News Article: Sabres looking (as an option) to move half of Amerks home games to Buffalo

[Paxon]

I'm all for strong arming the city into arena improvements. I welcome that. But threatening to move games is a road they shouldn't have went down

How else would you strong-arm the city? You'd have to threaten to either move games or the team itself, otherwise what are you leveraging them with?

 

[sabrefan27]

How else would you strong-arm the city? You'd have to threaten to either move games or the team itself, otherwise what are you leveraging them with?

Maybe strong-arming wasn't the right way to phrase it. There's other ways to negotiate.

 

[Dex]

Maybe strong-arming wasn't the right way to phrase it. There's other ways to negotiate.

My guess is that they did not open the negotiations with this tactic.

 

[slip]

Another way to plug financial holes in Rochester is to ice a more entertaining team that can make the playoffs.

 

[sabrefan27]

Another way to plug financial holes in Rochester is to ice a more entertaining team that can make the playoffs.

This seems to be overlooked. 10 straight years without a playoff series win. It's difficult to draw big crowds in the minors when you're so consistently mediocre/bad.

 

[Insomniac99]

The Amerks could with the Calder cup 10 years in a row and Rochester would hardly care.

 

[Disengage]

The Amerks could with the Calder cup 10 years in a row and Rochester would hardly care.

You were saying?

 

[Reddawg]

The Amerks could with the Calder cup 10 years in a row and Rochester would hardly care.

Lies.

 

[sabrefan27]

The Amerks could with the Calder cup 10 years in a row and Rochester would hardly care.

This makes absolutely no sense. Last time the Amerks won a Cup there was a line across the bridge to the library of people waiting for tickets. This city drew a massive crowd for the parade.

 

[Jeremy2020]

Yes, the idea of commercial tenants making improvements to the interior of their rental space to drive more business is utterly insane. Got it.

Yes, it is..

 

[slip]

Yes, it is..

No, it's not.

Tenants constantly make improvements to commercial spaces. Turn-key build outs are exceedingly rare in the world of commercial leases. How much cost and control of the process falls on the tenant vs. the landlord depends on a number of factors and varies from lease to lease.