Why Buffalo Has An NFL Team…

Рет қаралды 132,597

Жыл бұрын

Why the Bills Exist…
References:
www.britannica.com/topic/Buff...
www.britannica.com/topic/Amer...
www.stadiumsofprofootball.com...
www.stadiumsofprofootball.com....
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/3...
www.worldatlas.com/articles/w...
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5875834
buffalocentralterminal.org/ab...
NFL.com
www.pro-football-reference.co...
Images:
US Census
"Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo NY. Crane lift" by Mike Cardus Organization Development is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Greetings from Atlanta Georgia" by Boston Public Library is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo NY. Crane lift (3)" by Mike Cardus Organization Development is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo NY. Crane lift (27)" by Mike Cardus Organization Development is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"20150827 86 NFTA Light Rail, Buffalo, New York" by davidwilson1949 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo NY. Crane lift" by Mike Cardus Organization Development is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo NY. Crane lift (25)" by Mike Cardus Organization Development is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Ralph Wilson Stadium panorama" by runneralan2004 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"File:Ralph Wilson Stadium (NFL Buffalo Bills) - Orchard Park, NY.jpg" by Idibri is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
“File:Ralph Wilson Stadium.jpg” by mikefats of flickr is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"buffalo central terminal" by Slideshow Bruce is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo Bills, Buffalo NY. Crane lift (19)" by Mike Cardus Organization Development is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Changes are limited to zoom effects.

Пікірлер: 642

@barkboingfloom 11 ай бұрын

Also keep in mind that the Buffalo Bills are the ONLY NFL team that actually plays ANY games in the state of New York.

@jsivco3sivco785 11 ай бұрын

NOT TRUE! All 31 other NFL teams also play games in the state of New York!! (When they play the Bills in Buffalo, New York!) Duh! 😏

@barkboingfloom 11 ай бұрын

@@jsivco3sivco785 Touche!

@willenholly 11 ай бұрын

@@jsivco3sivco785Ray Lewis once said something along the lines of “I get paid Monday through Saturday. Sundays you get for free.” It made me wonder if they could construct the CBA so that NFL players could avoid weird taxes when they were on the road.

@Not_Sal 11 ай бұрын

But they’re not considered a NY team because NY sports always refers to sports in NYC.

@DJVexillum 11 ай бұрын

@@Not_Sal That perception is what we're trying to change - NYC is not the entire state

@tygrkhat4087 11 ай бұрын

Ralph Wilson was a minority owner of the Detroit Lions in the 1950s. When the formation of the AFL was announced, Wilson contacted Lamar Hunt and got a franchise. Wilson's original plan was to put the franchise in Miami, where he owned a winter home. The city and U of Miami denied Wilson the use of the Orange Bowl, so Wilson had to look somewhere else. Hunt told him to consider Buffalo, Cincinnati or Louisville. Wilson came to Buffalo and met with the sports editor of the Buffalo News, who told Wilson he would have an article about the team every day. After other discussions, Wilson decided to put his team in Buffalo. He never went to Cincinnati or Louisville.

@Chiefsfansince-qb1kt 11 ай бұрын

And the rest....is HISTORY! Great information and thank you! Long Live the AFL!

@NoNo-ng9sl 10 ай бұрын

Damn. What could've been for Louisville.

@patricksheldon5859 10 ай бұрын

A big influence was Ralph’s WW2 Navy commander, George Schaff, a lifelong Buffalo resident.

@theduckfromthejoke152 9 ай бұрын

Yes!! People don't know that, But I do, And any true bills fan knows that the lions are our daddy... I don't even think that's a metaphor, We literally go there any time. There's a blizzard, just the Lake. Come home from college and do our laundry? L o l.... There would be no buffalo bills without the detroit lions... I don't ever forget that! Go Bills! Go lions!

@ChubbyJontheBartender 26 күн бұрын

@@theduckfromthejoke152 two games have been moved to Detroit, ever. Pump the brakes champ.

@MrT8599 11 ай бұрын

You hit it directly on the point. The Bills represent Western New York and the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario. I live in Rochester and the Bills are part of our culture, just like in Buffalo. There isn’t as much respect for Western New York because everything is all about NYC. That’s the sad reality of the big sports leagues. I think that if the Rochester Red Wings were an MLB team, we’d still have them and they’d represent all of Western New York.

@IRUNNNEWY0RK 11 ай бұрын

My 585 Brother 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽

@coastaku1954 11 ай бұрын

Honestly Buffalo could use an MLB team, their AAA field was designed to be expanded for MLB expansion

@MrT8599 11 ай бұрын

@@coastaku1954 I wish Buffalo had an MLB team, but unfortunately, it’s too close to Toronto. And MLB is going to most likely only at the Buffalo-Niagara Region and not the entirety of Western New York.

@coastaku1954 11 ай бұрын

@@MrT8599 I mean theres an NHL team in both Buffalo and Toronto, with pushes for one in Hamilton too, more than 1 team in the same league can exist in the same market, just look at the Mets and the Yankees, the White Sox and the Cubs, the Angels and the Dodgers, the A's and the Giants, or in other leagues the Islanders and the Rangers and the Devils, the Kings and the Ducks

@MrT8599 11 ай бұрын

@@coastaku1954 Hamilton will most likely never get an NHL team sadly. I wouldn’t mind an NHL team in Hamilton but I don’t likely ever see it happen due to the Maple Leafs and Sabres claiming territory in the Golden Horseshoe. Also the two teams in one city thing is more of an older thing when travel was a lot more difficult.

@emilianoconde9647 10 ай бұрын

As a Canadian living in Ontario, I’ve done the pilgrimage to see the bills play. It is a regional team and the region it represents is diverse and vibrant. Go Bills!

