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09/03/2026

⚾🏟️ SAHLEN FIELD — BUFFALO’S DOWNTOWN BASEBALL GEM! 🦬❤️💙
If you’ve ever been to downtown Buffalo, you’ve probably seen the distinctive brick-and-arch architecture of Sahlen Field — home of the Buffalo Bisons and one of the ballparks that helped completely change the look of professional baseball in America! ⚾
🏗️ A BALLPARK BUILT FOR THE FUTURE
Construction began in July 1986, and the stadium officially opened on April 14, 1988, originally under the name Pilot Field. The Buffalo Bisons defeated the Denver Zephyrs 1–0 in the first game.
The ballpark cost approximately $42.4 million to construct and was designed by HOK Sport, the architectural firm that would become famous for its work on numerous major-league facilities.
What made Pilot Field so special was that it wasn't designed like the huge, multi-purpose "cookie-cutter" stadiums that dominated the 1960s and 1970s. Instead, it was one of the earliest examples of the retro/classic baseball architecture that became extremely popular during the 1990s. 🏟️
In fact, the stadium was designed with Major League Baseball in mind. Buffalo was pursuing an MLB expansion franchise, and the ballpark was built so that it could potentially be expanded to accommodate a major-league club. That expansion never happened, but the stadium's design helped inspire the wave of new baseball-only parks that followed.
📛 IT'S HAD A LOT OF NAMES!
Over the years, the stadium has been known as:
🔹 Pilot Field
🔹 Downtown Ballpark
🔹 North AmeriCare Park
🔹 Dunn Tire Park
🔹 Coca-Cola Field
🔹 Sahlen Field — its current name
Sahlen Packing Company acquired the naming rights beginning in 2019. 🌭
👥 HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN IT HOLD?
Today, Sahlen Field has a seating capacity of approximately 16,600 fans, making it one of the largest-capacity ballparks in Minor League Baseball.
But it was considerably larger when it opened! The stadium could accommodate nearly 19,500 people in 1988, and after an expansion it reached a whopping 21,050 seats.
And Buffalo fans actually filled it!
The baseball attendance record is 21,050, set in 1990 and matched again in 2002. Even more impressive, the Bisons drew 1,240,951 fans during the 1991 season, one of the greatest attendance seasons in Minor League Baseball history. ⚾🔥
🎶 IT'S MUCH MORE THAN BASEBALL!
Sahlen Field has also been used as a major entertainment and event venue.
Over the years it has hosted:
🎤 Major concerts
🎸 Music festivals
🇺🇸 Special sporting events
🍗 The National Buffalo Wing Festival
🤠 Taste of Country
🎉 Community festivals and other large gatherings
The stadium has hosted performers ranging from The Beach Boys and Willie Nelson to Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Chicago, Foreigner and many others.
One of the biggest events ever held there was the Taste of Country concert in 2015, which attracted approximately 27,000 people — considerably more than the normal baseball seating capacity because the field was utilized for the concert. 🤯🎵
🇨🇦 AND THEN CAME THE BLUE JAYS!
Perhaps the most unusual chapter in Sahlen Field's history came during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Because the Toronto Blue Jays were unable to play their home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, they temporarily moved their home games to Buffalo.
That meant a Minor League ballpark suddenly became a Major League Baseball stadium! ⚾🇨🇦
Sahlen Field hosted 49 Toronto Blue Jays home games during those two seasons — an extraordinary distinction for a facility originally built as a minor-league stadium.
🔦 The temporary MLB arrangement also resulted in significant improvements, including upgraded lighting, renovated clubhouse facilities, new batting cages and practice mounds, rebuilt bullpens and improvements to the playing surface.
📍 TODAY
Sahlen Field remains the downtown home of the Buffalo Bisons, the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.
With its downtown location, classic architecture, natural-grass field and history of hosting everything from minor-league baseball to Major League Baseball, concerts and huge festivals, Sahlen Field has become much more than just a ballpark.
It's an important part of Buffalo's modern sports and entertainment history. 🦬⚾🏟️
And perhaps the coolest part?
A stadium that was originally built in 1988 with the dream of someday hosting Major League Baseball actually got its chance 32 years later! 🙌⚾

