BillsPride12 Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 Buffalokie's thread gave me the idea to debate the most fun NFL cities for road games?
Kirby Jackson Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 I have only hit about 1/3 of the stadiums so my experience is fairy limited compared to some here. Without totally ducking the question I ALWAYS have fun on the road. Miami is a great weekend despite the lackluster game experience. New England sucks for football. NY is cool. My sister is in Cleveland so we always have a good group. I’m not a big fan of Pittsburgh. Charlotte, Atlanta and Jacksonville were fun. Houston isn’t the most fun place but had a good time there. New Orleans ended up being more of a job for me with the party. We had a great time but there was just so much prep that we didn’t get enough of a chance to enjoy it. If if you are doing road games (which I highly recommend) connect with the Bills Backers and you’ll have a blast. There are a bunch of places I still want to go. 2
BillsPride12 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Posted July 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said: I have only hit about 1/3 of the stadiums so my experience is fairy limited compared to some here. Without totally ducking the question I ALWAYS have fun on the road. Miami is a great weekend despite the lackluster game experience. New England sucks for football. NY is cool. My sister is in Cleveland so we always have a good group. I’m not a big fan of Pittsburgh. Charlotte, Atlanta and Jacksonville were fun. Houston isn’t the most fun place but had a good time there. New Orleans ended up being more of a job for me with the party. We had a great time but there was just so much prep that we didn’t get enough of a chance to enjoy it. If if you are doing road games (which I highly recommend) connect with the Bills Backers and you’ll have a blast. There are a bunch of places I still want to go. What ones are at the top of your list? For me the #1 has to be NOLA especially since I have never been there before but it looks like an amazing city for a football trip with the boys. Next on my list is Green Bay but I am actually doing that one this year. Can't wait to experience the tailgating and stadium there. After that for me would probably be Seattle. 1
BUFFALOKIE Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) Tulsa is awesome!!!! We gots sattelinte and everything!!!! And beer. Oh, wait, maybe I have had a couple too many;-) Edited July 21, 2018 by BUFFALOKIE
Kirby Jackson Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 14 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said: What ones are at the top of your list? For me the #1 has to be NOLA especially since I have never been there before but it looks like an amazing city for a football trip with the boys. Next on my list is Green Bay but I am actually doing that one this year. Can't wait to experience the tailgating and stadium there. After that for me would probably be Seattle. Green Bay will be a blast. There are tons of people going. That’s way up on my list but am not sure if I’ll make it this year or not. I’m excited for Vegas because that will be a great trip. I honestly will go anywhere though and have fun. New Orleans is a lot of fun and is the best city in the world for a major sporting event. You can walk the entire time and there is everything from bars, strip clubs, casino, great restaurants, hotels, etc... within a mile of the stadium. That’s why we host so many big events. The weather is oppressive in the summer but none of those big events are in the summer. 2
Marv's Neighbor Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 There is always safety in numbers. I would Never consider going to a road game, wearing anything with Bills on it, unless I was with a large group. That's pretty sad, but that's been my experience(s). 1
LeGOATski Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 I want to go to New Orleans for a game. Been there twice and its a blast. Boston is also wicked sick. Phoenix is fun. Been there for a Bills game and the All-Star game. 1
FluffHead Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 Atlanta was awesome! Helps that it was an extremely unexpected win
hondo in seattle Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) San Francisco just might be my favorite city in the world: the scenic views, the quality, quantity and diversity of the restaurants, the cultural offerings, the activities and events, the phenomenal natural escapes nearby... I've been to two Bills games in San Fran and found that 49er fans are unusually polite to opposing fans which is both a plus and a minus. Edited July 21, 2018 by hondo in seattle
Fadingpain Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 I might rank the at-game experience for a Dolphins game as DEAD LAST in the league. Lots of places I haven't seen, but the atmosphere in Miami sucks! I would think anywhere where the culture is passionate about football, you'd have a good time. Dallas, Pittsburgh, Green Bay immediately come to mind. Seattle in recent years would have been good as well.
Juice_32 Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 Never been to a Bears game but I love Chicago. New Orleans has got to be up there too.
NewEra Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 My best experience traveling for a Bills game would be New Orleans 100%. This past time it was on Halloween weekend and Bourbon St was filled with Blue, Red and White. We certainly owned that Street that night. The tailgating experience sucked though. In a bar. Meh. The outside stadium tailgating in NO is null and void. Such a bummer for such a great city. Everyone was extremely hospitable. I think I was thanked by over 500 locals for visiting their city. They did it right.
