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Bass Pro is coming after all...

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Well, like it or not, Bass Pro is going to be the anchor for the redevelopment of the Buffalo waterfront:


It took $25 million in public funds to lure (har-de-har-har) Bass Pro to sign on the dotted line (ouch!) but I guess you have to give to get. I'm sure it will be all over the news on TV tonight and in the papers tomorrow.

My question: what sorts of tax breaks and other behind-the-scenes incentives were dangled in front of Bass Pro to get them to commit?
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💬 4 comments

  1. metalpeter ·

    The funny thing is on the Artvoice poll I voted Bass Pro the biggest pipe dream if I remember correctly. It would be so funny if they won that award and still wound up coming here. What I don't like about the deal is that the way I read it, we lose the AUD. The other buildings we lose no big deal but the AUD should be used for something.

  2. mrmike ·

    The sad part is that the city acts like Bass Pro is the key to big turn around, the magic silver bullet to cure downtown woes. What the leaders seem to forget that in the nieghborhoods that are working like Elmwood or Hertel is that it's lots of little things that work together. Sucks that we seem to give away the store to make the store happen, especially one with a parking garage. My dad has a roughly 40 year old copy of the Buffalo News with the headline "Waterfront ready to take off." The news never did say when exactly....

  3. carolinian ·

    With an every growing number of cities trying to economically rebuild themselves by focusing on retail and tourism, it will only be a matter of time before our entire economy is based on tourists visiting other tourists.

  4. jenks ·

    I know this is oversimplifying, but is buffalo really that stupid that it thinks a fishing store is going to solve all our problems? I must be missing something b/c I don't get it.

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