Bills looking for snow shovelers on Sunday

[SirAndrew]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

It's for teenagers and college kids 

 

Not adults

Do those groups actually work these days? 

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, SirAndrew said:

Do those groups actually work these days? 

When you live a quarter mile from the stadium and your dad tells you to shovel snow at the ralph or your grounded 

[NoHuddleKelly12]

12 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

When you live a quarter mile from the stadium and your dad tells you to shovel snow at the ralph or your grounded 

[BearNorth]

12/28/63.  I was 15 years old.  Bills were hosting Pats for the right to go to the AFL title game.  Snowed that week heavily.  Tickets were my "big" Christmas present.  Our seats were in the bleachers towards the East end of the stadium [left center field in baseball].  Instead of shoveling the bleachers, they had gone around with a garbage can and made seats on top on the snow covered wooden board seats.  I was 15 and immune to cold [haha] my dad, who already had some arthritis from a WW2 injury, went with me and probably was in agony but never said a word.  Bills lost that day, 26-8 but regrouped and won the next two AFL titles.  Buffalo's only score was a 93-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica to Elbert Dubenion in the third quarter, with a successful two-point conversion to cut the lead in half.  That's my Bills snow game memory.

[BigDingus]

1 hour ago, zow2 said:

 

They wouldn’t have been able to build a dome strong enough to withstand Lake Erie’s madness. 

I was pulling for downtown though. It would have been a great addition to the city, and fewer lake effect events 

 

They absolutely could have.

 

But could, woulda, shoulda... No point in complaining now (though that probably won't stop me the first time snow screws us over in the new stadium) 😅

[Just Jack]

Does Squirrel Winters have his tractor all ready to go if Josh needs digging out?  

[DaVinci]

1 hour ago, VaMilBill said:

It should be $20 per hour AND a complimentary ticket. At least let people take advantage of the product they helped make happen. It’s the least they could do when asking people to risk their necks driving on the roads. 

 

 

You need to pay a PSL of 50.00 for the rite to have a shovel

[Sojourner]

FYI for anyone interested:

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWA22fBLZ-Stonq5yKdEbHr-w7wHdvBAPsNZg1j6Y4VPR5Ug/viewform?pli=1
 

That was the link I used to sign up. Hope it helps those willing. 

[4merper4mer]

2 hours ago, peterpan said:

Shoulda built a dome 

What about building a whole beautiful stadium completely underground?  

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, SirAndrew said:

The tickets weren’t always a great benefit either. In those days inclement weather game tickets could be found for $5 and up. 

 

I shoveled in 1994 and got to see the Bills/Chiefs AFC Championship. Joe Montana's last game.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

2 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

When you live a quarter mile from the stadium and your dad tells you to shovel snow at the ralph or your grounded 

Awesome!  Nomination for post of the year!

[Buffalo716]

Just now, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Awesome!  Nomination for post of the year!

Well I've been there growing up ! 

[Draconator]

2 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

It's for teenagers and college kids 

 

Not adults.. most typically live within walking distance of the stadium.. or snowmobiling distance

When I did this in the 90s, a ton of East Side Buffalo residents would take the bus to the stadium and do this. Wondering if that has changed. 

[Buffalo716]

Just now, Draconator said:

When I did this in the 90s, a ton of East Side Buffalo residents would take the bus to the stadium and do this. Wondering if that has changed. 

Sure , in non state of emergency times 

 

People get dropped off too

 

It really is a community thing and it makes the fandom even more special 

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, Buffalo716 said:

Sure , in non state of emergency times 

 

People get dropped off too

 

It really is a community thing and it makes the fandom even more special 

 

I did this for like 5 years, I would be in an office and print checks for the workers. Until one evening someone pulled a knife on me in the seats in the scoreboard endzone. Never went back after that. 

[US Egg]

Back straining work in slippery conditions?

[sullim4]

7 minutes ago, US Egg said:

Back straining work in slippery conditions?

 

I can't believe they made a play about Cellino and Barnes... lol!

https://www.cellino-v-barnes.com/

[JaCrispy]

I tell ya, if I was getting paid $20 an hour to shovel snow, there’d be a lot of socializing…😉

 

[Mrbojanglezs]

4 hours ago, peterpan said:

Shoulda built a dome 

 

So sad. 2 billion stadium and they still have to pay people to shovel

[Doc Brown]

3 hours ago, VaMilBill said:

It should be $20 per hour AND a complimentary ticket. At least let people take advantage of the product they helped make happen. It’s the least they could do when asking people to risk their necks driving on the roads. 

How in the world would that work if the game was already sold out?