Metal Man

This is a longer watch but is a really good report on all the different angles/players involved in the modern ticketing model. It covers a lot of the stuff being discussed in this thread from varying points of view.

This is accurate. Ever since TM added their variable based pricing model the second a show goes on sale the price is immediately determined based on the customer traffic load on their site. The idea that a certain section of a certain arena will always be around the same face value cost for any given concert is forever gone as long as TM is the main player.

Read an article a few weeks ago about the rising ticket prices which said based on their research and data that a high percentage of people are using payment plans for single event tickets. IIRC it was over 60% for Coachella. That makes me think that an even bigger chunk of people are probably just running up credit cards to cover these prices. I blame this trend of high ticket prices on social media. It is causing way too much FOMO which is driving up the prices because more and more people just can't imagine missing out and need to go at any cost. Long gone are the days where anyone could just say that were at the big show/game to not feel left out. Now if you don't have a selfie of yourself at the event you are relegated to a lower social class.

My family has had seats on the visitor side around the 35 yard line row 30 for decades. Being a section closer to center field would be a little nicer but I think the distance from the field is perfect. Has a nice above angle on the field to be able to see everything unfold perfectly. Also it is nice to not have too far of a walk up the aisle to the concourse. I had row 5 for the opener last year and man my old a55 legs were feeling it the next day after a few trips up and down on those stairs.

This was a memorable one for me too but for a little different reason. I was watching the game at a bar in Depew and remember that when that snow rolled into the stadium late into that game it wasn't doing anything up north where I was. However by the time I left the place, 20 minutes or so after the game had ended, the system had moved to my location and it was a rough ride home.

Every time a thread like this comes up this is the first game I think of. Th results of that season notwithstanding, the feeling in the crowd for that opener was one of the best I remember being a part of.

I heard the shuttles after the convert was a 💩 show. Sorry for the people who had to deal with that. I was lucky enough to be able to have the wife drop me off early and then come pick me up about an hour after the show ended so I didn't have to deal with any of the post show traffic nightmares. Agree about ST. Their sound was terrible. Not a massive fan but I know a handful of their songs. I might have been kind of tuned out by then but I didn't even realize they played Subliminal until I saw the setlist the next day. Not sure why the sound was so jacked up for them but then ok for Pantera and very good for Metallica.

I thought it ended up going a lot more smoothly than I predicted, at least in the area around where I was sitting, 117. Definitely got crowded at times but concessions and bathrooms seemed to be pretty manageable all night. How was anyone else's experience?

I'll be there. For anyone not familiar with the Dome it is woefully unequipped for a crowd of this size, so be prepared for concourses even worse than the Ralph during halftime as far as crowd density.

Played a ton of Euchre in high school and college when I lived in the Buffalo area. Then when I moved to the Syracuse area no one had ever heard of it. It is all Pitch around here. Used to play on yahoo a lot when they still had live games and it seemed like most of the people I would meet on there were from WNY, Ohio, or Canada so if definitely seems somewhat regional.

There is a place like this right downtown in the canal side area, near the arena, attached to a kid's museum called Explore & More. They have Bills stuff along with other Buffalo sports teams and things just for Buffalo in general. It has a small boutique like feel and my wife, who also enjoys those types of stores, loves this place and always insists on a browse there when we are in the area.

I have been thinking they would go down that road as well. A lot of interesting story angles to play around with the idea of two different personas and a pregnancy. That is right about the same time my friend's wife gave up on it too. She was adamant that there was no way they would be able to wrap all of the mysteries up and explain it well. We laughed it off at the time but in retrospect she was way ahead of the curve.

I guess this is ok as a time saver but I actually kind of like the drama of waiting to see where that chain lines up when the chain gang comes out. Guess I am old school.

Severance is a fantastic show. So many interesting concepts to wrap your mind around. Also great for discussion. I don't remember talking as much about a show week to week with coworkers since maybe Lost. However I'm also worried some of this won't really lead to anything cohesive like Lost as well.