Buffalo is needed for a variety of reasons. The American airport, the waterways, the train lines, access to the midwest, the book in western ny is huge and there is a lot of cross border bookies in Fort Erie, Welland, Niagara Falls, and St. Catharines that rely on the Bills and the Sabres for their customer/fan base, the book there has always been a joint effort and always will be. In the 90s there was 10 guys, including Carmen Barillaro* that got busted running boats with drugs on them across the Niagara River and that was under Todaro and Falzones watch, big money.