@jasonhaynes2952 10 ай бұрын

I live in Rochester, and I see a TON of cars in the parking lot at One Bills Drive with Ontario license plates! Labbatt and Molson (Canadian) beers are also fan favorites! Go Bills and thanks for your support from Canada!

@theduckfromthejoke152 9 ай бұрын

Yeah thanks to both of you... At stadium they're building half a mile from my house, Wouldn't be happening if it wasn't for you guys support, Go Bills

@pyrexmaniac 8 ай бұрын

The Buffalo-Niagara airport is known to many Ontarians as "Toronto's second major airport." I know that prior to covid, at least 40% of the passengers arriving and departing were Canadian citizens living in Ontario. People who have never been to WNY have no clue that the region is truly much larger than the NFL market statistics purport it to be.

@paulrath7764 11 ай бұрын

Los Angeles has been the USA's second largest city for 40 years, and it couldn't maintain NFL teams at least twice.

@RyanisRude 11 ай бұрын

I have a fond appreciation for these small market teams! Wish there was more of them.

@flboy85 11 ай бұрын

Upstate NY was prime market in mid 1900s. At one point Buffalo Braves (LA Clippers), Rochester Royals (Sacramento Kings), and the Syracuse Nationals (76ers) all called it home. Can you imagine Rochester let alone Syracuse having a NBA team now?

@theduckfromthejoke152 9 ай бұрын

The royals are the only team in a major league to win a major championship Outside of new york city in the state... I was just telling my son about that.... Can you imagine that? " Rochester! This is for you!!!

@Roadrunner0077 8 ай бұрын

you forgpt bout the kc kings

@m8x425 7 ай бұрын

I mean yeah I can..... since OKC and SLC have an NBA team. Hopefully Boise can one day land an NBA team

@Roadtripmik 4 ай бұрын

Thats where basketball was founded so they had a team before Philadelphia which was a baseball dominated city

@ckh937610 3 ай бұрын

Syracuse won an NBA Championship in 1954-1955 the year the 24 second shot clock came into the league. It was “invented” in Syracuse, by the way.

@chasbodaniels1744 11 ай бұрын

Western NY has a very strong blue collar fan base, and there aren’t a lot of other sports vying for the fans’ dollars. There’s also an underdog loyalty, and a local pride in the many surrounding towns. Go Bills!

@davidroberts7282 11 ай бұрын

Also, western New York, and even parts of Southern Ontario have a very strong, close-knit community feel to it. If one travels to Buffalo, Rochester, or Erie County, there's a palpable feeling of shared struggle, genuine feelings of community relations, social solidarity and that mostly everyone looks out for everyone. My father spent some time in Buffalo in the Air Force in the late 60's for a year and he said the people living there and in the surrounding regions could not have been nicer, friendlier, hospitable, and one has to keep in mind that 50-60 years ago, Buffalo's population was a lot bigger then what it is now. In fact, in the late 19th century, Buffalo had one of the top ten populated cities in the US, and of course, many educated, local Buffolinians will know that President William F. McKinley was shot and killed by a would-be anarchist at the Pan-American Exhibition at Buffalo's Fairgrounds in IIRC, 1901. There is even a very old, black-and-white short film footage of McKinley making an outdoor speech at the Exposition's Fairgrounds several hours before his assassination.

@chasbodaniels1744 11 ай бұрын

@basdfef4775 Hey cut it out you’re killin’ us buddy!

@recPokerFish 11 ай бұрын

been living in Buffalo since 2011....only place where practically every person in the area is an avid football fan....if you venture out to the supermarket during a bills game you will be one of a very few people on the road or in the store...

@peterjohnson1734 10 ай бұрын

@@basdfef4775 Stuck in a time warp with bad humor

@ztl2505 10 ай бұрын

This definitely describes the Packers too. Small region, but almost everyone is a hardcore fan.

@bipedalame 11 ай бұрын

My pal is a massive Bills fan. I'm a Raider. We're from Glasgow. Going to London October 8th to watch the Bills Jaguars game

@dans3294 11 ай бұрын

Buffalo has lost 250,000 residents since they got an NFL team. That’s crazy.

@recPokerFish 11 ай бұрын

half of that is people moving out of the city limits to the suburbs

@Slo-ryde 11 ай бұрын

Ever been there in the dead of winter?

@RichV20 11 ай бұрын

Buffalo lost half it's population, but Erie County has flatlined around a million since the 1950s. All that Buffalo population spread out to growing surrounding suburbs. Buffalo's square mile area isn't large like other cities. The metro area has stagnated while smaller cities in the Southwest grew from nothing in the past 50 years. ie Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Jose

@libertarian4323 10 ай бұрын

All the cities in upstate NY have been shrinking for decades. NY isn't a business friendly state (high taxes/regulation), so once thriving cities like Rochester, Buffalo, Utica, Syracuse have lost jobs and people while states like FL, AZ, and TX have boomed.

@DouglasEdward84 11 ай бұрын

I'm a Bills fan in Niagara, Ontario. There are LOTS of Bills fans in this part of Ontario, probably close to a home team, there are still some as you head toward Toronto but it gets less and less as a percentage of football fans. I think it's usually about 15% of people at Bills games are from Ontario every week.

@davidlafleche1142 11 ай бұрын

When I read that story about the Buffalo Jills cheerleading squad, I was disgusted. Those girls were practically slaves.

@a17yearoldonyoutubeluigi 11 ай бұрын

If you're a Leaf fan also, may God have mercy on your soul.

@davidlafleche1142 11 ай бұрын

@@a17yearoldonyoutubeluigi It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it.

@caseysmith544 11 ай бұрын

Toronto Has its own Team in the CFL if, I am not wrong? and they take people away, also there is Detroit that is closer to Ontario as is Clevland.

