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Anyone have a home theater? I started building my home theater back when Covid first hit. I cleaned out my attic as a pandemic project and set up a home theater with equipment I had laying around. I’ve upgraded everything since then and I actually just upgraded my subwoofer for a 2nd time (selling the old one if anyone’s interested! 😁). I kind of went overboard this time. Went with an 18” pro grade subwoofer (B&C tour grade driver - same one used in large concert venues and by professional bands) with a 2000wt amp. It plays down to about 8-10hz in room. It’s pretty crazy. Next up are new front L + R tower speakers. This was the box the new subwoofer shipped in. It wasn’t fun getting it to my 2nd floor…

Me too. I thought it was one of the worst trades in recent history. Don Granato really saved that ROR trade by moving Thompson to center. Not only is Thompson’s game better suited to center, it also gave him a huge boost of confidence (as Tage told us). Now they just need to get the other piece of that trade signed - Ryan Johnson. Its looking more and more like he’s going to go back for his senior season though. The Sabres would still have a short window to sign him after next season before he turns UFA, but if he goes back I won’t be feeling very good about their chances. Johnson might be looking at the Sabres left defense and thinking he will have a better opportunity elsewhere (especially since the current GM didn’t draft him). Hope I’m wrong! No, I didn’t. what is it, an Rj’s last call t-shirt? Do you have a link to a pic?

Another good win! 3 of their last 4! Im actually bummed that there’s only 4 games left. I don’t want the season to end. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve felt that way. That’s how I know they’re playing good hockey 😂 Ive even been watching some of the coach and player interviews again (I used to watch them all).

I was at the Bandits championship game at the Aud in 1993 when they won it at home (their 2nd championship in a row). I remember when Kilgour scored the game winning goal for Buffalo. The Aud went absolutely crazy! The whole building was shaking. I remember the whole ride home we were cheering and yelling and beeping our horn and anyone we saw 😂 I was also there when the Buffalo Stampede (roller hockey) won the championship in their first (and only) season. I was there for the Bandits 1996 championship win too.

Don’t celebrate yet. Unfortunately, the problem now is the friggin LA kings. They are kind of imploding and Drew Doughty just recently went out for the rest of the season (surgery). They’re 4-5-1 in their last 10 and Vegas is only 3 points behind them with 1 game in hand. If Vegas passes them they take over 3rd in the division, so the wildcard won’t even matter and they’ll face an easier opponent in the 1st round. Instead of Colorado they’d face Edmonton.

Are you sure? I can’t find anything showing that they already charge PSL’s, and every article I’ve read states it’s a new thing. https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/nfl/future-of-the-bills/what-are-psls-personal-seat-license-and-what-does-that-mean-to-bills-fans-nfl-buffalo/71-aef57364-757f-4153-af79-2838d5112b7c Seating licenses are supposed to be a one time up front fee that you pay before you can purchase season tickets and then you “own” the license as long as you keep buying season tickets each year. You can also resell the license. Here is the company that sells/handles PSA’s for most pro teams: https://www.pslsource.com/buy_nfl_psl i don’t see any option to buy/sell Buffalo Bills PSL’s. Here are the other sites where you can buy/sell PSL’s: https://www.strmarketplace.com http://www.seatdibs.com/Buy-A-PSL-Seat-License.html The Bills aren’t listed on any of them. Here is a list of all teams with PSL fees: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_seat_license#National_Football_League

Meh, whatever. I never thought he was coming back to Buffalo. I think there are other veteran corners available who are a better fit anyway.

From the headline of the article I thought this guy actually studied the details of the deal but clearly he hasn’t if he doesn’t even know that the state is no longer responsible for maintenance costs. Or game day operating costs (like they were before). It looks like it’s just a lazily written article that just rehashes all the same old generic arguments against taxpayer funded stadiums without actually looking at any of the details of this particular deal. https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/poloncarz-erie-county-no-longer-in-the-football-business

I think you misunderstood me. I know PSLs pay back the Pegulas portion of the money. That’s my whole issue with it. I was saying that taxpayers are already contributing $850 million. They should not have to contribute another $50+ million in PSL fees to help pay for the Pegulas small portion of the stadium funding (well, small relative to the overall cost). Taxpayers are already footing enough of the cost. And they’ll foot even more of it with the increased prices they pay for everything at the new stadium (tickets, parking, concessions, etc).

