Bills vs. Jets Tickets Selling as low as $8

[WotAGuy]

8 minutes ago, ToBillsFan said:

I got killed this year on season tickets. Heck I can barely give tickets away and I’m in 100 level endzone. I’m even considering not getting playoff tickets because i feel like those won’t sell either 

This is why the Bills don’t care if the resale market is soft. They have nearly sold out the entire place with season tickets. They got their money. 

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, ScottLaw said:

How does Pegula not realize this…

I have an off-the-wall theory. The NFL has come around on the whole Bills Mafia thing, and now wants to preserve all the tailgating and half-naked fans in snow storms. It looks good on TV.

[TAinLack.]

24 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said:

Maybe Jimmy Spags can finally fulfill his lifelong dream of attending a game at that price instead of peering through the restaurant window at the TV from his dumpster fire!.  Fixed.

what ever happened to Spags, did he become a Giants fan?

Edited January 5, 2022 by TAinLA

[Mc1320]

If the new stadium only has 60K seats, that will right size the stadium for the market.

[LeGOATski]

Cheap ticket prices are a great thing. Let's keep it that way.

[Scott7975]

13 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I have an off-the-wall theory. The NFL has come around on the whole Bills Mafia thing, and now wants to preserve all the tailgating and half-naked fans in snow storms. It looks good on TV.

 

It's actually Terry Pegula that doesn't want a dome.  He believes football should be played in the elements.  I read that in an article somewhere.

[Marv's Neighbor]

I remember $6, at the Rockpile.

[BADOLBILZ]

35 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

Pretty crazy, just checking out the prices for the game on Sunday.  

 

I guess there are some reasons for this:

 

 

Bad weather

 

 

 

 

It's that simple.

 

It was this way in the 90's when they were winning as well...........and that was WITH blackouts in place to force people to attend if they wanted to see it.

 

Those tickets you see online only represent a fraction of the available ones too..........most ST holders just give them away or eat em' if they aren't going or don't have a familiar buyer.

 

The way it works out........the extra season tickets we own get sold in September and October and after that if the weather is inclement it is all give-aways and if we didn't have a great party and food we couldn't even give them away.

 

[PromoTheRobot]

1 minute ago, Marv's Neighbor said:

I remember $6, at the Rockpile.

 

BYOK (Bring your own keg!)

2 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

It's actually Terry Pegula that doesn't want a dome.  He believes football should be played in the elements.  I read that in an article somewhere.

 

Yeah. He watches games from a heated suite, doesn't he.

[Scott7975]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

BYOK (Bring your own keg!)

 

Yeah. He watches games from a heated suite, doesn't he.

I know right?!?

[Buffalo03]

The 1pm truthers were like "f**k this sh*t" 😂

[BADOLBILZ]

28 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

This is why the Bills don’t care if the resale market is soft. They have nearly sold out the entire place with season tickets. They got their money. 

 

 

As I've said before........right now the tickets are priced right enough that our large group of about 6-7 different accounts owns many extra season tickets........about double what we actually use.........and that's fairly common practice among locally based long-time ST holders.

 

When the cost triples(with seat licensing)...........for the most part, that ends.   

 

So they need a new plan for the next venue. 

[JohnNord]

19 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

I know right?!?

Building a stadium with a dome seems like a no-brainer.  The only argument against is that return on the investment might be there.  Although Buffalo *could* host more events during the winter months, in actuality it might only be a few more events each year.  The income from those events would not significant pay off the cost of building the roof.  
 

I think it’s going to be a mistake to spend that much money without a retractable roof - or at least the option of adding one down the line 

[Buffalo716]

53 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

It's been like this for as long as I can remember, even the Super Bowl 90's. You couldn't get rid of December tickets, especially for an NFC team. That's why I'm stunned the Pegulas are insisting on an open-air stadium.

 

52 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

You aren't missing anything.  The weather die hards are a minority.  Nobody really wants to sit out in that crap to watch a Jets game.  Even back in the Kelly days the stadium wouldn't sell out.  Not even for the playoffs. The only time they were on TV is because someone like Salvatore would buy up the remaining tickets. Because no one really wants to sit out in that crap.

