Can you point out any NFL stadium that is only used for just NFL games?
Even Green Bay has a large concert but one of the challenges for some venues like Lambeau Field is the turf that's used. They use natural grass and it's difficult to do a lot of events on grass. A artificial turf would not pose the same issues.
The stadium report suggests a total of 57 events a year for a dome and 25 events a year for an open air stadium. From the study they list the 57 events as:
2 Bills Preseason games
8 Bills Regular season games
2 Major Concerts - 40k each
3 Minor Concerts - 7,500 each
15 Meetings - 150 each
12 Conventions - Trade Shows - 3,000 each
15 Community Events - 5,000 each
57 events - 825,750 total
Some thoughts:
Interesting they factor in conventions/trade shows.
Trouble for the convention center regardless of if a new one is built.
Darien Lake seats 21k and I am not sure if they would try to takes events from that venue. You would
possibly lose the Rochester attendance but you could pick up So. Ontario and Erie PA.
They don't factor in UB games at all. I
could see
maybe one of the cupcake games being played here. For example, UB just hosted Baylor.
They don't factor in HS games. I could see several weekends where they played 3 games in a row at the stadium, similar to how they do the playoffs in Syracuse. Catholics 1 week. Publics another 2 or 3?