Just Jack Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 You are right. I suck. 849091[/snapback] We know, we're just being polite and not mentioning it. I always here stuff like that, but you never know what numbers they are using. I went to the Bills/Texans game last weekend, and the announced attendence was 70,125 (at the stadium, and in the box-socre), while the capacity of the stadium, for football (according to the info in the gameday program) is 71,054...I never heard it was a sellout. At the same time, I heard what you did, that the Bills/Jags game was the first game this NFL season to be blacked out in the home market. I am wondering if maybe non-sold luxury suites, or corporate box offices are not counted in selling a game out? I can't imagine the NFL being that reasonable, but you never know. How do they account for the 900 or so seats that apparently were not sold? Incidently, in reality, I would estimate that there were only about 60,000 people there...there were a ton of empty seats. 849261[/snapback] There's a certain point that once ticket sales reach, they can call it a "sellout" even though not every seat was sold. I don't remember specifics, but it's almost close to capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I couldn't believe that it didn't sell out. I thought I'd read prior to the season that all home games were sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 It's just sad... over 63,000 loyal fans there, more than I think four other NFL games and it was blacked out. That rule has got to change. I will be at the Ravens game. Let's hope it means something!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 It's just sad... over 63,000 loyal fans there, more than I think four other NFL games and it was blacked out. That rule has got to change. I will be at the Ravens game. Let's hope it means something!! 849307[/snapback] Q: Why not do what Jax does and cover 10,000 seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 True, covering the seats would be nice... I guess. However, it's still sad that a crowd of 63,000+ is considered bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I see the blackout as no big deal in the grand scheme seeing as how the Bills should still finish in the top-10 in attendance for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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