@shaunhickey7233 11 ай бұрын

Detroit and Buffalo both border Ontario...Cleveland 3 hrs from border

@amazingeric97 11 ай бұрын

Buffalo, NY was a candidate for MLB expansion in the past. Buffalo does have the AAA team of the Blue Jays.

@corey2232 11 ай бұрын

Even though it's a smaller area, they'd probably support an MLB team better than many of the existing MLB expansion franchises.

@mikephalen3162 11 ай бұрын

Buffalo never was seriously in contention for an MLB franchise because of territorial claims of Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and later, Toronto.

@k2bny 11 ай бұрын

I often wonder about that. How often was the stadium sold out for Blue Jays home games? As much as I'd love to see it, I rarely see even The Bisons sell out like they used to in the 90's (or at least come close quite often)

@thiagoprofili4806 7 ай бұрын

I'm a bills fan from Brazil and the bills have by far the most loyal fan base in thr NFL. I had the opportunity to go to London to watch the bills game this year and let me tell you that they brought the whole metro. More than 12k bills fans travelled across the ocean to see the game. One more thing that you maybe forgot to mention is that even though buffalo became smaller, the population which moved out still are massive bills fans. I met people from FL, NC, TX and so on that are massive bills and actually travel to go to games

@paulyearley1084 4 ай бұрын

Buffalo native here: If you ever get to come here, absolutely jump at the chance. The city itself is on the upswing - the population is growing, downtown isn't abandoned anymore, and it's actually a charming place, in its own Rust Belt (i.e., the cities along the southern side of the Great Lakes - Rochester, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, etc) way. People are friendly, doubly so if you're a Bills fan, we have the best worst-for-you food in the world, and summers here are pleasant and comfortable. OTOH, being from Brazil, you should experience how awful our winters are once. I spent a number of years living in much warmer parts of the US, and I did not miss snow one bit, and when I moved back, I was not thrilled about having to own things with "snow" in the name again (snow tires, snow shovels, snowblower)

@frogger1952 11 ай бұрын

Bills and their fans always hold a special place in my heart. They were one of the original AFL teams and played in the Eastern Division with my Jets, the Patriots, and the Houston Oilers. Yes, the Oilers were in the Eastern Conference. After the Jets won SBIII, the first team they played the following year was the Bills. The fans in Buffalo were so proud and grateful that the AFL Jets beat the NFL Colts that they gave the Jets a standing ovation when they took the field. Having said that, how can you post a history of the Buffalo Bills and have no photos or videos of their first venue, War Memorial Stadium...which was also used as the Knights home field in "The Natural".

@voz3704 11 ай бұрын

Kinda did with Johnnie B wiley....... Kinda.

@Noctem_pasa 11 ай бұрын

As a jets fan, I can’t help but also love you guys up in western NY. Division rivalries be damned we’re brothers

@chasbodaniels1744 11 ай бұрын

@thomascroke798 Saw a few AAA Bisons games at WMS maaannnnyyy years ago when they were the Phillies’ affiliate.

@robertlindey2538 9 ай бұрын

Imagine if Scott Norwood didn't botch that crucial FG attempt.

@theduckfromthejoke152 9 ай бұрын

What am I missing here? The natural was filmed at bison stadium. Because it's baseball... And the bills used to play the rockpile... The aud wasn't even the same sport... I never actually saw the natural, Was there a shot of different sports in that movie? I'm not saying you're wrong. I just don't know why they would have a football stadium in a baseball Movie... Cause that would be a really weird mistake to make. So I'm assuming I'm just missing something.

@josephosheavideos3992 11 ай бұрын

Even as late as 1970, Buffalo was still considered a prime city for sports teams, so much so that both the NHL and the NBA expanded into it (though the basketball Braves moved out in 1978, eventually becoming the LA Clippers).

@danzigvssartre 11 ай бұрын

Thirty years of being a Bills supporter despite being an Aussie who has never set foot in America, let alone Buffalo.

@Rick081808 3 ай бұрын

Let’s go

@russellfrey4079 22 күн бұрын

Your not missing much. Buffalo sucks

@John-te3gy 11 ай бұрын

I'm from Hamilton, Ontario and have been a Bills fan and going to the games since 1976. GO BILLS!

@peterjohnson1734 11 ай бұрын

I'm originally from WNY and while visiting from the South last month crossed the border to see my first CFL game in Hamiliton (vs Ottawa). It was a very Blue-Collar experience!

@GriefErikson 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for including Syracuse, loads of Bills fans here that drive 3 hours down the thruway every week 👍🏻

@amerigovespucci4076 11 ай бұрын

As an aside, Buffalo's television stations reach deep into Canada and even into Northern Pennsylvania. The excitement from sports, be it The Bills, The Blue Jays and The Raptors doesn't stop at the border. Let's not forget The Blue Jays played some games in Buffalo last year.......

@JohnDoe12515 9 ай бұрын

Exactly! Used to call them Buffalo Maple Leafs😂

@chrisaustin9949 11 ай бұрын

They are the only NFL team located in New York State. That is except for people who consider East Rutherford NJ to be part of New York.

@df5295 10 ай бұрын

The Giants' headquarters is in Manhattan. They play in NJ.

@mmcgahn5948 5 ай бұрын

Actually, the NY Giants offices are in the Quest Training facility on the Sports Complex grounds next to MetLife Stadium. These offices are about 7 miles west of NYC.

@derbagger22 11 ай бұрын

It's not just Western NY, but much of upstate NY. You will see tons of Bills and Giants paraphernalia in the Albany area as well...

@gakster29 11 ай бұрын

I grew up in Poughkeepsie, not far from Albany at all. I thought I knew about Albany, but then I lived there 6 years, and was shocked that the Jets were so far behind as a third fiddle. Heck, fourth fiddle because there's a lot of Pats fans, too.