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09/02/2026

⚓🇺🇸 BUFFALO NAVAL PARK — A FLEET OF HISTORY ON THE BUFFALO WATERFRONT! 🇺🇸⚓
If you've ever walked along Buffalo's Canalside waterfront, you've probably noticed the enormous warships sitting right in the harbor. But the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park is much more than a collection of old ships — it's a living museum preserving some incredible pieces of American military history. 🇺🇸⚓
🏗️ WHEN WAS IT BUILT?
The story began in 1976, when Buffalo officials worked with the U.S. Navy to obtain decommissioned naval vessels for a new waterfront park. In 1977, the Navy donated the USS Little Rock and USS The Sullivans to Buffalo.
The park officially opened to the public on July 4, 1979. 🇺🇸
The USS Croaker, a World War II-era Gato-class submarine, was added in 1988, followed by the Vietnam-era PTF-17 patrol boat. The park later moved to its current Canalside location and underwent a major expansion in 2008.
Today, the Naval Park is recognized as the largest inland naval park in the United States.
🚢 WHAT CAN YOU SEE?
The fleet includes:
⚓ USS Little Rock — a Cleveland-class light cruiser and the last surviving ship of its class.
⚓ USS The Sullivans — a Fletcher-class destroyer named for the five Sullivan brothers who died aboard USS Juneau during World War II.
⚓ USS Croaker — a Gato-class submarine that conducted six war patrols during WWII and sank 11 Japanese vessels.
⚓ PTF-17 — a Vietnam-era Nasty-class fast patrol boat.
There are also military aircraft, vehicles, artillery, monuments, a museum and the park's Veterans/Monuments Garden.
🎟️ HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
As of 2026, self-guided admission is:
👨 Adults: $23
👦 Youth ages 5–12: $18
👴 Seniors 65+: $18
🎖️ Veterans: $16
👶 Children 4 & under: FREE
Active-duty military, Gold Star and Blue Star families receive free admission, as do members.
The park is generally open 10 AM–5 PM, with the last ship admission at 4 PM during the May–September season.
🔧 BUT THERE IS A MAJOR PRESERVATION PROJECT UNDERWAY...
The biggest story at the Naval Park right now is the effort to save USS The Sullivans and USS Croaker.
Both historic vessels have suffered serious deterioration after decades in the water. The long-term solution is dry-docking the ships and performing major hull repairs.
The estimated cost of repairing both vessels is approximately $21 million.
And 2026 brought an unexpected complication.
🚨 In March, crews discovered a pinhole leak involving a fuel tank aboard USS Croaker, while USS The Sullivans was experiencing water intrusion. A massive multi-agency operation involving the New York State DEC, U.S. Coast Guard, City of Buffalo and Naval Park removed more than 225,000 gallons of diesel fuel and oily water from the two ships.
The good news? 👍
The emergency stabilization work was successfully completed, with officials reporting no impact to wildlife from the petroleum releases.
🚢 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
The Naval Park's "Operation Preservation" calls for additional preparation, including dredging beneath the vessels, temporarily moving USS Little Rock and eventually towing The Sullivans and Croaker down Lake Erie to Donjon Shipbuilders in Erie, Pennsylvania for major dry-dock repairs.
The project has been delayed from the original 2025 schedule, making the preservation effort even more urgent.
The goal isn't simply to patch the ships again — it's to perform the extensive work necessary to keep these vessels preserved for future generations of visitors, veterans and historians. ⚓🇺🇸
🌊 THE FUTURE OF BUFFALO NAVAL PARK
The future is essentially about preservation, expansion and education.
Buffalo has invested heavily in transforming its waterfront, and the Naval Park has become an important part of the Canalside experience. The park's long-term plans include improved visitor amenities, exhibits, monuments, lighting, signage and additional space while continuing the enormous task of maintaining its historic fleet.
So the next time you're walking along Buffalo's waterfront, take a few minutes to look up at those ships. 🚢
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09/01/2026

