Downtown Buffalo has been swarmed with NCAA basketball fans as HSBC Arena hosted 4 first round games yesterday and will host two second round games on Sunday. Buffalo has hosted opening rounds of the NCAA tournament before in 2000, 2004 and 2007. But with neighboring Syracuse in town as a #1 seed, this year is expected to be the biggest ever.
And that's great news for downtown businesses like Pearl Street, Morrissey's and Benchwarmer's. Downtown bars will also benefit from NCAA rules which prohibit alcohol sales at the Arena. Pearl Street alone expected to serve 8,000 people yesterday as basketball games ran from noon until midnight. In total, the CVB expects the tournament to generate $5 million in economic impact for Buffalo.
To help out-of-town fans enjoy their experience in Buffalo,/author/bluedevil-1/2010/03/index.html
And that's great news for downtown businesses like Pearl Street, Morrissey's and Benchwarmer's. Downtown bars will also benefit from NCAA rules which prohibit alcohol sales at the Arena. Pearl Street alone expected to serve 8,000 people yesterday as basketball games ran from noon until midnight. In total, the CVB expects the tournament to generate $5 million in economic impact for Buffalo.
To help out-of-town fans enjoy their experience in Buffalo,/author/bluedevil-1/2010/03/index.html
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I don't see where the negativity is coming from elmdog. this project has been moving at a good clip
Are they planning construction of any physical buildings on the site anytime soon? Or just the canal
To be fair, this is Tim Tielman's vision.
This is going to look like dick. Signed Virginia