In dealing with the ultimate fate of the Aud, Buffalo can learn a few valuable lessons from the folks over in Detroit, who are planning a mammoth sale of artifacts, fixtures and memorabilia to collectors and scavengers before the building meets its final demise.

When fixtures from the old Busch Stadium in St. Louis were put up for sale in 2005, that project offered more than 27,000 items, which included seats, flagpoles, batting cages, hot dog stands, barroom fixtures and furniture from the luxury suites.

Now think about Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium. Do you think for a moment that the sale of seats, concession canopies, ad panels from the corridors, dasher boards, not to mention the main scoreboard, would not fetch a lot of interest and raise a good deal of funds? My bet is that the interest locally would be huge.

Here is the article from the Detroit Free Press.

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