GOBILLS!!!!! Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 "The average per game price for a Buffalo Bills season ticket will remain $51.24 " This is by far the lowest price of any NFL team average for tickets by at least about 4$. Why don't the Bills just increase their ticket prices..even if it is slightly.. so they can earn extra money...nowadays the Bills need more cash than ever and I believe that the fans love their team enough to pay up for it!! GO BILLS..
lets_go_bills Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 I'm a season ticket holder and I can honestly say that I would have absolutely no problem, whatsoever, if they were to raise ticket prices. So long as that money goes directly to signing bigger name guys and contributes to building a winning team.
Justice Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 "The average per game price for a Buffalo Bills season ticket will remain $51.24 " This is by far the lowest price of any NFL team average for tickets by at least about 4$. Why don't the Bills just increase their ticket prices..even if it is slightly.. so they can earn extra money...nowadays the Bills need more cash than ever and I believe that the fans love their team enough to pay up for it!! GO BILLS.. Raising all the tickets by $4.00 across the board and assuming the Bills sell at least 70,000 seats in all of their eight home games will only generate $1,456,000 gross, per year to the Buffalo Bills. That kind of money helps, but it pales in comparison to the amounts of revenue that the powers of the NFL enjoy.
JPicc2114 Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 The only team I could see having a cheaper ticket now would be the Lions. Thats about the only city whos economy is worse than Buffalo's
lets_go_bills Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 The only team I could see having a cheaper ticket now would be the Lions. Thats about the only city whos economy and team is worse than Buffalo's Fixed.
drnykterstein Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 Raising all the tickets by $4.00 across the board and assuming the Bills sell at least 70,000 seats in all of their eight home games will only generate $1,456,000 gross, per year to the Buffalo Bills. That kind of money helps, but it pales in comparison to the amounts of revenue that the powers of the NFL enjoy. Wow. well done.
trolls_r_us Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 you're right: why bother? 1.5 million for ticket increases and a couple million for naming the stadium= 3.5 million PER YEAR at least... But we're not Dallas so why even try...
Buftex Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 I'm a season ticket holder and I can honestly say that I would have absolutely no problem, whatsoever, if they were to raise ticket prices. So long as that money goes directly to signing bigger name guys and contributes to building a winning team. There's always a catch....
nucci Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 you're right: why bother? 1.5 million for ticket increases and a couple million for naming the stadium= 3.5 million PER YEAR at least... But we're not Dallas so why even try... Any idea who would pay a couple of million a year for naming rights?
Fingon Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 Raising all the tickets by $4.00 across the board and assuming the Bills sell at least 70,000 seats in all of their eight home games will only generate $1,456,000 gross, per year to the Buffalo Bills. That kind of money helps, but it pales in comparison to the amounts of revenue that the powers of the NFL enjoy. That revenue also gets split up and some goes to the away team.
Justice Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 That revenue also gets split up and some goes to the away team. I already took that into consideration. It's a 65 to 35% split. The Bills would net $1.456M more in revenue.
Justice Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 you're right: why bother? 1.5 million for ticket increases and a couple million for naming the stadium= 3.5 million PER YEAR at least... But we're not Dallas so why even try... RW will not get $2M a year for naming rights. He might get $500K. So, who shall we sign with that $2M? Two more Keith Ellison's maybe.
VJ91 Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 "The average per game price for a Buffalo Bills season ticket will remain $51.24 " This is by far the lowest price of any NFL team average for tickets by at least about 4$. Why don't the Bills just increase their ticket prices..even if it is slightly.. so they can earn extra money...nowadays the Bills need more cash than ever and I believe that the fans love their team enough to pay up for it!! GO BILLS.. Excellent post. I have been screaming for the Bills to raise all of their ticket prices, including premium seating, up to exactly the NFL team average, for a long time now. It almost seems like Wilson keeps them "by far" the lowest so he can keep complaining how horrible the economy is in Buffalo. I know he is committed to keeping the Bills in Buffalo, so I have no idea why he plays this "woe is me" game. Of course he should raise ticket prices up to the NFL team average. He would not even have to offer Bills Nation an explanation, simply infer that it is the cost of being a fan in the NFL today.
Hammered a Lot Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 "The average per game price for a Buffalo Bills season ticket will remain $51.24 " This is by far the lowest price of any NFL team average for tickets by at least about 4$. Why don't the Bills just increase their ticket prices..even if it is slightly.. so they can earn extra money...nowadays the Bills need more cash than ever and I believe that the fans love their team enough to pay up for it!! GO BILLS.. I'll keep you in mind when I need to sell a couple of my tickets for twice the price that I paid for the tickets.
Tortured Soul Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 Excellent post. I have been screaming for the Bills to raise all of their ticket prices, including premium seating, up to exactly the NFL team average, for a long time now. It almost seems like Wilson keeps them "by far" the lowest so he can keep complaining how horrible the economy is in Buffalo. I know he is committed to keeping the Bills in Buffalo, so I have no idea why he plays this "woe is me" game. Of course he should raise ticket prices up to the NFL team average. He would not even have to offer Bills Nation an explanation, simply infer that it is the cost of being a fan in the NFL today. Here's a guess: the next owner will do exactly that. He'll say that if Buffalo wants to be an NFL market, they should pay NFL prices (and build an NFL stadium). If the city fails to do that, then he has every right to move the team.
nucci Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 I would love to see the reaction here if the Bills raised all tickets $5.00
NyQuil Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 $315 to watch seven games, nine if I am really bored during the preseason, is a great deal. Sure its 20 rows back in the 300s* (I cant wait for the winter games) but its going to be a fun time. I miss football. *This is my first year with seasons.
8-8 Forever? Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 I would love to see the reaction here if the Bills raised all tickets $5.00 raising the prices $4 to the average accomplishes nothing. that means not only are the suites still not sold, but 16 teams have more ticket revenue than we do, so 16 teams are ahead of the bills, some way ahead on cash... ticket prices need to go up $15-20 across the board for the increase to help the team actually compete for a title instead just exist...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 Excellent post. I have been screaming for the Bills to raise all of their ticket prices, including premium seating, up to exactly the NFL team average, for a long time now. It almost seems like Wilson keeps them "by far" the lowest so he can keep complaining how horrible the economy is in Buffalo. I know he is committed to keeping the Bills in Buffalo, so I have no idea why he plays this "woe is me" game. Of course he should raise ticket prices up to the NFL team average. He would not even have to offer Bills Nation an explanation, simply infer that it is the cost of being a fan in the NFL today. Do you know what the NFL average ticket price is? It's $72.20 per ticket per game. The Bills average is $51.24. If you raise ticket prices $20 across the board you think that'll go over with the fans? I think the Bills should charge more but raising the prices more than $4/ticket would be degenerative to ticket revenue I believe. The Bills would make more per seat but sell fewer tickets. The point of this whole exercise is that if we increased ticket prices by $4 it wouldn't give us enough additional revenue (app $1.5 million) to really make any sort of difference. There's no assurances that the money would even be spent of payroll.
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