Kirby Jackson Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 3 hours ago, NewEra said: My best experience traveling for a Bills game would be New Orleans 100%. This past time it was on Halloween weekend and Bourbon St was filled with Blue, Red and White. We certainly owned that Street that night. The tailgating experience sucked though. In a bar. Meh. The outside stadium tailgating in NO is null and void. Such a bummer for such a great city. Everyone was extremely hospitable. I think I was thanked by over 500 locals for visiting their city. They did it right. It’s a different atmosphere. The party is after the game instead of before. I still can’t adapt to it. I get out between 10-11 each week and by about 3:30 I’m done with partying. They stay out though well after the game win or lose. It’s odd.
NewEra Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: It’s a different atmosphere. The party is after the game instead of before. I still can’t adapt to it. I get out between 10-11 each week and by about 3:30 I’m done with partying. They stay out though well after the game win or lose. It’s odd. I’m so mentally and physically drained after the game, i can usually only hang for an hour or so. It’s all about the build up to the game
plenzmd1 Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: I have only hit about 1/3 of the stadiums so my experience is fairy limited compared to some here. Without totally ducking the question I ALWAYS have fun on the road. Miami is a great weekend despite the lackluster game experience. New England sucks for football. NY is cool. My sister is in Cleveland so we always have a good group. I’m not a big fan of Pittsburgh. Charlotte, Atlanta and Jacksonville were fun. Houston isn’t the most fun place but had a good time there. New Orleans ended up being more of a job for me with the party. We had a great time but there was just so much prep that we didn’t get enough of a chance to enjoy it. If if you are doing road games (which I highly recommend) connect with the Bills Backers and you’ll have a blast. There are a bunch of places I still want to go. Dang, I love the places you hate, and hate the places you love!!Think Boston is a great football weekend, love Pittsburgh, hate NY. Jacksonville i thought was only good cause all the Bills fans..I love Oakland games. KC is fun, Chicago is great, Detroit kinda sucked for a game.
SoCal Deek Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 Does London count? That was fantastic! Can’t wait for the next time.
Kirby Jackson Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, NewEra said: I’m so mentally and physically drained after the game, i can usually only hang for an hour or so. It’s all about the build up to the game I 100% agree. If it’s a big win I can make it a few hours but rarely do I go elsewhere. We may have a few celebratory drinks and mess around. In New Orleans people may have a drink or 2 before the game and then head to warehouse district or Bourbon Street until midnight or later. My emotions have me drained by about 3:30. I don’t want to do ANYTHING that requires effort after a Bills game, no dinner, no party, no bars, no gym, no cleaning, no travel. I really just want to decompress after every Bills game. I feel like I played. 2
Kirby Jackson Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: Dang, I love the places you hate, and hate the places you love!!Think Boston is a great football weekend, love Pittsburgh, hate NY. Jacksonville i thought was only good cause all the Bills fans..I love Oakland games. KC is fun, Chicago is great, Detroit kinda sucked for a game. I love Boston but that stadium experience is terrible IMO. The traffic sucks getting out to Foxboro and the fans know nothing. Jacksonville was a hostile takeover and it was hilarious. That whole lot we were in was nothing but Bills fans. Hyperbole aside, I saw more TBD members than Jags fans there. Chicago may be my favorite city in the country but have never been to a game there. My friends from here had the worst experience when they went to the championship game there in 2007. It wasn’t an isolated incident either. People were yelling things like “we are going to finish what Katrina started.” Here are people that lost everything that they had 17 months earlier. The atmosphere that day is still a popular topic around the city.
plenzmd1 Posted July 21, 2018 Posted July 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said: I love Boston but that stadium experience is terrible IMO. The traffic sucks getting out to Foxboro and the fans know nothing. Jacksonville was a hostile takeover and it was hilarious. That whole lot we were in was nothing but Bills fans. Hyperbole aside, I saw more TBD members than Jags fans there. Chicago may be my favorite city in the country but have never been to a game there. My friends from here had the worst experience when they went to the championship game there in 2007. It wasn’t an isolated incident either. People were yelling things like “we are going to finish what Katrina started.” Here are people that lost everything that they had 17 months earlier. The atmosphere that day is still a popular topic around the city. Lord knows why people get so nasty. My Chicago games are from many moons ago, when I lived in Chicago and no satellites or sports bars... so may as well go Bears games Always had a great time. I lived not to far from Soldier field, we would just walk over and visit multiple tailgates. We alsways stay downtown Boston, take the special game day train to Foxnorough. So miss tailgating, but also miss the traffic. I have always had a good time in that stadium. I will I’ll take the fans in Boston over Jet fans everyday of the week. And Jacksonville was fun in Lot X, but think the other lots looked meh and the stadium without Bills fans would have been meh too!
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