BILLS CLOSE TO GOAL THAT WILL KEEP THE TEAM IN BUFFALO

          The Bills and Business Backs the Bills Committee said
     that the team "passed" the $10M figure in sales of luxury
     boxes and club seats, according to Gene Warner of the
     BUFFALO NEWS.  The team has sold 4,932 outdoor club seats
     and selling the "roughly 1,900 remaining" club seats and six
     remaining luxury boxes "would bring the total" sales to
     $11M.  Reaching the $11M goal by December 1 would "trigger
     the state's release" of $63.25M to renovate Bills Stadium.  
     Business Backs the Bills Committee Chair Erland Kailbourne
     said that the team has to sell 100 seats per day to reach
     the figure, but sources said that the Bills "privately have
     indicated" that they would stay in Buffalo if sales reached
     $10.3M.  As signs of the team's intent to stay, Warner
     writes that "the bidding process is moving along" on the
     renovation project, as construction packages have "been sent
     to potential bidders" (BUFFALO NEWS, 11/11).