@markdebark5248 11 ай бұрын

Yep! Several Bills Backers bars in Albany and Sabres have a decent amount of fans in the Capital District too. If you're walking around Albany on Sundays during the season and bar hopping there will be mostly Bills gear to be seen. Especially among fans 30ish years and younger, in the Capital District they're mostly Bills/Sabres fans. Part of it is the TV market for both teams has extended into the area. I think the other aspect is Upstate doesn't really want anything to do with NYC any longer & we identify more with a WNY team than a NYC one. To many of us NYC is a different planet and it's one we don't have a connection with. As someone from Albany who has been to both Buffalo (many times) and NYC (a couple of times) I 100% have a better time and more of a connection to Buffalo than NYC. I really don't see many Rangers, Islanders, Giants, Jets, Mets, Knicks, Nets fans in Upstate anymore- Yankees I do, but their fans are worldwide.

@healthyone100 11 ай бұрын

still lots of Giant fans here in the Albany area!@@markdebark5248

@UserName-ts3sp 11 ай бұрын

its a legacy market. buffalo used to be a bigger market

@davidslife989 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for uploading about my home town. Appreciate the love!

@truthlemonade9793 11 ай бұрын

I have read that the Bills do not like night games as they make it harder for Canadian fans to attend games.

@chasbodaniels1744 11 ай бұрын

Plus it’s colder at night!

@gakster29 11 ай бұрын

Around the same time, Buffalo was going to be a city in the Continental League for baseball. Unlike the other big 3, MLB did not want the competition and acquiesced and expanded. All the cities of the CL would get MLB franchises... except Buffalo.

@someperson3883 11 ай бұрын

In 2002 one of the Bills players commuted from Toronto

@MrTragicallyjam 10 ай бұрын

It may have already been mentioned but the “handout” is tagged at $600 million in state funds. Recently $418 million of withheld local casino revenue was retrieved by the state. The new governor even highlights these numbers as a local reinvestment therefore the 4th largest state in the country is on the hook for $182 million. And as the top comment points out, the team is the only professional football team in New York State. The team is an important part of the local economy. Lose the team, lose the jobs and the jobs from many dependent businesses that will go under. What governor in his/her first term wants to be known for losing the states’ only team and help create the depressions that follow?

@chrisofchris 11 ай бұрын

This was a good quick video! I really enjoyed this one!

@corey2232 11 ай бұрын

I've been hoping this channel would make a video on Buffalo in general, but to get one on the Bills is amazing too! As someone who has only lived in the south, Buffalo is one of my favorite places to visit in the country. For nearly 30 years I was the only Bills fan in pretty much any place I lived, but now that they're finally competitive again, that's starting to change.

@randyborstol2491 11 ай бұрын

let's keep Buffalo (West Seneca) our little secret. nicest people who speak English, no traffic, affordable housing, mild summers, good schools,

@AndyM. 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for this Bernie Kosar!!!

@BruceMusto 11 ай бұрын

I haven't lived there for a long time but I grew up in Canandaigua, which is only 24 miles from Rochester. The simple fact is, the Buffalo Bills are really the only professional sports team (minor leagues exempted) in the Western NY area and it's the NFL so of course the people in that area are crazy for the team. Would be nice to see them finally win a Super Bowl. That would be pretty cool for Buffalo.

@tygrkhat4087 11 ай бұрын

What about the Sabres? I'd say the NHL is a major league.

@BruceMusto 11 ай бұрын

@@tygrkhat4087 slipped my mind, like I said, I haven't lived there for a long long time.

@JosePerez-vz1qq 11 ай бұрын

The bills have a very strong fan base not unlike green bay. In fact, the difference in fan base makes Buffalo a much more deserving community for an NFL team than miami

@stevenbrrtt 10 ай бұрын

I could be wrong, but the Bills have played in more Super Bowls than the fish. The Bills just needed the same players Don Shula had to work with.

@patricksheldon5859 10 ай бұрын

No, Miami played in five Super Bowls between 72 and 85.

@Wolf.88 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for explaining. I’ve always wondered! 😊

@lynnestokes5931 11 ай бұрын

The Buffalo Bills are New York State's only team. The Jets and Giants play in New Jersey.

@manny4552 11 ай бұрын

The bills fan base is almost if not the best in the entire NFL.. they take their football seriously up there

@opeg8894 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video, as a bills fan living near Rochester, ny; bills country certainly extends far beyond just the buffalo area. Bills mafia for life

@markdebark5248 11 ай бұрын

Yep, extends as far out as Albany! Albany is mostly Bills fans and there are several different Bills Backers/Sabres bars in the Albany area. Sabres and Bills are in our TV market.

@FrankParis-wp4ic 11 ай бұрын

Ralph Wilson initially wanted his AFL franchise in Miami but couldn’t secure the rights to the Orange Bowl.

@2Addictive 11 ай бұрын

Bills are basically the Canadian team of the NFL.

@peterjohnson1734 11 ай бұрын

No, they have the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts. The Red, White, and Blue of the Buffalo Bills is an All-American team, but it's okay if Canadians want to follow them too!

@brianarbenz1329 11 ай бұрын

The Buffalo metro area population is nearly as large as those of Cincinnati, New Orleans and Indianapolis. And as you noted the Canadian fan base from the massive Southern Ontario population. Another reason for the Bills' stability in Buffalo is the community's passionate support for football. The sport is 2nd to baseball in Cincy and second to basketball in Indy. Buffalo for the last 35 years has had no NBA or major league baseball team. The Bills are the thing.

@arnoldgarzajr1164 9 ай бұрын

Cincinnati and New Orleans are well known us major cities and I don't think Indianapolis is a major city because it's kind of a small city.Buffulo use to be a major city all the way till 2000 it was considered a small city.I think Buffulo and Indianapolis are medium sized cities and Buffulo is maybe bigger than Indianapolis.Sometimes I wish the Buffulo Braves came back to the NBA but it will never happened unless Buffulo pushes its population to 400,000-500,000 people but that will never happen.

