Ex-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy: If money isn't spent on new Bills stadium, 'it will be spent somewhere else'
By Tim O'Shei
News Staff Reporter
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Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, left, shakes hands with Russ Brandon, then head of the Buffalo Bills, as then-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy looks on in 2012 when they announced a new lease agreement for the stadium in Orchard Park.
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Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, left, shakes hands with Russ Brandon, then head of the Buffalo Bills, as then-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy looks on in 2012 when they announced a new lease agreement for the stadium in Orchard Park.
James P. McCoy/ News file photo
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, left, shakes hands with Russ Brandon, then head of the Buffalo Bills, as then-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy looks on in 2012 when they announced a new lease agreement for the stadium in Orchard Park.
James P. McCoy/ News file photo
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, left, shakes hands with Russ Brandon, then head of the Buffalo Bills, as then-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy looks on in 2012 when they announced a new lease agreement for the stadium in Orchard Park.
Robert Duffy is quick to acknowledge this: Spending around a billion dollars “is a lot of money anywhere.” But the former New York lieutenant governor, who represented the Cuomo administration in negotiations one decade ago for the Buffalo Bills’ current lease, isn’t jarred by the projected $1.4 billion price tag for a new stadium in Orchard Park.
John Cimperman emphasized the need for ancillary development around a new stadium, which the team hopes to build in Orchard Park, and the opportunity to build on the Bills as a “national brand.”
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, left, shakes hands with Russ Brandon, then head of the Buffalo Bills, as then-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy looks on in 2012 when they announced a new lease agreement for the stadium in Orchard Park.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, left, shakes hands with Russ Brandon, then head of the Buffalo Bills, as then-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy looks on in 2012 when they announced a new lease agreement for the stadium in Orchard Park.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, left, shakes hands with Russ Brandon, then head of the Buffalo Bills, as then-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy looks on in 2012 when they announced a new lease agreement for the stadium in Orchard Park.
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, left, shakes hands with Russ Brandon, then head of the Buffalo Bills, as then-Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy looks on in 2012 when they announced a new lease agreement for the stadium in Orchard Park.
