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The Rockpile (War Memorial Stadium)
"Baseball is played in a park. Football is played in a stadium. War Memorial Stadium." - George Carlin. Buffalo's iconic venue opened in opened in 1937 as??Roesch Memorial Stadium, the venue was later known as??Grover Cleveland Stadium??and??Civic Stadium.??Too most in Western New York, though,... -
Buffalo Football Bisons
The original Bills football team was established in 1946 as the Bisons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). In 1947, after a name-the-team contest, the new name was selected. In 1949, the NFL absorbed several AAFC teams but, oddly, the Bills were not one... -
Buffalo Football AAFC
The original Bills football team was established in 1946 in Buffalo as the Bisons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). In 1947, after a name-the-team contest, the new name was selected. In 1949, the NFL absorbed several AAFC teams but, oddly, the Bills were... -
Retro Buffalo Football
The original Bills football team was established in 1946 in Buffalo as the Bisons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). In 1947, after a name-the-team contest, the new name was selected. In 1949, the NFL absorbed several AAFC teams but, oddly, the Bills were... -
I Survived the Blizzard of '78 New York State
Did you survive the Blizzard of '78? Known throughout the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region as the Great Blizzard of 1978 and the White Hurricane, the storm blasted the area from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. The cities of Milwaukee,... -
All-America Football Conference
The All-America Football Conference, or AAFC, was founded in 1945 by Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward in 1944 to challenge the established National Football League. Ward's new circuit debuted in 1946 with eight teams and played for three seasons before the NFL absorbed... -
Buffalo Blazers Soccer
The Buffalo Blazers competed in the National Soccer League, a Canadian-based circuit, from 1976 through 78 and again in 1980. They originally had hoped to join the North American Soccer League, but the Rochester Lancers already held the rights to Western New York. The... -
Buffalo Blues - Federal League
The Buffalo Blues played in the short-lived Federal League in 1914 and 1915. Despite many attempts, including the formation of another rebel baseball circuit, the Continental League in the late 1950s, big league baseball has never returned to Buffalo. In 2020, Toronto's baseball team... -
Buffalo Central Terminal
The Buffalo Central Terminal was Western New York's main train station from the time it opened in 1923 until 1979. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The building is currently being redeveloped. *A portion of proceeds benefits the??Central... -
Como Mall
Como Mall opened in the Buffalo suburb of??Cheektowaga in 1973. IN 1984 it became Appletree Mall. After exiting bankruptcy it was redeveloped as Appletree Business Park. -
Two Guys Stores
Two Guys from Harrison, better known as the Two Guys department store chain, was founded in New Jersey, was founded in the late 1940s, somewhat by accident. Brothers??Herbert and Sidney Hubschman, who had operated a snack bar at the headquarters of RCA, obtained several... -
Buffalo Destroyers
The Buffalo Destroyers played in the Arena Football League beginning in 1999. In 2004, the team relocated to Columbus and played four seasons there before folding. -
Buffalo Braves
The Buffalo Braves joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1970 as an expansion team. A dispute over the availability of dates at Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium caused the team to start looking for a new home outside of Western New York. At first a... -
Buffalo Stallions
The Buffalo Stallions joined the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for that circuit's second season. They played 5 seasons in the MISL, and at the height of their popularity, drew close to 10,000 fans a game. They folded in 1984. -
MISL Logo
The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) debuted in 1978 with six teams. Playing on a astroturf-covered hockey rinks, the league quickly grew in popularity through the 1980s. Interest began to wane toward the end of the decade. Teams included the very popular St. Louis... -
Vintage Buffalo Hockey
The Bisons were Buffalo's American Hockey League (AHL) team from 1940 to 1970 and the formation of the city's major league club. The new squad placed it's farm team in Cincinnati. -
WBUF-TV Channel 17
WBUF-TV hit the airwaves on August 17, 1953. Using the then new UHF ban, the station was an affiliate for all for major networks of the day: ABC, NBC, CBS, and DuMont. Unfortunately, most TV sets sold during that time did not have the... -
Fantasy Island Amusement Park
Fantasy Island amusement parked opened in 1961 on Grand Island. It originally sat on 12 acres and was divided into five themed areas:??Action Town, Animal Kingdom, Garden of Fables, Indian Village, and Western Town. It grew to 85 acres. A waterpark was added in... -
Gold Circle
Founded in 1967 in Columbus, Gold Circle??was a discount department store chain??that grew to 76 locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Western New York State. The chain was dissolved in 1988. -
Hot Sam Pretzels Color Logo
Hot Sam Pretzels was a fast food??franchise that first opened in Detroit's Livonia Mall in 1966. With franchised locations also found mostly in shopping malls, it was bought by Mrs. Fields, off of cookies, in 1995 and merged with Pretzel Time. Hot Sam is...
