2019 was 50 years for the Buffalo Sabres. To commemorate the 50th a series of poster was designed to represent each game along with each games decade theme. The game I choose was to commemorate The Aud, the arena that the Buffalo Sabres played in until 1996. The Arena that sat vacant for 13 years. The arena that has so much history, celebration, energy and life after death. This arena a never had a personal relationship with but in my immense research on The Aug I was taken back with the chairs. The chairs is all most people talk about. When a patron reminisces about The Aud (Memorial Auditorium) its closely followed by what color chairs they had their seasons in.
The seats were rescued from demolition and now live in infamousy all over Buffalo, NY. This particular chair lives in the now KeyBank Center where the Sabres play their home games. After a photo session with this chair and myself I dug through historical photos to find the perfect reference for the Jumbotron. I wanted the floor to tell the story of all the years and memories its seen. From the old newspaper clipping to the Slice soda can, the cracks and rusty old bolts in the chair. The lights from the Jumbotron and roof shine down on the chair that brought so many memories to so many people.