prime location. At least that's what I think I've seen on some videos of some of these new and renovated stadiums and arenas.

[Derrico]

4 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I think in some football or baseball stadiums, they have areas where they take out seats... Or seats were never put in and they have the concierge experience locations like you're mentioning. 

The thing is they don't have to be right down center ice, and a lot of those cases. They're tucked away in the corner or they take out the bad seats and put them in. 

The thinking is a lot of people who want to sit there... They want exposure to the game, but the experience is more important than being in the exact prime location. At least that's what I think I've seen on some videos of some of these new and renovated stadiums and arenas.

Agree with this.  When the Jays renovated Roger’s Centre they included a section where you get table service but it’s in the outfield.  Not a couple of rows behind home plate.  

Would be great if the Sabres get good soon and start filling the rink again.  They just put a new roof on and added the scoreboard.  I can’t see a new stadium in the cards but add some major renovations over a couple of summers and that will go a long way. The team being competitive and bringing in more people / revenue will help the business case.

[PromoTheRobot]

17 minutes ago, Derrico said:

Agree with this.  When the Jays renovated Roger’s Centre they included a section where you get table service but it’s in the outfield.  Not a couple of rows behind home plate.  

Would be great if the Sabres get good soon and start filling the rink again.  They just put a new roof on and added the scoreboard.  I can’t see a new stadium in the cards but add some major renovations over a couple of summers and that will go a long way. The team being competitive and bringing in more people / revenue will help the business case.

Chicago's United Center has "bars" in what would be the 300's at KBC. They took out a couple rows in the corner sections.

I could absolutely see a seating reduction in a renovated arena. 17K instead of 19K?

Edited 1 hour ago by PromoTheRobot