Buffalo Boy's Blog

Maybe the reason why Buffalo as a city has not grown and even shrank over the years is we are so afraid to move forward. We are always holding on to the past like some sort of lifeboat.

Later this fall officials want to hold a "Farewell to the Aud". Didn't we already do this back when Pat LaFontaine skated in front of the net and scored the last goal (all be it on an empty net and with no other players on the ice) in Memorial Auditorium history.

Well its been 12 years since then and here we are, still saying goodbye. Hello, the building has been vacant, its probably rat infested and has an asbestos problem. So just knock the damn thing down already.

It should have been knocked down years ago, right after HSBC arena opened would have been fine. Ask Toronto where Maple Leaf Gardens is. Demolished.

They moved on. They don't have a building sitting, empty, earning absolutely no tax dollars for the city. Instead Buffalo has to ponder, hmmmm do we open up a Bass Pro store, yeah saw that one worked out well, do we knock it down? Knock the son of a bitch down and move on. If it was knocked down 12 years ago the second they closed the doors Bass Pro would have had no problems building from scratch and there would have been no questions about whether or not to build it there.

Things like that make you look at this city and think that there is no question, Buffalo deserves its economic and at times dilapitated state.