My Sister Tami and her hubby Joe put on an annual Hoedown at the Happy Ass Ranch, this is the 2026 version! The stars of course are their two donkeys, Casper & Willllllllburrrrrr! (pronounced in the Mr Ed voice) Overnight camping, fishing the in pond, a live band, hiking in the woods, and great food are just some of the fun that can be had. But the best part is all the great people who attend!!! This was the 9th annual, so next year will mark a decade of Hoedowning!!!

08/31/2026

🎨🏛️ THE BUFFALO AKG ART MUSEUM — WHERE BUFFALO’S ART HISTORY MEETS THE FUTURE! 🦬✨
If you’re visiting Buffalo’s beautiful Delaware Park area, one place that absolutely deserves a stop is the Buffalo AKG Art Museum on Elmwood Avenue. Formerly known as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, this institution has been part of Buffalo’s cultural landscape for more than 160 years!
📜 A HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1862
The museum was founded in December 1862 as the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, with former President Millard Fillmore among its incorporators. That makes the Buffalo AKG the sixth-oldest public art institution in the United States.
The museum eventually became known as the Albright Art Gallery and later the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, reflecting the major contributions of Buffalo industrialists John J. Albright and Seymour H. Knox Jr.
The institution became especially famous for its commitment to modern and contemporary art, often purchasing works directly from living artists. Over the decades, that strategy helped create an extraordinary collection featuring artists such as Jackson Po***ck, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, Vincent van Gogh and many others.
🏗️ A HUGE TRANSFORMATION
The museum underwent the largest expansion and redevelopment in its history, reopening as the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in May 2023.
The project represented a $230 million capital campaign, creating a dramatically expanded campus with new galleries, public spaces and contemporary architecture while preserving the historic buildings.
One of the most eye-catching additions is Common Sky, a spectacular glass-and-mirror canopy created by Studio Other Spaces, the design team of Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann.
It isn't simply a roof — it's essentially a giant piece of art that changes the way visitors experience the museum and its outdoor Town Square. 🤯
🖼️ SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS
The AKG isn't a museum where you see the same thing every time you visit. Temporary exhibitions continually bring new artists and ideas to Buffalo.
One of the major 2026 exhibitions was “Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way,” running through September 6, 2026. The exhibition focuses on contemporary Latinx artists and the ways they reinterpret and expand traditions of painting.
Another major 2026 exhibition is “Ali Banisadr: Temple of the Mind,” on view through November 8, 2026. It is particularly interesting because Banisadr's work isn't confined to a single gallery — it extends into the museum's permanent collection galleries.
And beginning August 21, 2026, the museum is presenting “Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself,” surveying approximately 50 years of the artist's expressive abstract work. It continues into 2027.
The AKG has also hosted blockbuster exhibitions such as Yayoi Kusama's “One with Eternity,” featuring her famous immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms. That exhibition became one of the museum's most talked-about recent attractions.
🏛️ AND JUST A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY… ANOTHER BUFFALO TREASURE!
If you're already at the AKG, don't overlook the nearby Buffalo History Museum, located at 1 Museum Court along Delaware Park.
The building itself is historic. It was constructed as the New York State Building for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition and is the exposition's only planned permanent structure. The museum occupies an incredible location overlooking the park and Japanese Garden.
Inside, the Buffalo History Museum tells the story of Buffalo and Erie County through artifacts, photographs, documents and exhibitions.
Some of the current highlights include:
📚 Continuum: A History of Erie County — a journey through the region's history stretching back thousands of years.
🏈 Icons: The Makers and Moments of Buffalo Sports — celebrating the history of Buffalo's professional sports teams.
🌈 Return to the Rainbow City: Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition — especially appropriate considering the museum's own connection to the 1901 exposition.
🪶 The Native American Gallery — exploring the history of the region's first inhabitants.
🛠️ The John R. Oishei Pioneer Gallery — looking at pioneer life in Western New York.
And the museum is currently presenting GLAMerica 250 – History Never Goes Out of Style, an exhibition examining clothing and personal style as expressions of identity and experience.
🌳 TWO MUSEUMS — TWO VERY DIFFERENT STORIES
What makes this area so fascinating is that within a relatively short distance you can experience Buffalo's artistic history AND Buffalo's physical history.
The Buffalo AKG shows how artists have interpreted and challenged the modern world.
The Buffalo History Museum shows how Buffalo itself developed — from Indigenous history and the Erie Canal to immigration, industry, transportation, sports and the city's spectacular 1901 Pan-American Exposition.
Put the two together with a walk through Delaware Park and the Japanese Garden, and you've got one heck of a cultural afternoon in Buffalo! 🌳🎨🏛️
📍 Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY
📍 Buffalo History Museum
1 Museum Court, Buffalo, NY
Two museums. More than a century and a half of history. And a great reminder that Buffalo isn't just a city with a past — it's a city that continues to reinvent itself. ❤️🦬