I totally get that they could move the team and make a LOT more money in a bigger market, and I definitely appreciate that they kept the team here. and I like the Pegulas as owners. They’ve done a lot for Buffalo and spent a lot of their own money on the Bills/Sabres in order to try and win + make Buffalo more of a destination. I still think we are lucky to have them. Even the Sabres! 😂 Again, I just don’t like PSL’s. For any team. I’ve thought they were somewhat of a scam ever since they were introduced. Now, if they were optional as a way to get more perks, that would be different. But as they work now, I think they are kind of preying on passionate sports fans. They know they have a monopoly and they take advantage of that. I think it’s kind of BS that NY is going to own the stadium, being built mostly with taxpayer dollars, yet NY residents can’t buy the same season tickets they used to without paying this large fee directly to the Pegulas (who don’t even own the stadium). I guess I just feel that fans kind of already paid for the right to buy tickets to the stadium they are mostly funding. And I also feel like you’re already paying for the right to that seat when you buy season tickets. anyway… I don’t want it to sound like I’m not happy about this new stadium, because I am. I’m very happy the Bills will be in Buffalo probably for the rest of my life now (or most of it).

And you can shop at both for free online. The point was that there are no other options for season ticket holders. Either pay whatever the Pegulas decide t9 charge for PSL’s or you can’t buy season tickets at all.

Right. That was my point in the last post. It’s already going to cost more for tickets, parking, concessions, etc. to help fund the new stadium. And they’re already getting $850M from NYS and $200M from the NFL. I just feel the PSL’s are unnecessary. Im not mad about the new stadium or the taxpayer funds being used. Check all my posts in this thread. I’m thrilled the deal got done and the Bills are staying. I fully understood it would take NYS paying a large portion for it to happen. Especially with Buffalo being such a small market. We’re lucky to even have an NFL team. I’ve done nothing but defend the new stadium deal. I just don’t like the PSL’s. I think it’s a crappy thing to do to your most loyal fans. They’re already getting more public money than any previous NFL stadium. It just seems greedy to me.

They still get their money from tickets, concessions, parking, etc. which are all already at a premium and will all likely be even higher at the new stadium. Plus the money they get from all sort of other revenue streams (profit sharing, TV, ads, naming rights, team merchandise, etc). I guess I see it more like the Gap charging you a large one time non-refundable fee just to be able to shop in their store, where everything is more expensive, and if you don’t keep shopping there you lose your right to shop there and have to pay the fee all over again. If you don’t continue to buy season tickets year after year you either have to sell your PSL or it’s forfeited back to the team.

Personally, this pisses me off a lot more than the tax money being used (which I’m ok with since we get to keep the Bills) https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/bills-to-sell-personal-seat-licenses-to-help-pay-for-private-portion-of-new-stadium/article_c16caec0-1be5-11ec-967c-1fdcafe359cf.html They are getting $850 million from NY state, $200 million from the NFL (that they don’t have to pay back as far as I understand) and yet they still plan to pay much of their share by charging their most loyal, die hard fans (season ticket holders) a minimum of $1000+ each (and likely much more depending on the seats) for the “privilege” to spend even more money to buy your season tickets. I know every new stadium uses PSL’s and you do get some perks with them, but I still think it’s BS. I think this sums it up ⬇️

Very well said. It sure seems that once a city loses a team they become more desperate to win a new team back. Im sure glad we get to keep our team! Like you said, we’d never get another one. Maybe if we were lucky Toronto would get a team but it certainly wouldn’t be the same. I’m so glad Hochul knows the importance of the Bills to Buffalo and was brave enough to do what it took to keep them (especially with an election quickly approaching), even though I’m sure she knew she’d face backlash.

Big overtime win for the Amerks tonight! They pretty much had to win that game to stay in playoff position.

Yeah it was. I was just starting to think maybe he had grown up a bit when he was talking about how he deleted all his social media and isn’t paying attention to everything every critic says anymore. Then he kept talking… lol.

very true, and if we ever lost the Bills we would likely never get another NFL team again. So glad the stadium deal got done.

Great game. I was impressed with Power in his debut. He didn’t look like a rookie playing his first NHL game. That’s impressive, especially for a defenseman. What a play on that 2-on-1 to intercept that pass from Giordano to Matthews!

I’m actually fine with media pundits still doubting Josh Allen. I think he uses it as motivation.

I like this pairing. Power has a lot of offense to his game but he’s not as offensively minded as Dahlin and could help open more of Joker’s offensive game. I also really like the potential of the Samuelsson-Dahlin pairing. I think Samuelsson could be a great long term D partner for Dahlin. I’ve been wanting to see him with a good defensive defenseman for a while. Samuelsson has been very impressive in his short time with Buffalo. edit - pretty cool. The vibe around this team is so much different than previous years.

Power is definitely stepping into a better situation than Dahlin did.