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The Bills in Toronto would suck plain and simple.As Dolphin fan in Toronto, I am very much in favour relocating the Bills here. It would be great to not have to drive 90 miles to see the fins once a year.
The Bills in Toronto would suck plain and simple.As Dolphin fan in Toronto, I am very much in favour relocating the Bills here. It would be great to not have to drive 90 miles to see the fins once a year.
I live in Toronto as well, and DO NOT want to see an NFL team in Canada. It is an American game, and should be left that way.
Can we support a team? Depends. The Rogers Center or "Centre" as us Canadians like to spell it would be the third smallest stadium in the NFL. Also, the F'N day cops around here let you walk on the sidewalk with a beer. WTF are you gonna tailgate anyway? There is no space. We can't even support the culture of an NFL team, why go any further.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=55137
I wonder how the fans up there are reacting
I think the Bills moving to Buffalo is inevitable. Buffalo is a dying city, and a move to Toronto would skyrocket the franchise's revenue. This one game a year thing is not because Ralph Wilson likes Canada, it is because his team is failing financially in Buffalo and needs help from another area.
I think this one game a year over the next five years is the first step in moving the team. Sure they could rent a Mayflower truck and move tonight, but that would upset all the current fans in Buffalo. By slowing moving the team over the next five years, not only would you get new fans in Toronto, you may be able to keep a portion of the fans in Buffalo.
The signs are there, and unless something drastic happens, Toronto will be the new home of the Bills by 2013. Though most likely, they won't be the Bills anymore. Wouldn't make sense. It will be like when the Oilers moves to Tennessee and became the Titans or when the Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens.
What makes you think they wouldn't build a new stadium? Got 5 years to do it now and they got very very rich backers.
There just isn't enough real estate. Check out google maps ore virtual earth. Unless the stadium is located somewhere in the burbs, I dont see it happening. They would more than likely try to retrofit the Rogers Centre to try to accomodate an additional 10-15K people. Even then, we dont have the parking space to tailgate, unless it is done in various pockets of the downtown district.
Still, I do not want to see an NFL team here. It just wouldn't feel right. I think we wouldn't welcome the priveledge as compared to other cities in the States. Sure, us Canadians LOVE the NFL, and would fill the stadium every week, but to many, it would be a novelty, just another Toronto team to support.
I don't know, I may change my mind, but I doubt it. At least if the Bills move to Toronto, the AFC East won't get messed up. What would happen if the Bills move to LA?
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The land is already picked out Buck,along with a proposed new Casino,a new stadium is set to be built beside Woodbine.All rumour for now of course,but you have to admit its a perfect location.
If you want to kill the atmosphere, have fans doing business instead of caring what's going on the field,no tailgating, even higher prices for everything from parking to hotdogs it's a great idea.Otherwise it's a better idea to keep it in Buffalo,it's not like they can't make any money where they are maybe it's just not "enough" for poor Ralph.It truely would be a mistake bringing them here to Canada.The NFL would do well here but it's not a "religion" (and I mean without the passion that Americans have for this great sport )here, why change what's a great product in the USA just for a few more dollars.
The Bills have a very dedicated fan base...moving them to toronto would suck..period.