Mr Info Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 At the last minute, I decided a couple of weeks ago to renew my tickets. I decided to call the Bills last Friday (April 17) and see if I could relocate my seats. After I found that I could not, I continued to talk about the Bills with the rep and asked about their renewals and he said that the economy is tough and they are about 80%. A 20% decline in season tickets must have some repercussions. Perhaps this explains a few things such as another game in Toronto. However, ineptitude breeds discord and even if the economy was not messed up, there would have been a bunch of non-renewals.
SKOOBY Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 At the last minute, I decided a couple of weeks ago to renew my tickets. I decided to call the Bills last Friday (April 17) and see if I could relocate my seats. After I found that I could not, I continued to talk about the Bills with the rep and asked about their renewals and he said that the economy is tough and they are about 80%. A 20% decline in season tickets must have some repercussions. Perhaps this explains a few things such as another game in Toronto. However, ineptitude breeds discord and even if the economy was not messed up, there would have been a bunch of non-renewals. After the draft, it will get better.
Glass To The Arson Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 After the draft, it will get better. No primetime in Buffalo hurt the sales
VOR Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 At the last minute, I decided a couple of weeks ago to renew my tickets. I decided to call the Bills last Friday (April 17) and see if I could relocate my seats. After I found that I could not, I continued to talk about the Bills with the rep and asked about their renewals and he said that the economy is tough and they are about 80%. A 20% decline in season tickets must have some repercussions. Perhaps this explains a few things such as another game in Toronto. However, ineptitude breeds discord and even if the economy was not messed up, there would have been a bunch of non-renewals. It's mostly the economy.
shibuya Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 it's not the economy... It a bumbling frachise that didn't have enough common sense to fire Jauron last year and get a real coach wqith a consistent winnign record in the NFL. Nop matter what the Bills do in FA or the draft it is not going to make up for whatg Jauron will do to this team.
Dan Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 3 seasons 7 wins 9 losses 1 coach = diminishing returns It's easy when you break it down by the numbers.
MarkyMannn Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 Yet dropping season sales only cements the Toronto move
Max997 Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 It's mostly the economy. saying its the economy is a copout keeping a head coach after 3 consecutive 7-9 seasons who has one winning season in 8 as a head coach and the anticipation of another losing season is the reason if the Bills made a coaching change to someone like Marty season ticket sales would have been around the same or maybe even increased
Rubes Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 I guess I can understand it to some degree. The family and I have been season ticket holders since 1977, and I can say without a doubt that this past season was one of the most difficult to bear. The 2-14 seasons were God-awful, but you knew the team was God-awful to begin with. This past season, there was reason to believe the team had a good chance to make progress. But the Bills made themselves God-awful, and at times it was some of the most gut-wrenching idiocy I've ever had to witness. This was a group that demanded to be cleared out, but ownership declared being generally happy with the status-quo. The T.O. signing, to me, was to partly make up for this, but it's hardly enough. I never considered not renewing, but I can see why others might.
thebug Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 Would have been even worse without the Owens signing.
lets_go_bills Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 There's still plenty of time. But with th economy I could see some holders opting not to renew in favour of just going to one or two games instead of all seven.
Lurker Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 No primetime in Buffalo hurt the sales You got it backwards. Primetime games hurt season ticket sales, since ~20% of holders come from significant distances away from OBD. The team has plenty of stats showing 1:00 pm games sell the best... An 80% renewal rate in April seems pretty strong, actually...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 I bought two more seats to add to the ones I already have. Thanks for not renewing, suckahs! PTR
Lori Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 Would have been even worse without the Owens signing. Would have been absolutely BRUTAL -- maybe under 40K -- without the Owens signing.
pBills Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 How about it's still early... the games will be sold out this year. At least the games in Buffalo.
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