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08/30/2026

🚂 A PIECE OF PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD HISTORY STILL STANDING JUST EAST OF BUFFALO! 🚂
If you've ever driven around the railroad corridors just east of Buffalo, you may have come across a rather unusual piece of railroad history — the former Pennsylvania Railroad Shops & Roundhouse in West Seneca, NY, located along Indian Church Road.
🏭 Built in 1918, this massive brick roundhouse was constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad during the golden age of steam railroading. Its primary job was to service and maintain the huge steam locomotives that powered the PRR's passenger and freight trains throughout Western New York.
The roundhouse was part of a much larger railroad complex that included the Seneca/Ebenezer Yard, a turntable and other facilities needed to keep locomotives operating around the clock. Imagine this place nearly a century ago — steam locomotives arriving for inspection, maintenance crews working around the clock, smoke and steam filling the air, and locomotives being rotated on the turntable to enter one of the roundhouse stalls. 🔥🚂
The Pennsylvania Railroad remained involved with the facility until the 1968 merger with the New York Central, which created Penn Central. The railroad property eventually changed hands, but remarkably, the roundhouse itself survived.
🔧 AND IT'S NOT JUST A RELIC!
In 1981, Ebenezer Railcar Services purchased the property, and the former Pennsylvania Railroad facility found a new purpose. The roundhouse continues to be used for railroad-related work, including the building and refurbishment of railcars.
That makes this building particularly significant — it isn't simply an abandoned railroad structure sitting vacant. It is one of the few surviving operational railroad roundhouses in North America.
🏗️ WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
For now, the future of this historic structure is tied to its continued industrial use by Ebenezer Railcar Services. Rather than being converted into a museum or demolished for redevelopment, the building has continued serving the railroad industry more than 100 years after it was constructed.
And honestly, that's a pretty remarkable story.
There aren't many places left where you can stand beside a functioning railroad facility and say, "This was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1918."
The roundhouse is a surviving reminder of Buffalo's enormous importance to American railroading — and a rare example of railroad infrastructure that has managed to survive by continuing to serve the same industry for which it was originally built. 🚂🇺🇸
📍 West Seneca, New York — just east/southeast of Buffalo

