Beyond the Xs and Os : keeping the Bills in Buffalo /
"Beyond the X's and O's is the previously unpublished story of how a long-term stadium lease was negotiated and signed by New York's Erie County, the state, and the Buffalo Bills football team.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 stadi...
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Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press,
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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