You are not allowed to get season tickets if you live outside of WNY.

[PromoTheRobot]

I'm going to assume that long time STHers are grandfathered in. I just renewed my seats and was not told I couldn't, and I live in NH.

Edited March 9, 2018 by PromoTheRobot

[Just Jack]

154 miles for me, door to door, according to The Google. If someone wants to test this policy, tell them you're in Utica, 203 miles to the stadium, or Herkimer, 215 miles. 

 

 

4 hours ago, simool said:

CBF brought up getting a PO Box in Buffalo... I added in the above. I am fairly certain that is a lock. Phone, Billing, Physical... If they ask for a street address (unlikely) just tell them you are rural and do not have a mail receptacle.

 

Or like I did for several years, living in an apartment complex, I had a PO box because I didn't trust my neighbors. I'd only open the apartment mailbox about once a month to clear out the junk mail addressed to "Occupant" 

 

[Reed83HOF]

1 minute ago, Just Jack said:

154 miles for me, door to door, according to The Google. If someone wants to test this policy, tell them you're in Utica, 203 miles to the stadium. 

 

 

 

Or like I did for several years, living in an apartment complex, I had a PO box because I didn't trust my neighbors. I'd only open the apartment mailbox about once a month to clear out the junk mail addressed to "Occupant" 

 

I'm from Utica and I would be pissed if I still lived there. Although I did give my season up when I moved out here...

[TigerJ]

Interesting.  I did not know that.  I know the resale market for tickets is huge, and a big part of that is season ticket buyers who never intended to go to more than a few games.  I'm sure a lot of season ticket owners essentially go to a few games free each year because of the markup in the resale market.  I wonder why the team discriminates that way though.  Maybe out of towners are more likely to have to sell some of their weeks/games, but I think a lot of local sell a lot of their games because they can.

Edited March 9, 2018 by TigerJ
fix typo

[JMF2006]

19 minutes ago, transient said:

WAKE UP YOU LEMMINGS!!! THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A CONSPIRACY TO TANK TICKET SALES AND MOVE THE TEAM TO TORONTO!!!  ?

 

 

 

 

 

When they sign Charlie Sheen to be the QB I will billieve you.  

[Augie]

51 minutes ago, JMF2006 said:

 

 

You would think they would be happy to take his money.

 

If it helps, I will be happy to take his money. 

[greeneblitz]

5 hours ago, ndirish1978 said:

That's so ridiculous. Just slap a resale policy on them that unused tickets aren't transferable except for face-value turn-ins to the ticket office if you're worried about people reselling stuff to visitors.   

This, and it should go for all sporting events and concerts, so sick of resellers, it all needs to be changed to a simple refund policy.

[DasNootz]

28 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said:

I'm from Utica and I would be pissed if I still lived there. Although I did give my season up when I moved out here...

I just renewed and I’m further away than Utica. 

[billsfanmiami(oh)]

I renewed and picked up 2 addional this year as well. 

[PromoTheRobot]

12 hours ago, greeneblitz said:

This, and it should go for all sporting events and concerts, so sick of resellers, it all needs to be changed to a simple refund policy.

 

Blah, blah, blah. Yeah, resellers are evil...except during those December games during the drought when there were 40,000 in the stadium and people could buy seats for $10.

 

Sorry but teams need resellers to keep their attendance stable. How many people would go to a Sabres game during the Tank if they couldn't get Stubhub seats for $6? Not many.

 

So spare me the outrage.

Edited March 9, 2018 by PromoTheRobot

[papazoid]

some interesting info..

 

https://blog.tickpick.com/nfl-ticket-exchange-review/

[JMF2006]

7 hours ago, DasNootz said:

I just renewed and I’m further away than Utica. 

 

Hopefully you can relocate your seats in May.

 

It must be hard to see from there   

[MAJBobby]

14 hours ago, The Bills Blog said:

Did you know that you're not allowed to get Bills season tickets if you don't live in Buffalo? 

 

I left my inquiry on the website last night. The ticket rep called me back this afternoon and left a message asking for me to call him back. Instead of just telling me the policy on the voicemail, he let me carve out time at work to call him back and proceeded to ask me questions about the history of my affinity for the Bills. I was so happy to finally be taking this step. I wasted time telling him how much I love the Bills, and then he told me that I'm not allowed to get season tickets because I'm outside of WNY. Said the policy isn't listed on the website so there's no way I could've known. I asked him why he bothered to ask me the questions about why I love the Bills. He apologized for giving me false hope. I still don't get it. I asked him how close I'd have to move to Buffalo in order to get season tickets. He said 200 miles or so. I told him that friends in the local area have season tickets and he said they must have been grandfathered in prior to enactment of this new "policy." 

 

So if you live outside of WNY, you're screwed. You must not be a REAL fan. After all, if you were a REAL fan, I guess you'd live in WNY, right? Never mind if you've wanted to get seasons for 20 years and finally have the opportunity financially and are able to make the drive every week? Never mind if you would GUARANTEE that you know more about the team than 99% of fans? F my dreams, right? 

 

For reference, I'm 260 miles away in Maryland. 60 miles too far from Orchard Park...

 

Stationed in Ft Hood Texas. Have 4 season tickets. 

 

Teo years ago stationed in Orlando FL still had my 4 season tickets 

[Screwball]

13 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:

So does that mean us Canadians cant get season tickets?

 

I just renewed mine for 2018, but could be grandfathered in.

[MAJBobby]

10 hours ago, The Bills Blog said:

To those saying this isn't true because you are out of state and have tickets, I bet you all got them several years ago. This is a new policy. Is there anyone outside of 200 miles who has gotten tickets in the past year or two?

 

It is being incorrectly enforced. That policy is for the wait list only 

[Gray Beard]

Wasn’t it just a couple years ago that the Bills were shamed in national media for having one of the only blackouts in recent history? Has that changed recently? Are the Bills selling out reliably? Would this policy help or hurt that situation?

[PaattMaann]

I live in the 716, am a season ticket holder and I still sell some games that I either don't want to attend or cant attend. Seems like a really dumb rule for the franchise. 

[4_kidd_4]

9 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Blah, blah, blah. Yeah, resellers are evil...except during those December games during the drought when there were 40,000 in the stadium and people could buy seats for $10.

 

Sorry but teams need resellers to keep their attendance stable. How many people would go to a Sabres game during the drought if they couldn't get Stubhub seats for $6? Not many.

 

So spare me the outrage.

 

I have to agree. Why the sudden hard on over the secondary market? It’s a rub as old as time.

 

And as others have touched on, who the eff do they think this franchise is?  We back-doored into a playoff spot on math and a “miracle” Dalton toss, so now they can afford to alienate out of towners? Yikes.

[snafu]

Maybe they are thinking that when there's a new stadium the demand will be higher and the policy will already have been in place for awhile? 

[transient]

11 hours ago, JMF2006 said:

 

When they sign Charlie Sheen to be the QB I will billieve you.  

 

Do you think their version will be TPegs or KPegs?