Along with the construction of the KeyBank Center skybridge, the NFTA plans to open the second floor of the DL&W Station as an event space in summer 2026. Renovations include a truck elevator, which will allow access to food trucks and other vendors.<\/p>\n
The project\u2019s long-term goals align with the Sabres\u2019 mission to facilitate growth in Downtown Buffalo. The Sabres have made it a goal to increase KeyBank Center programming to 200 events annually, creating traffic for local businesses as a byproduct.<\/p>\n
The DL&W Station \u2013 with nearly 50,000 square feet of second-floor outdoor event space \u2013 shares the mission of bringing people to the area surrounding KeyBank Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis station is far more than a new stop on our system,\u201d said Kimberley Minkel, Executive Director of the NFTA. \u201cIt\u2019s an investment in the future of our region \u2013 expanding access, strengthening economic development, creating new opportunities for residents and businesses alike. And we\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n
The DL&W Station is located on South Park Avenue at the historic site of the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western trainshed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis terminal has been underused for a long time,\u201d said New York State Senator and Mayor-Elect Sean Ryan. \u201cWe looked at it through our imaginations and we kept saying, \u2018A lot of things could happen here.\u2019 \u2026 I\u2019m so happy to have worked with the NFTA to have played the part through New York State to make this funding available and we look forward to the next step.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Along with the construction of the KeyBank Center skybridge, the NFTA plans to open the second floor of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-338795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}