@jtshark9283 11 ай бұрын

There was a reason why Toronto tried hard to get the Bills a few years ago

@crankybastid2197 11 ай бұрын

Glad they didn't. Toronto fans suck. Ask a Sabres fan.

@dmongru 10 ай бұрын

I’m a Bills fan located in Ontario. Been a Bills fan for over 30 years. Love them and I love visiting the stadium. We can’t legally do the same tailgating if the team moved to Toronto which is partially why that move option failed. Soooo many Bills fans are here in Ontario and I’ll get a very large % of season ticket holders live in Canada

@ricknibert6417 11 ай бұрын

Buffalo and Denver are the only AFL teams never to have changed their nickname, or location (the Patriots were originally branded as from Boston).

@DJVexillum 11 ай бұрын

Miami Dolphins? Cincinnati Bengals? Unless you meant out of the original eight teams

@ricknibert6417 11 ай бұрын

@@DJVexillum yes the original eight. The Jets were first known as the Titans.

@DJVexillum 11 ай бұрын

@@ricknibert6417 Fair enough, have a good day!

@mikephalen3162 11 ай бұрын

The Broncos have always played in the city of Denver. Buffalo started out playing in town but then built a stadium in suburban Orchard Park. Bonus points to Denver.

@sal4856 11 ай бұрын

Buffalo and WNY best kept secret in the country, affordable housing, great restaurants,arts, 2 pro sports teams,20 minutes to everything,no insane traffic.Snow goes away,homes dont float or blow away, people actually returning,priced out of everything.

@David-rt3yd 11 ай бұрын

I was driving through WNY in March and it was snowing and the roads were not clear so it wasn’t safe to drive up a hill on the road that was covered with snow in WNY until the plow came and it took at least 15 minutes for the plow to come clear the road

@sal4856 11 ай бұрын

@@David-rt3yd 15 minutes and your complaining lol you have no clue what winter is about,as Bill Clinton said need to be tough to live in wny

@crankybastid2197 11 ай бұрын

SNOW TIRES and AWD...... Wuss@@David-rt3yd

@jgringo5516 11 ай бұрын

Yep. Born and raised in Houston…still here. Big time traffic and crime chithole now. They could not pay me to see games anymore. I wouldn’t have a truck to find in the parking lot if I drove down. Wall to walk traffic, crime, and idiots. I’d rather fly to Buffalo to watch a game than deal with the Houston BS.

@cecilthecavetroll9743 8 ай бұрын

@@David-rt3yd I guess WNY winters are only for the rugged

@adamsmith583 11 ай бұрын

My man. Love to see new videos 😊

@neanderthalsnavel7411 11 ай бұрын

I think the Browns, Bills, Steelers, Bengals, and Lions should be in the same division. P.S. This Clevelander really enjoys Western NY, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls area.

@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle 11 ай бұрын

When the NFL realigned all the divisions to be divisions with 4 teams, I thought divisions (no conferences) based on proximity would have been amazing for fans and rivalries. Giants, Jets Patriots and Eagles.....Bills, Steelers, Browns, and Cinci or Detroit, etc

@caseysmith544 11 ай бұрын

@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle The other rule was that if a state had two teams, then one had to be in AFC and the other in NFC. If 3 then they had the smaller one forced newest one into the division that needs a team at the time.

@mikephalen3162 11 ай бұрын

A Rust Belt Division is a great idea.

@manny4552 11 ай бұрын

Yeah alot of great football fans in Cleveland too

@greatlaker 11 ай бұрын

Great video and topic. Would loved to see pics of the rock pile, War Memorial Stadium.

@jameswestervelt4263 11 ай бұрын

You should do a segment on why New Orleans has an NFL team.

@michealhughes9413 11 ай бұрын

exactly...its a very small declining area and folks are leaving there in droves the next big hurricane could really deplete the population

@caseysmith544 11 ай бұрын

I think the history of the area is why New Orleans has an NFL team.

@alexcheesellama6881 9 ай бұрын

Going to add to the conversation, it amazes me how popular the Bills are so far away from Buffalo. I just moved near Albany from Pennsylvania, most people around here seem to be Bills fans as far as I can tell. The Giants, Jets, Patriots, and even the Eagles (go birds) are all closer than the Bills, and yet they are so popular that I know people who make the I-90 pilgrimage across the entire state to see some of their games. Bills fans around here have my utmost respect for being willing to do that.

@tyeauga 8 ай бұрын

I live in Oakland, CA. Native Californian never even been to Buffalo but I love the Bills. Best energy in the NFL.

@michealhughes9413 11 ай бұрын

you could say the same thing about small market new orleans as it declines and folks are moving away from it in droves

@leonb2637 11 ай бұрын

NO has a regional fan base of the whole state of LA, plus parts of Mississippi, SE Alabama.

@peterjeffery8495 10 ай бұрын

Somewhere around the turn of the 20th century Buffalo was a top 10 city in the US. It was a BIG DEAL back then. The "metropolitan area" defined herein doesn't include a vast, heavily populated section of Southern Ontario. Both the Bills and the Sabres depend on this neighboring area for fan support, seasons ticket sales and overall gate revenue. On top of that the Bills supporters are intensely loyal, more so than the Sou Cal teams who stay away in droves unless the team is competitive.. Every year every game year in year out Bills fans personify undying support and loyalty.

@cosmotraumatika7474 11 ай бұрын

Damn, you've got such a great channel. Thank you for exploring such interesting topics.

@johnbiela9442 10 ай бұрын

And here, I thought they exist to bring me pain and suffering. When asked what team I follow, I answer: I don't follow any professional football team...I'm a Bills fan.