That's like a half face truth

 

12 home playoff games at the Ralph in the bills history

 

How many have not been sold out? 2-3? Jim Kelly wasn't playing in one of them either   

 

The Ralph used to hold 80,000 plus back in the '80s 90s..  place was rocking the majority of the time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Scott7975]

5 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

Building a stadium with a dome seems like a no-brainer.  The only argument against is that return on the investment might be there.  Although Buffalo *could* host more events during the winter months, in actuality it might only be a few more events each year.  The income from those events would not significant pay off the cost of building the roof.  
 

I think it’s going to be a mistake to spend that much money without a retractable roof - or at least the option of adding one down the line 

 

I agree.  

[WotAGuy]

8 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

As I've said before........right now the tickets are priced right enough that our large group of about 6-7 different accounts owns many extra season tickets........about double what we actually use.........and that's fairly common practice among locally based long-time ST holders.

 

When the cost triples(with seat licensing)...........for the most part, that ends.   

 

So they need a new plan for the next venue. 

Of course they have a plan. The Pegulas are going to be making a substantial investment in the new stadium. They know the current market and know what it will take to sell out the new stadium. 

[Scott7975]

4 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

 

That's like a half face truth

 

12 home playoff games at the Ralph in the bills history

 

How many have not been sold out? 2-3? Jim Kelly wasn't playing in one of them either   

 

The Ralph used to hold 80,000 plus back in the '80s 90s..  place was rocking the majority of the time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The place was sold out most of the time because Salvatore bought up all the remaining tickets so it would be on TV and usually gave them out to people.

 

I mean I am old so my memory may be fuzzy but I remember blackout games a lot and also a lot of games that weren't blacked out because they were bought up by businesses.

 

Yes you are right though.  The stadium did hold a lot more people and it was still rocking even though all the tickets didn't actually sell out.  I was at a lot of them.  Back then I was young and it was a blast.  Today?  Not a chance for me haha.

Edited January 5, 2022 by Scott7975

[WotAGuy]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

 

That's like a half face truth

 

12 home playoff games at the Ralph in the bills history

 

How many have not been sold out? 2-3? Jim Kelly wasn't playing in one of them either   

 

The Ralph used to hold 80,000 plus back in the '80s 90s..  place was rocking the majority of the time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Comeback game wasn’t sold

out. Others only sold out when certain businesses bought up the excess tickets. 

[Buffalo716]

4 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

The Comeback game wasn’t sold

out. Others only sold out when certain businesses bought up the excess tickets. 

Jim Kelly wasn't playing in the comeback game..  

 

How many other playoff games did they not sell out was the question? 

 

Cuz it's not a lot

5 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

The place was sold out most of the time because Salvatore bought up all the remaining tickets so it would be on TV and usually gave them out to people.

 

I mean I am old so my memory may be fuzzy but I remember blackout games a lot and also a lot of games that weren't blacked out because they were bought up by businesses.

 

Yes you are right though.  The stadium did hold a lot more people and it was still rocking even though all the tickets didn't actually sell out.

I remember Russell Salvatore buying tickets growing up

 

He did it maybe once a year, to keep the bills on TV in a December game.. when we usually weren't good... Possibly twice

 

It was not a four or five time a year thing... 

 

He'd buy 2,000 tickets in the nose bleeds that weren't selling.. not like he bought 15,000 tickets 

 

Sure maybe a thousand tickets in the nosebleed struggle to sell in December..  that doesn't have any reflection on our fan base

Edited January 5, 2022 by Buffalo716

[Scott7975]

2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Jim Kelly wasn't playing in the comeback game..  

 

How many other playoff games did they not sell out was the question? 

 

Cuz it's not a lot

I remember Russell Salvatore buying tickets growing up

 

He did it maybe once a year, to keep the bills on TV in a December game.. when we usually weren't good

 

It was not a four or five time of year thing

 

No he didn't do it four or five times a year.