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08/28/2026

🚢 LOCKPORT, NEW YORK — WHERE AMERICA BUILT ITS “STAIRWAY” TO THE GREAT LAKES! 🏗️🇺🇸
If you’ve ever wondered why this city is called Lockport, the answer is right in the heart of downtown — the incredible Erie Canal locks that allowed boats to climb over the Niagara Escarpment!
When the original Erie Canal was being built in the 1820s, engineers faced a huge obstacle at Lockport: a dramatic change in elevation caused by the escarpment. Their solution was nothing short of amazing for its time — a “Flight of Five” locks that worked like a giant staircase. 🛶⬆️⬇️
The original Lockport system actually consisted of two parallel flights of five locks — one carrying boats in each direction. The locks were built into the rock of the escarpment, allowing canal boats to rise and descend roughly 50 feet.
The famous surviving Flight of Five — Locks 67, 68, 69, 70 and 71 — dates to the Enlarged Erie Canal era, with the five locks completed in 1842. They became one of the great engineering attractions of the 19th century.
And then came the BIG upgrade! ⚙️
By the early 1900s, the original Erie Canal was simply too small for the larger, heavier barges that were becoming necessary for modern commerce. New York undertook a massive reconstruction of the canal system, creating the New York State Barge Canal.
At Lockport, the southern flight of five was replaced by two enormous mechanized locks — Locks 34 and 35 — completed as part of the 1909–1918 canal modernization.
These new locks were dramatically larger — approximately 310 feet long and 45 feet wide, with a combined lift of about 49 feet. They were electrically operated and designed to handle much larger vessels while allowing two-way traffic through the system.
One of the coolest things about Lockport is that the old and new systems are still sitting next to each other! 👀
The historic Flight of Five was eventually taken out of active navigation and portions were converted into a spillway, while Locks 34 and 35 became the working locks for the modern Erie Canal. And those modern locks are still in active service today.
Even better, several of the historic Flight of Five locks have been rehabilitated. Locks 69 and 70 were restored in 2014, and Lock 68 was rehabilitated in 2019, bringing back the massive wooden gates and manually operated balance beams that give visitors a glimpse of what canal travel looked like in the 1800s.
So when you stand in Lockport today, you’re looking at more than just a canal. You're looking at nearly 200 years of American transportation and engineering history — from hand-operated wooden locks to electrically powered Barge Canal locks.
📍 Lockport, NY
🚢 Original system: Flight of Five
🏗️ Historic locks: 67–71
⚙️ Modern operating locks: 34 & 35
📅 Flight of Five completed: 1842
📅 Barge Canal modernization: 1909–1918
This is truly one of the most fascinating places along the entire Erie Canal — and a perfect example of how American engineering evolved to keep commerce moving westward toward the Great Lakes. 🇺🇸🚢

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08/28/2026

✈️🎈 THE GIANT GOODYEAR BLIMP HANGER AT AKRON-FULTON — A PIECE OF AKRON AVIATION HISTORY! 🎈✈️
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If you've ever driven past Akron-Fulton International Airport and wondered what that enormous, unusual-looking building is, you're looking at one of Akron's greatest aviation landmarks — the historic Goodyear Airdock!
🏗️ Built in 1929, the Airdock was created by Goodyear-Zeppelin to construct, store and service giant rigid airships. At the time it was completed, it was considered the largest building in the world without interior support columns!
And the numbers are incredible:
📏 1,175 feet long
📐 325 feet wide
⬆️ 211 feet high
🏟️ About 364,000 square feet of unobstructed floor space!
The building was so enormous that it could accommodate some of the largest airships ever constructed. Among them were the famous USS Akron and USS Macon, giant U.S. Navy airships built in Akron during the early 1930s. The USS Akron was approximately 785 feet long and was designed as a flying aircraft carrier capable of carrying small airplanes!
🎈 THE GOODYEAR CONNECTION
Akron became a national center for lighter-than-air aviation because of Goodyear's development of airships. Goodyear's first branded blimp, Pilgrim, took its historic flight in 1925.
The Airdock was specifically built because the company's airships had become too large for existing facilities. For decades, this giant structure was at the heart of Akron's airship and aerospace industry.
The last blimp constructed inside the Airdock was the U.S. Navy's ZPG-3W, completed in 1960. After the airship era ended, the building continued to have other uses, including Goodyear's photographic operations and even large public events.
🔄 SO WHO USES IT TODAY?
Goodyear eventually sold its aerospace operations and the Airdock. The property went to Loral Corporation in 1987, and when Lockheed Martin acquired Loral's non-satellite operations, the Airdock became part of that aerospace operation.
Today, Lockheed Martin is the sole user of the Airdock, although ownership of the Airdock itself was transferred to the Summit County Development Authority in 2006. Lockheed Martin uses the facility as part of its Akron aerospace operation for research, design, development, manufacturing and integration of advanced technology systems.
🚫 And no, you can't simply walk inside. The Airdock remains an active aerospace facility and isn't open for regular public tours.
One interesting twist is that while this giant hangar is the original Goodyear airship facility at Akron-Fulton, today's Goodyear blimps are based at the company's Wingfoot Lake Airship Hangar in Suffield, which has been operating since 1917 and is the oldest airship hangar in the United States.
So the next time you see that enormous silver-colored structure near Akron-Fulton, remember what you're looking at — a 1929 engineering marvel that helped make Akron one of the world's most important centers for airship development. 🇺🇸✈️🎈