@IDL716 11 ай бұрын

Orchard park is 20 minutes from Buffalo

@willfuchs3689 11 ай бұрын

As a fellow buffalonian. All I’ve got to say is: #GoBills

@jackzimmer6553 11 ай бұрын

Why not talk about Green Bay? Talk about a small market! They pull in a lot of fans around the country but doubt they’re buying tickets!

@-ct4zn 11 ай бұрын

And the Buffalo bills has the best tail gateing in the league

@alexEMP1 11 ай бұрын

Great video man

@danadesimone9322 11 ай бұрын

Western NY is a great place..Mi Famigla on my Dad's side comes from a small town outside of Batavia..The disrespect from many New Yorkers is appalling for this region..Beautiful in April-Oct..Brytal drom Nov-March but the weather toughened up folks who live there..Too bad the Bills have never won the Super Bowl..Go Bills..

@caramanico1 Ай бұрын

Their fans are insanely loyal and enthusiastic.

@jayjack6299 10 ай бұрын

First video I've seen where Canada and Syracuse were considered in the Bills market (Nice!). Now, 9 million Canadians on the peninsula and lake doesn't mean 9 million Bills fans, but there's a lot of love for the Bills and Sabres between Hamilton and Niagara Falls (talking 1 mil people in that area). Including everybody who is actually in the market, so not leaving out non-US fans and CNY, the Bills cover more population than each Ohio teams and than Pittsburgh. It's rather big for a smaller city.

@TheOldTapeArchive 11 ай бұрын

Give me a cold weather team who plays outside ANY time.

@briggscharleton6139 11 ай бұрын

I lived in Syracuse in the mid 70s. We never got Bills game on TV. The Steelers were the market for AFC during that time.

@chasbodaniels1744 11 ай бұрын

Very surprised to hear that. Steelers had good teams so maybe ratings swayed that?

@caseysmith544 11 ай бұрын

That was due to the NFL blackouts at the time thanks to Pete Rosel and his rule of if the game is not sold out then the team's region does not get shown on TV when at home market stadium.

@cali5ive124 11 ай бұрын

Some fan bases are just more passionate about their teams. The Bills mafia is top 3 fan bases for sure, thats how they keep their team. Their fans are LOYAL. I'm not a Bills fan for full transparency, but to me, the Bills are like the "every mans" team, not many people hate them, unless you're in the AFC East.

@FredSox49 11 ай бұрын

No mention that the city had a team in the AAFC that wasn't absorbed into the NFL in 1950 because George Halas didn't want it.

@forgottenplaces9780 11 ай бұрын

Because this is about the bills…

@petercena9497 11 ай бұрын

Their success in the AAFC is related to them getting an AFL team.

@anthonygreco12 11 ай бұрын

@@forgottenplaces9780 The AAFC team was also called the Bills

@martyswild 10 ай бұрын

There are loads of tour buses from southern Ontario bringing fans to Buffalo. They’re our home team too!

@michaelmaroldaiv2857 10 ай бұрын

Buffalo is a nice city that unfortunately got killed by the st lawrence riverway opening up, lost half its population since the team was founded, and still one of the biggest cities in NY. It’s full of beautiful buildings that unfortunately aren’t going to be maintained.

@pyrexmaniac 8 ай бұрын

You haven't been to Buffalo recently, have you?

@michaelmaroldaiv2857 8 ай бұрын

@@pyrexmaniaci have last summer. Couldve been a lot more impressive, but I liked it.

@user-ig6ty1xw9b 10 ай бұрын

BILLS MAFIA BABY! Size cant buy this kind of loyalty and love. The whole NFL wishes it could have a fan base like the Bills. Lets Go Bills!

@WDI2008 9 ай бұрын

The Buffalo Bills have actually considered relocating to either Los Angeles, Toronto, or Austin over the years.

@rf3495 6 ай бұрын

Jerry Jones will never allow an Austin franchise.

@TotoFrancey 11 ай бұрын

Buffalo is now a suburb of Toronto, Canada. Torontonians are always saying they deserve a second NHL team to challenge the inept Toronto Maple Leafs. What they fail to realize is that they do have a second NHL team called the "Buffalo Sabres" -- which is equally inept.

@cecilthecavetroll9743 8 ай бұрын

Nah, we’re our city. Quit claiming what isnt yours.

@TotoFrancey 8 ай бұрын

What you fail to realize in that part of the world in which you live, the population density is HUGE. It doesn't matter if Toronto is a suburb of Buffalo or visa versa. It's all the same place. @@cecilthecavetroll9743

@marcolojacono2451 11 ай бұрын

For those wondering, Buffalo by statistics is what the US considers a major city. A major city is considered at least 250k in the city proper and a 1 million metro. Buffalo doesn't count some of what could be its suburbs, not to mention it's the same land sq mileage as San Francisco. The city is bigger than the numbers state even tho those numbers are still big lol, not to forget everything you mentioned in this video lol. New Orleans has 1.2 million metro too,,, so basically Buffalo's population is the almost the same as New Orleans and land size of San Francisco, its pretty large haha it is by no means a small city at all and is actually growing, 17k population gain in the city limits, its a great place with tons to offer and a lot of new jobs, things to do etc. It's a big city with big city amenities!

