Bills lose Toronto preseason game

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- There's growing optimism that the Buffalo Bills will renew their deal to play games in Toronto beyond this season. And Bills fans shouldn't worry about losing more than one regular-season game a year north of the border.

That was the message delivered by Rogers Communications Media president Keith Pelley in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday.

"We continue to have dialogue, just as we did at the Super Bowl in Indy, and we're optimistic that an agreement could be reached," Pelley said. "We're definitely interested in continuing the relationship with the Bills in Toronto."

Pelley wouldn't provide specifics on the length or terms of a potential extension to the existing five-year deal, but did say that Rogers is not looking to expand the number of regular-season games the Bills play in Toronto.

"No," he said. "At this point, without getting into any details of the conversation, I think that it would be a deal that would that would certainly work for both sides. We're not looking to increase the number of games."

That's a switch from before, when Rogers vice chairman Phil Lind expressed interest in Toronto hosting more than one regular season game.

The Bills-In-Toronto series enters its final year after the team and Rogers negotiated a five-year, $78 million agreement in 2008 to have the Bills play five annual regular-season and three preseason games at Toronto's Rogers Centre.

Though talks are ongoing, it's expected the new deal would be similar to the existing contract.

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[cruzg24]

I think it would be great for the NFL to have a team in Toronto. Its a great big clean city that has a strong sports fanbase. 1 team in Toronto and 1 in LA and that would generate so much more revenue for the league. Damn, Im so smart I should be commissioner...