Paul L. Snyder, Sr. is a Buffalo, New York businessman and former owner of the Buffalo Braves basketball team. Snyder was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and first attended Alfred University before transferting to the University at Buffalo. He was on the football and wrestling teams in college. He founded the Freezer Queen frozen food company in Buffalo in 1958 and founded the Darien Lake theme park after purchasing 500 acres of land in Genesee County, New York in 1964. He also briefly operated a Industrial Park located on the southeastern grounds of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in the late 1980s. He was the second owner of the Buffalo Braves, which was an expansion team in the 1970-1971 NBA season. He sold the team in 1977, unable to compete with the much more successful Buffalo Sabres, who also debuted in the National Hockey League in 1970. The franchise later moved to San Diego, then to Los Angeles, where it plays as the Los Angeles Clippers.