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Message: [QUOTE="Stern, post: 1017154, member: 527"] He said Batavia has been kicked around to get closer to Rochester and bring in money from Rochester businesses. Problem is Rochester is a dying town with Kodak and Bausch and Lomb dead there and the idea was good 10 years ago but not so much now but it was proposed and still on the table. Carucci and the time-table he was given made sense... new owner in place late in 2014...takes over really with 2015 season and it buys him 4-5 years to get money from NY State for a new stadium or if the plan is to move the team it gives him 4 years to be wined and dined by other possible cities if such person doesn't already have one lined up. It would take a couple years for a new stadium to be built anywhere whether in the Western NY region or in any new city. So there is no rush to leave Buffalo but there is a rush to get the ball rolling on "the move" wherever it ends up being. [/QUOTE]