Punt75 Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 The Bills choose not to release Season Ticket Sales as is their right. Going through 3 tickets sellers - including 'Vivid Seats' - the opening home game vs.the Chargers has just 3,700 seats available. The last game of the season against the Dolphins at New Era Field on December 30th has 10,300 seats left. Bills fans are back in force! The home games are becoming an 'event' again - GREAT! Is it due to great confidence in this coaching staff & GM? Because we made the play-offs after 17 years? Is it because Josh Allen has arrived?
Steptide Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 I'm surprised the home opener has that many left. I figured after Allen and Peterman playing good, those first few home games wouldve been sold out by now 1
4_kidd_4 Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 Yeah I’m gonna go ahead and say 3700 still left for the opener is not a good sign at all. There’s been years where opener sells out before general public even gets a crack.
Augie Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Yeah I’m gonna go ahead and say 3700 still left for the opener is not a good sign at all. There’s been years where opener sells out before general public even gets a crack. They can’t do it without Russ...... ? I think he’s looking at re-sale tix on Vividseats, Stubhub, etc.
Buffalo716 Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) Rex Ryan sold over 50k season tickets when he arrived we always sell decently... until we are out of it (edit... just checked my season ticket pin and it is 60k... my bad) Edited August 19, 2018 by Buffalo716
Fadingpain Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 If Allen continues to impress and actually starts the regular season...and then does well enough for most to believe we have a franchise QB, tickets will sell well.
4_kidd_4 Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 24 minutes ago, Augie said: They can’t do it without Russ...... ? I think he’s looking at re-sale tix on Vividseats, Stubhub, etc. Ah, gotcha. Still haven’t heard that any games have sold out thru the box office so far though.
Steptide Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 Dont forget, in the glory years, we had home playoff games that didn't sell out. That seems like insanity nowadays
SoTier Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 20 minutes ago, Steptide said: Dont forget, in the glory years, we had home playoff games that didn't sell out. That seems like insanity nowadays I believe the stadium had a capacity of 80k back in the glory years. I also think it was just a couple of games over a span of time from about 1989 to about 1998.
Bob Chandler's Hands Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Steptide said: Dont forget, in the glory years, we had home playoff games that didn't sell out. That seems like insanity nowadays Only post Super Bowl years though I believe. And the economy sucked in WNY at the time (I mean more than usual)
bdutton Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 I am going to the Jags game in Nov. Since I will be visiting my mom for thanksgiving. Got great seats but the stadium looked to be about 90% sold out.
Ol Dirty B Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Punt75 said: The Bills choose not to release Season Ticket Sales as is their right. Going through 3 tickets sellers - including 'Vivid Seats' - the opening home game vs.the Chargers has just 3,700 seats available. The last game of the season against the Dolphins at New Era Field on December 30th has 10,300 seats left. Bills fans are back in force! The home games are becoming an 'event' again - GREAT! Is it due to great confidence in this coaching staff & GM? Because we made the play-offs after 17 years? Is it because Josh Allen has arrived? It's because it's September not December. It's like that every year.
Rico Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 If Allen starts this week, those tickets for the 1st game will be soon gone. 2
Seanbillsfan2206 Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 Don’t they usually announce how many season tickets they sell? Seems like it’s probably not that great if they chose not to...
PromoTheRobot Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 1 hour ago, SoTier said: I believe the stadium had a capacity of 80k back in the glory years. I also think it was just a couple of games over a span of time from about 1989 to about 1998. It started in the third Super Bowl season. Houston comeback game was blacked out. A year later the AFCC had the last couple thousand tickets bought by Ch.2 to avoid the blackout.
Peter Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) I gave up my season tickets that we had for decades for a variety of reasons. I had been an out-of-town season ticket holder after moving to Miami. My goal was merely to break even for the games that I could not attend. For the first time ever, I could not break even last year. I could not sell the tickets to the freaking home opener for the lowest amount that one could list them for with the NFL Ticket Exchange (even though my tickets were in the lower bowl on the 45 yard line). That was a complete shock. Opening game typically had been a big game on the resell market when I could not attend. Last year was a tough year on the resell market. You also will recall that tickets for the Colts game were going for $6.00. In my wildest dreams, I never thought that I would give up the tickets. Nevertheless, I just could not see myself continuing to take the risk of not even being able to break even given what happened last year. Edited August 20, 2018 by Peter 1
Dr.Sack Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 If Josh Allen is a franchise QB I don’t think we will have to worry about ticket sales for a long time.
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