58,535 Season Tickets Sold

[Night Train]

Not bad. Down about 1500 from last seasons all-time high.

Go Bills.

[swiper]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

What's the stadium currently hold? I remember the old 80,200 or whatever it was when it was Rich Stadium. I thought they lost some seats, IIRC, at one redo of the stadium.

[Goobylal]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

What's the stadium currently hold? I remember the old 80,200 or whatever it was when it was Rich Stadium. I thought they lost some seats, IIRC, at one redo of the stadium.

It now holds 71,870.

[swiper]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

Seating capacity[edit]

• 80,020 (1972–1983)^[30]
• 80,290 (1984–1994)^[31]
• 80,024 (1995–1998)^[32]
• 75,339 (1999–2000)^[33]
• 73,967 (2001–2007)^[34]
• 73,079 (2008–2013)^[35]
• 71,857 (2014)^[36]
• 71,870 (2015)^[27]
• 71,608 (2016–present)^[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Era_Field

[YardRat]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

Good deal. Don't have to cover seats with tarps in Buffalo.

[Mr. Pink]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

Don't have to improve the middling mediocre team of the past 16 years when you sell tickets like that.

[stuckincincy]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

Don't have to improve the middling mediocre team of the past 16 years when you sell tickets like that.

Been hammering that point for years.

[Goobylal]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

Yes because they've intentionally tried not to improve the team.

[OpIv37]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

Don't have to improve the middling mediocre team of the past 16 years when you sell tickets like that.

We got Brandon'd again.

[OpIv37]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

Yes because they've intentionally tried not to improve the team.

Nah, they just take appearance over quality. Under Ralph, they consistently had one of the lowest paid coaching staffs in the league and routinely went into the season well under the salary cap. They'd occasionally pay a dude like Mario Williams or sign a name like TO to get fan interest up without actually spending to improve the team. Under Pegula, paying isn't a problem but they still value attention and the bottom dollar over quality. Exhibit A: Rex Ryan. Decisions are made with marketing and the bottom dollar coming first and winning coming second.

[Generalissimus Gibby]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

That's going to be a lot of disappointed dupes. To be fair if I am wrong, I will gladly eat a quadruple helping of crow.

[Goobylal]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

Nah, they just take appearance over quality. Under Ralph, they consistently had one of the lowest paid coaching staffs in the league and routinely went into the season well under the salary cap. They'd occasionally pay a dude like Mario Williams or sign a name like TO to get fan interest up without actually spending to improve the team. Under Pegula, paying isn't a problem but they still value attention and the bottom dollar over quality. Exhibit A: Rex Ryan. Decisions are made with marketing and the bottom dollar coming first and winning coming second.

What top coach wants to come to Buffalo?

[YardRat]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

What top coach wants to come to Buffalo?

I would tend to think at the time and under the circumstances (new owner with deep pockets, best dline in the league and top 4 defense already in place, only a QB and one or two olinemen away from the playoffs) we could have had our pick of the litter.

[stuckincincy]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

I would tend to think at the time and under the circumstances (new owner with deep pockets, best dline in the league and top 4 defense already in place, only a QB and one or two olinemen away from the playoffs) we could have had our pick of the litter.

Best dline in the league? Top 4 defense?

[Goobylal]

Re: 58,535 Season Tickets Sold

I would tend to think at the time and under the circumstances (new owner with deep pockets, best dline in the league and top 4 defense already in place, only a QB and one or two olinemen away from the playoffs) we could have had our pick of the litter.

You mean last year? Like who?