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@SabresFunStats This was the press box from 1937 when it was still under construction

@shollander2 Here’s the Canisius College Football team. 1928 ish. My Grandfather Mike Susty is on the team. Second from the leafy back row.

Twisted goal post at War Memorial Stadium on December 10, 1972 after a #Bills/#Lions 21-21 tie in the last #NFL game played in the stadium. 🏈🦬 ➡️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Buff…

Preseason of 1975, the #Sabres Rookies defeated the Norsemen of the North American Hockey League, 5–3, at the Tonawanda Sports Center. The game was played for the benefit of the #UBuffalo Alumni Association’s Scholarship Fund. ➡️ digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/834…

@SabresFunStats I might. I’ll post it if I find something

@shollander2 Any pictures of the inside of that press box? Always wanted to see inside there

A March 1937 construction photo of what was, at the time, being called the “Best St. Stadium” It eventually became known as #Buffalo’s War Memorial Stadium #RockPike 🏈 🏟️

➡️ Asking a question in downtown #Buffalo, NY in September of 1970: 🏒🦬 “What do you think of the new Buffalo entry in the National Hockey League, the Buffalo #Sabres?”

@HeyRaChaCha Yes

Construction of the Marine Midland Center and raising of the roof at Memorial Auditorium in downtown #Buffalo circa 1971. 📽️🦬 ➡️ digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/834…

1970 AUD PREVIEW - Harold P. Roberts, from the firm of Pfohl, Roberts & Biggie, points to spectator seating in a cutaway model of the proposed expansion of the Memorial Auditorium. #Orange #CheapSeats #Buffalo Mayor Frank Sedita holds the roof.

Went down the rabbit hole of Sabres/Buffalo hockey history and never knew this.....

Yet another proposed civic auditorium for #Buffalo. This one from 1933 was to be erected at the corner of Delaware Ave and West Huron St and was designed by the architectural firm of Bley & Lyman.

June 22, 1933… “The Boasberg-Morganstern Corporation yesterday submitted to the Common Council plans for a combined convention hall and sports arena to be bounded by Ellicott, Oak, Clinton and Eagle streets. Picture shows architects’ sketch of building.”

On January 25, 1931, over 7,000 fans saw the Buffalo Majors defeat the Duluth Hornets, 3-2, in overtime. The teams were part of the American Hockey Association . 🏒🦬 ➡️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_M…

@yekim329 Yes

@shollander2 Is this now the city garage?

When the “Buffalo Forum” project failed, in 1930 the city pivoted and rehabbed the old Buffalo Auditorium. On January 25, 1931, the first modern professional hockey game was played in the city of #Buffalo. 🏒🦬

1938 in the Courier-Express: Tradition or Today? Whether #Buffalo would prefer classical or modern architecture in the proposed new civic convention hall is to be determined. Buffalonians are asked to name their choice and tell their councilmen of it.

If they had built this arena, Buffalo may have had an #NHL team say in 1929-30 - some 40 years earlier than they actually did. 🤷‍♂️

In 1927, #Buffalo planned one of the largest sports arenas in the country - the Buffalo Forum. 🏒🦬 Designed by H.E. Plumer & Associates, the arena was planned to seat 10,500 for hockey and was described as a “duplicate of Madison Square Garden.”

June 1933 - “New Convention Hall Plans Presented to Council Committee” Sketch of convention hall, sports arena and theater designed by F. J. and W. A. Kidd, architects, on property from Court Street to the Erie Canal bed.

Speaking of things that were never built, this is a proposal for #Buffalo in 1935, standing at Michigan Ave., looking towards City Hall. 🦬 ➡️ The cost was $35 million (nearly $1 billion today), a scale that might explain why the project failed.

A play palace for ALL of Buffalo. The Buffalo Forum