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08/27/2026

🏗️🌆 A BRAND-NEW IMMERSIVE ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE IS COMING TO DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND! 🌆🏗️
If you've been around Rocket Arena, you've probably noticed the major development taking shape directly across the street. COSM Cleveland is coming to the corner of East 4th Street, Prospect Avenue and Huron Road as part of Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock Rock Block development. COSM is expected to open in 2027. Gilbert is an investor in COSM, while the venue itself is being developed by COSM in partnership with Bedrock and Rock Entertainment Group.
🤯 SO WHAT EXACTLY IS COSM?
This isn't simply another sports bar with a giant TV. COSM uses what it calls “Shared Reality” — an enormous curved LED environment that surrounds the audience and makes you feel like you're actually inside the event.
🎥 THE STAR OF THE SHOW:
The Cleveland venue will feature an 87-foot-diameter, 12K-resolution LED dome with a complementary wall-to-wall LED display. The dome creates an approximately 180-degree immersive viewing experience, putting fans dramatically closer to the action than a conventional screen.
🏟️ HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL IT HOLD?
COSM venues typically accommodate up to about 1,500 reserved seats plus roughly 500 general-admission/standing-room guests — around 2,000 people total, depending on the event configuration. Cleveland's building is expected to be larger than the existing venues in Los Angeles and Dallas, although the exact final seating configuration can vary by event.
🏈🏀⚾🥊 WHAT WILL YOU BE ABLE TO WATCH?
This is where COSM could become a major Cleveland attraction. Programming is expected to include:
• NFL football 🏈
• NBA basketball 🏀
• MLB baseball ⚾
• NHL hockey 🏒
• UFC 🥊
• WWE
• NCAA football & basketball
• Premier League and international soccer ⚽
• Tennis 🎾
• Golf ⛳
• Experiential movies 🎬
• Immersive art and cultural experiences
• Special entertainment and performances
The idea is to give you the feeling of having the best seat in the house — even when the actual event is hundreds or thousands of miles away.
💰 AND WHAT WILL IT COST?
There won't be one universal ticket price. COSM says pricing depends on the event and seating section.
Looking at current COSM venues gives us a pretty good idea of the pricing structure. For example, one recent major sporting event listed:
🔹 General Admission: about $11
🔹 Hall seating: about $33
🔹 Dome seating: about $35 and up
For particularly high-demand events, premium Dome seating can run considerably higher — even into the hundreds of dollars.
🍔🍺 And this isn't just about watching a screen. COSM combines the immersive viewing areas with food, beverages, multiple bars and at-seat service, creating something between a sports arena, upscale sports bar, movie theater and immersive entertainment attraction.
📍 LOCATION: Directly across from Rocket Arena in downtown Cleveland's Gateway District.
With Rocket Arena on one side and COSM on the other, this part of downtown could become one of the busiest sports-and-entertainment destinations in Cleveland. And with COSM expected to open in 2027, we're going to see a pretty incredible transformation of this area over the next year.
👀 Cleveland is definitely getting a VERY different kind of sports-viewing experience!

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