The Jacobs family, owner of Delaware North Companies, leads a list of local suitors interested in purchasing the Buffalo Bills.

“I am even more optimistic this week than I was last week that we can keep the Bills in Buffalo,” said Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., who serves on the Bills’ new stadium working group. Schumer would not discuss any potential buyers for the Bills. But, he assured, “We have a lot of tools in our tool kit.”

There are heavy penalties for moving the Bills from Ralph Wilson Stadium until 2019.

Several NFL experts with Los Angeles ties say Western New York should not view L.A. as a prime threat to take the team.