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  • BLeonard
    BoB Sabermetrician
    • Jan 2003
    • 4625

    57,000 seats left for final 3 home games



    The Buffalo Bills are offering a package of discounted tickets in a bid to fill a combined 57,000 unsold seats available for their final three home games.

    CEO Russ Brandon announced the offer Tuesday, saying the team is offering a 12.5 percent discount when fans buy tickets for all three games.
    -Bill
  • PTI
    Banned
    • Jan 2011
    • 5316

    #2
    Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

    Trying to discount the ticket packages now and get them sold in case the Bills pull a 2009 Edwards and lose the next 3 road games. They will walk up and buy the Tebow game, but if they crap the bed then the Titans and Phins games will not sell out.

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    • MitchMurrayDowntown
      Skoobasaurus-Rex
      • Oct 2011
      • 22284

      #3
      Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

      When the weather turns, it'll be a tougher ticket to sell.

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      • BuffaloBlitz83
        We play to win the game!
        • Oct 2009
        • 5754

        #4
        Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

        Sad this teams playing the best in years yet can't sell out those game right now. You'd think they'd be sold out already after the Pats win. Well i'm helping, I got tix to go to Titans game!
        Last edited by BuffaloBlitz83; 11-08-2011, 05:12 PM.

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        • WeAreArthurMoates
          Registered User
          • Feb 2009
          • 1642

          #5
          Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

          Originally posted by BuffaloBlitz83
          Sad this teams playing the best in years yet can't sell out those game right now. You'd think they'd be sold out already after the Pats win. Well i'm helping, I got tix to go to Titans game!
          The next two will be sold if were over .500. Your not gonna sell out the last 3 just cause we beat the pats game 3.

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          • BuffaloBlitz83
            We play to win the game!
            • Oct 2009
            • 5754

            #6
            Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

            Originally posted by WeAreArthurMoates
            The next two will be sold if were over .500. Your not gonna sell out the last 3 just cause we beat the pats game 3.
            Why not. This is the most excited the fans have been in a decade?

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            • BillsFever21
              Registered User
              • Aug 2004
              • 9067

              #7
              Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

              It's pretty bad considering the fast start that we had this year and there is still an average of 19,000 tickets left to the last 3 home games.

              After the quick start we have only been an average team going 2-3 and easily could have been 1-4 if the Eagles didn't fumble the game away. The other win was against a Redskins team that couldn't beat anyone the past month.

              Getting totally blown out by the Jets last week doesn't help. Between the past month and this last blowout has shown this team isn't ready for the playoffs yet. I know we will have the apologist saying we're still 5-3 with the Patriots and Jets but do any of you really think we will keep pace with them the rest of the season? We will have to beat out one of them teams to get the last WC spot most likely.

              If we bomb out on this 3 game road trip we won't sell out the last 3 games in bad weather which could easily happen since a 3 game road trip is never easy let alone with playing the Cowboys, Jets and two of them divisional games. Can't count out the Dolphins who are playing better especially when divisional games are usually never a gimmie.

              If we end up 6-5 we should sell out the Titans game. If we end up 5-6 the Titans game isn't even a guarantee. Then after playing them and the Chargers we could easily be a 6-7 or 7-6 at best. There will be a good chance the last two games won't sell out especially if we are 6-7 after that stretch which is very possible.

              This team had a nice run early in the season but is proving to be an average team that can't sustain that pace. 5 out of our first 8 games were at home and only have 3 left the rest of the season with some tough games still in there. We will win about 8 games this year.

              Face it we are still average and many players away from making a big push with the division we are in. The league is catching up with our offense. They are defending the short passing game and going to force Fitzpatrick to stretch the field more to clear up some space and he can't do that on a regular basis. Our defense is still bad and our CB's need totally revamped, our LB corps is still very weak and average at best and we're still not there on the DL either.

              A big time WR wouldn't hurt either. We have a decent group of guys but no superstars. Stevie Johnson is good but he's not elite and would make a great #2 possession WR but he doesn't stretch the field much or make many plays after the catch. His YAC isn't very good at all.

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              • BertSquirtgum
                Registered User
                • May 2009
                • 13379

                #8
                Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

                I'm glad I have xslive. When fitzy starts showing his real colors the games will never sell out.

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                • PromoTheRobot
                  Registered User
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 2311

                  #9
                  Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

                  Originally posted by WeAreArthurMoates
                  The next two will be sold if were over .500. Your not gonna sell out the last 3 just cause we beat the pats game 3.
                  Bills fans...the NFL's best. Stay home when their team is in 1st place because it's too cold and they might lose. Just move them to L.A. now and spare all the "fans" the need actually show up for their team.

                  PTR
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                  • Night Train
                    Retired - On Several Levels
                    • Jul 2005
                    • 33117

                    #10
                    Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

                    Originally posted by PTI
                    They will walk up and buy the Tebow game

                    HAHAHA ! Chistmas Eve ?

                    I'll bet the actual gate count is less than 45,000 for that game.
                    Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit

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                    • better days
                      Registered User
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 22028

                      #11
                      Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

                      Originally posted by PromoTheRobot
                      Bills fans...the NFL's best. Stay home when their team is in 1st place because it's too cold and they might lose. Just move them to L.A. now and spare all the "fans" the need actually show up for their team.

                      PTR
                      Give me a break. The Bills have not made the playoffs in more than a decade & sell out much more than the San Diego Chargers who have had a very good team for the last decade & play in the best weather in the Country.

                      When LA gets a team (if it ever does) after 5 years the stadium will be half empty like San Diego & Miami.

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                      • Michael82
                        Registered User
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 82330

                        #12
                        Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

                        I'm betting that most of those tickets are for the Broncos game on Christmas Eve. The NFL are fools for scheduling a Bills home game on Christmas Eve. A lot of people will be out of town or with their families.

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                        • Johnny Bugmenot
                          Will not tolerate vandalism.
                          • Apr 2006
                          • 4311

                          #13
                          Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

                          Originally posted by Michael82
                          I'm betting that most of those tickets are for the Broncos game on Christmas Eve. The NFL are fools for scheduling a Bills home game on Christmas Eve. A lot of people will be out of town or with their families.
                          Which would theoretically be a boost to WNY, which has a large diaspora and a lot of people would be coming back to the area.

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                          • better days
                            Registered User
                            • Jan 2010
                            • 22028

                            #14
                            Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

                            Originally posted by Johnny Bugmenot
                            Which would theoretically be a boost to WNY, which has a large diaspora and a lot of people would be coming back to the area.
                            It is true many people go back to Buffalo at Christmas time, but I think most want to spend Christmas Eve with their family at home. If the game were 2-3 days before Christmas or after, it would have had a better chance to sell out. There are not enough Bills fans that are atheists to sell out the stadium & many Christians have other plans on Christmas Eve.

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                            • TacklingDummy
                              Unreachable Douche
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 71725

                              #15
                              Re: 57,000 seats left for final 3 home games

                              Originally posted by PromoTheRobot
                              Bills fans...the NFL's best. Stay home when their team is in 1st place because it's too cold and they might lose. Just move them to L.A. now and spare all the "fans" the need actually show up for their team.

                              PTR
                              Most people hate the cold. Most people don't want to spend 4 to 5 hours out in the cold.

                              A new retractable Dome stadium should be considered over remodeling the old one.

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