@forgottenplaces9780 11 ай бұрын

Not a Costco until recently lol

@marcolojacono2451 11 ай бұрын

@@forgottenplaces9780 Okay, CLEVELAND 🤣🤣🤣 Detroit's lil bro lollll

@forgottenplaces9780 11 ай бұрын

@@marcolojacono2451 pssh, Cleveland has way more to do than Buffalo thats for sure…

@marcolojacono2451 11 ай бұрын

@@forgottenplaces9780 Lot of talk from the 3rd best city in OHIO 😭😭😭 also just looked up: “things to do in cleveland” and immediately saw “boring downtown.” well just leave it at that hahaha

@pyrexmaniac 8 ай бұрын

@@forgottenplaces9780you are wrong. The best thing about Cleveland is Cleveland Clinic. Without the clinic, Cleveland might as well lock the doors and turn off the lights. Buffalo has far more to do in the city than "the mistake on the lake." Buffalo is what Cleveland strives to be. Maybe in 20 years? All the things to do in Cleveland are in the far-out suburbs....every place of interest is an hour's drive from every other. In Buffalo, all the places to see and things to do are concentrated in the city itself. Nothing is more than 20 minutes away. Even Niagara Falls is less than a 30 minute drive from downtown....there's even more to do if you cross the Peace Bridge into Canada. Western New York is packed with incredible places of interest and activities. The region atttracts 22.5 million tourists every year, ranking Western New York 5th in the US in number of tourists per year.

@maninredhelm 10 ай бұрын

Buffalo invented air conditioning, and then lost all of its industry to warm weather cities that only became viable because of air conditioning.

@cecilthecavetroll9743 8 ай бұрын

We also invented windshield wipers, chicken wings, and a sponge candy!

@jeffwebb2966 11 ай бұрын

You can say what you want about Bill's management, but they are not constantly threatening to leave just to line their own pockets like so many big league owners of sports teams. Good for them. Yes they are getting a new stadium, but they could have left decades ago.

@mikephalen3162 11 ай бұрын

Older fans will remember that Ralph Wilson threatened more than once to move his team. And don't kid yourself: if the state didn't agree to provide funding, the Pegulas would have either moved this team or sold it to someone who would move it.

@pyrexmaniac 8 ай бұрын

And the stadium is owned by Erie County and is funded primarily by The State of New York. The Bills ain't going anywhere......there will always be an NFL team in Buffalo.

@Betterthangoldandsilver 6 ай бұрын

Exactly! Buffalo is situated centrally when you look at the team regionally and take into consideration our Canadian neighbors. The Bill fanbase is quite a bit larger than the Buffalo NY area itself.

@davidmccann9811 11 ай бұрын

The other thing with large cities is that although they are larger markets, they usually have several sports franchises. Once you factor in baseball, hockey and basketball, and often two or more NFL or rival baseball teams; that's a lot of competition for fans times and money.

@bishyaler 11 ай бұрын

When talking population there was also Erie, Pa - just down the road at a 90min drive - at 140k residents back then as well.

@forgottenplaces9780 11 ай бұрын

Yea, but that area sways more to the Steelers

@jerryjanik480 11 ай бұрын

Second largest city in New York state. Go bills go Erie County Buffalo strong talking proud Buffalo and an NHL team team

@camsoucy 11 ай бұрын

There’s nothing in this video that doesn’t apply to a dozen other NFL teams. The actual city of Buffalo has a relatively small population, but the fan base covers an area with a large population? See also Cincinnati, Cleveland, Green Bay, Miami, Kansas City, New Orleans, etc, etc.

@forgottenplaces9780 11 ай бұрын

Not the same, other than new orleans, buffalo is a much smaller metro and csa than those cities, go to a city like cleveland or cincy and populated areas continue for many miles around, buffalos populated areas run out quick

@UserName-ts3sp 11 ай бұрын

yeah at least buffalo has other cities in the region and new orleans has a lot of fans in mississippi + has the state of louisiana

@rf3495 6 ай бұрын

Metro Toronto is the 4th largest metropolis in North America. Only 90 minutes away. Rochester 1 million, 1 hour away. @@forgottenplaces9780

@TheSSUltimateGoku 11 ай бұрын

You could go back even further to the 40s in the AAFC when the Buffalo had another Buffalo Bills team, unrelated to the current Buffalo Bills however, they were unfairly not allowed to be put into the NFL league once the AAFC disbanded as only 3 teams were allowed to go into the NFL. After that Buffalo Bills team disbanded, there was a big push for the next couple of years to bring a Buffalo team back into American football which led to them being put into the new AFC league coincidently picking the same team name as the AAFC team was.

@renroxhrd 11 ай бұрын

I live in Buffalo and all this is true. We love our bills and have some of the best fans in the NFL. It's not that small. The metro has 1.2 million, and the region is growing.

@chasbodaniels1744 11 ай бұрын

It’s got that Midwest feel to it which I really miss. Born and raised in Amherst, but moved to metro NYC for work reasons. Talk about fast-paced culture shock!!

@caseysmith544 11 ай бұрын

The area is growing because it is big area with a small town places nearby to move to from NYC that do not feel like a 100% night and day difference as the city is not that big compaied to NYC and Long Island/other nearby western cites to NYC.

@corey2232 11 ай бұрын

I'm happy to hear Buffalo is actually growing again. It's long overdue for such a wonderful area.

@renroxhrd 11 ай бұрын

@@caseysmith544 and it's more affordable that a lot of the country

@peterjohnson1734 11 ай бұрын

@@renroxhrd The taxes aren't

@filanfyretracker 11 ай бұрын

The Bills are also the only actually in NY sports team.

@caseysmith544 11 ай бұрын

Sabers are too in NY as are the Nets again, the Islanders, and the Yankees. I am not sure about the Mets if they are still in NYC or not.

@ejl1982-1 11 ай бұрын

@@caseysmith544might of meant only NFL team in NY

@zachgarner1174 11 ай бұрын

Buffalo has a team for one reason… Canada 🇨🇦

@cecilthecavetroll9743 8 ай бұрын

Nah, we can support ourselves. Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse are enough. We dont need any Canadians taking credit.

@zachgarner1174 8 ай бұрын

@@cecilthecavetroll9743 do some research my friend…. 1/4 of the game day fans at the stadium are Canadian and 15% of season ticket holders are Canadian … not staggering numbers but very significant

@willfaes901 11 ай бұрын

GO BILLS!!!!

@prestonlindbeck1197 11 ай бұрын

Didn’t even watch this video, but I can tell you why Buffalo has a NFL franchise: Lamar Hunt & the AFL.

@mikephalen3162 11 ай бұрын

The AFL, of which Bills owner Ralph Wilson was a founding member.

@andrewalden8364 11 ай бұрын

Uncomfortable truth for why the Bills are in Buffalo: OJ Simpson. He, alone, put them on the map until the Thurman Thomas/Jim Kelly teams came about.

@mikephalen3162 11 ай бұрын

What malarkey. The Bills won two AFL titles in the mid-1960s. The NFL-AFL merger put all teams on the map. Simpson did draw attention to Buffalo and they started winning again.

@libertarian4323 10 ай бұрын

The Bills were pretty bad when oj was there

@langerd6711 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely not, the bills were an established team way before OJ 😂😂😂🤦🏼‍♂️

@andkucz1352 11 ай бұрын

It’s so deceiving because Buffalo’s population region is massive. If you include region within 1.5 hours like other metros, Buffalo is huge with Rochester, Toronto and Fort Erie.

@andkucz1352 11 ай бұрын

Sorry I talked before watching video. Actually included real facts like that above.

@Tunda2 12 күн бұрын

As a former and future resident of Buffalo (I’m an hour away), that whole city thrives on the Bills themselves. There’s not much to cheer for here in western New York, but the bills bring everyone together. Even if you grow up not liking them or rooting for a different team, you come around eventually. When the bills suck, we get it, we’re from western New York, we lose all the time. But when they start winning even for a week, by god D-Von get the tables

@AaronRClark 11 ай бұрын

Western NY is flipping awesome. The haters haven't been

@raynash4748 10 ай бұрын

New York's only NFL team. Jet's and Giants play in New Jersey. Both of those teams refused NY's money for a new stadium and took NJ's money.

@larryloveless2967 11 ай бұрын

Interesting history as I remember well watching the Buffalo Bills during their years in the AFL and it is most unfortunate they have never won a Super Bowl but remember them winning an AFL title. Like Buffaflo I have seen most of the population of St. Louis city move away to the county and now beyond making for a well spread out region. Fan support in St. Louis has never an issue seen by last year's support of an XFL minor league team called the Battle Hawks. St. Louis was prepared to abandon a 20 year old Dome stadium to build yet another new stadium for the Rams still needing owner contribution but Stan Kroenke wanted the large TV market of L.A.. When the Cardinals left for Phoenix in 1988 it was because the city and county government did not agree on the location of a new stadium, butit took 18 years for funding of a new stadium there so they played at Arizona State. It was from a St. Louis lawsuit of the NFL that it learned it took an indemnification agreement with Stan Kroenke willi ng to pay any St. Louis lawsuuit expenses to all owners. that they were approved to be moved. Buffalo is very forunate to have a team.

@kevinflaherty6028 11 ай бұрын

At one time they were important Midwest industrial city, with larger population.

@lp-xl9ld 10 ай бұрын

Never really thought about that until now...

@TheNickers69 11 ай бұрын

They also have an nhl team aswell

@aicofrena505 11 ай бұрын

It's funny how the Buffalo bills exist but there's no more football team in San Diego for the population with imperial County and Mexico and San Diego combined it's around 6 million people and it's a large area including Southern Orange County and Southern Riverside and even toward Yuma Arizona it amazes me but it is what it is

@neanderthalsnavel7411 11 ай бұрын

I agree. I do not understand how San Diego doesn't have an NFL team. The NFL owners must want to keep it as an open bargaining chip on the board.

@UserName-ts3sp 11 ай бұрын

san diego turned down a vote to build a stadium for the chargers

@Slo-ryde 11 ай бұрын

The billionaire owner wanted a stadium built on the backs of the taxpayer…..the city said otherwise!

@mikephalen3162 11 ай бұрын

How about all the years when L.A. didn't have a team?

@rf3495 6 ай бұрын

The Chargers wanted a large tract of land on the waterfront. The county of San Diego was willing to help build a new stadium on the same site of the old stadium a couple miles inland. The owner threatened to go to LA so the the voters said "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out". Roger Goddell held a rally to save the team but nobody showed up. Too many other things to do here to be bullied by the NFL.

@dr.rapids 11 ай бұрын

Nah I needa know why the jaguars exist and have a team in jacksonville

@crisgomalty3d21 11 ай бұрын

Born and raised in the Syracuse area its a regional team. Something those in Upstate NY can latch onto

@NapkinEdStern 7 ай бұрын

They should re-name them the "New York Bills". The reason being is that anything with the name "New York" in it sells a lot more merchandise.

@really_dont_know1681 6 ай бұрын

Hell nah, we don’t want to be roped in with NYC. People from Buffalo are prideful of the city and that would probably be just about the worst thing you could do to the bills other than moving them.

@HAA0603 11 ай бұрын

the Bills also have Toronto nearby and if Toronto and Canada technically was part of the US it would be the fourth largest city and fifth largest metro in the whole country. i bet a bunch of people from Buffalo support the Raptors and Blue Jays so it sorta makes sense

@patricksheldon5859 10 ай бұрын

A lot of Buffalo fans cheer for the Blue Jays, especially since the Covid lockdown when they called Buffalo home. Raptors support is nonexistent. NHL rivalry is heated.

@spacechimp3199 4 ай бұрын

I live across the border in Canada and even we support the bills over here. The immense pride in this region for the bills is insane

@chromebomb 11 ай бұрын

LETS GO BUFFALO BABY YEAH

@pappabear7617 7 ай бұрын

Im 24yo and grew up 10 minutes from the Bills stadium so I've been a fan my whole life. Great video, I enjoyed how you broke down the organization start to finish. Keep it up man!