bg17 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I want to come to the home opener and fly out after the game. The last flight for me leaves at 650 pm. Is that enough time to get to the airport assuming game ends at 4:00? Thanks for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I want to come to the home opener and fly out after the game. The last flight for me leaves at 650 pm. Is that enough time to get to the airport assuming game ends at 4:00? Thanks for any input. Possibly but not likely. you will be stuck in traffic and would be cutting it real close depending on the situation at the airport. You may get there by 6 and think you got it made only to find a line at tsa and then you get to your gate 10 minutes after the flight left. If I were in your shoes I would plan on staying at the stadium and doing some post game and then leave the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I want to come to the home opener and fly out after the game. The last flight for me leaves at 650 pm. Is that enough time to get to the airport assuming game ends at 4:00? Thanks for any input. I have accomplished that run before, but never for the opener since 9/11. The airport is usually slow as hell on Sundays even after games, as long as you can get out of the stadium traffic, it is very possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West End Stench Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I haven't had to make this exact run, but your best bet for getting out of O.P. quickly is to park at a house lot along Big Tree Road (20A), making sure you can make a right-hand turn out of the lot to go towards rt 219 after the game. Key to getting out quickly is to leave early so you won't have to park in the back of a lot. You will want to slightly hustle to your vehicle after the game so you don't get stuck in the house-lot traffic. Once you get to 219 you should be in pretty good shape heading north into Buffalo... Of course, the best thing you can do is to leave the game a little bit early if at all possible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I've made the airport run after the game at least a half dozen times, and I think a 6:50 flight gives you plenty of time. My personal cut-off for flight departure time is 6:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Possibly but not likely. you will be stuck in traffic and would be cutting it real close depending on the situation at the airport. You may get there by 6 and think you got it made only to find a line at tsa and then you get to your gate 10 minutes after the flight left. If I were in your shoes I would plan on staying at the stadium and doing some post game and then leave the next day. He has plenty of time to get to the airport he just has to know some tricks. Park in lot 5(which is the lot off of southwestern. When you pull in the lot & pay your money there will be attendents who try to shoot to the left or to the right, just keep going straight & blow by them(they never stop you. Once you are past them park your car closest to the center aisle. After the game get to your car(if you sit towards the scoreboard side of the stadium on the visitors side your right there) & when you get out of the lot make a right onto southwestern. Take southwestern(it will turn into transit) all the way to genessee st & make a left there. The airport is less then mile away on the right hand side. I live in Lancaster right off of transit & William & it literally takes us 15 minutes to get home(I am always home before 4:30.) You should be at the airport no later then 4:45 which will give you plenty of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section122 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Park on kalifornia (sp?) Then the wait in traffic is minimized... I make it to the other side of rochester (staying for the entire game btw leaving early is blasphemy!) By 7 so you should have no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cson76 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Avoid 90 by getting down to route 5 into the city. Find your way to the 33, you'll avoid the most traffic that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 If you do it and make it please post. Of course if it turns into the exact scenario i laid out for you, well pl!ease post lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 This is what you must do. There used to be a bar on Southwestern, just before the railroad bridge at California, called the End Zone. I think it got torn down but you can park in their lot for $6. Now it's a good 10-15 minute walk to the Stadium but you be glad when it's time to leave. It's beyond the zone where traffic gets snarled. You make a right out of that lot and you are on your way. DO NOT GET ON THE THRUWAY (I-90)!!! It will be a parking lot up to the tolls. Take Union or Transit Road to the Airport. Also DO NOT PARK IN THE STADIUM LOTS!!! You will be stuck for a long time trying to get out. If you can't find the lot I'm talking about, just park in a private lot away from RWS, and leave in a direction heading away from the stadium. Do this and you'll have no problem catching your flight. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 This is what you must do. There used to be a bar on Southwestern, just before the railroad bridge at California, called the End Zone. I think it got torn down but you can park in their lot for $6. Now it's a good 10-15 minute walk to the Stadium but you be glad when it's time to leave. It's beyond the zone where traffic gets snarled. You make a right out of that lot and you are on your way. DO NOT GET ON THE THRUWAY (I-90)!!! It will be a parking lot up to the tolls. Take Union or Transit Road to the Airport. Also DO NOT PARK IN THE STADIUM LOTS!!! You will be stuck for a long time trying to get out. If you can't find the lot I'm talking about, just park in a private lot away from RWS, and leave in a direction heading away from the stadium. Do this and you'll have no problem catching your flight. PTR If he does it the way I told him he will be out of the parking lot in less then 5 minutes. Seriously I do this every home game & have been doing it this way for the last 12 years. Forget the lots off of California Road, forgot the Endzone, park in lot 5 & park right next to the center towards the front(right infront of the preferred parking. It will be easy to get into the center lane & then he is out of lot in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 One thing you have to remember is that you do not know any of these routes like the back of your hand like most of the posters on this board. You could listen to any one of thier suggestions, but if you don't know the stadium traffic, speed, and little tricks like driving very aggessive in certain areas or making your car fit into places it just shouldn't like most everyone is used to because they know that particular route, then you are screwed. My advise would be not to take the chance, book a later flight and enjoy the tailgate experience after the game. Do not rush because you can only get yourself in trouble of you do. But it's your call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 One thing you have to remember is that you do not know any of these routes like the back of your hand like most of the posters on this board. You could listen to any one of thier suggestions, but if you don't know the stadium traffic, speed, and little tricks like driving very aggessive in certain areas or making your car fit into places it just shouldn't like most everyone is used to because they know that particular route, then you are screwed. My advise would be not to take the chance, book a later flight and enjoy the tailgate experience after the game. Do not rush because you can only get yourself in trouble of you do. But it's your call. What little tricks????? You park closest to the center as you can(if you get there by 9 he will have no problem finding a spot) get to your car right after the game, pull out of the lot & once your by California road(half mile) it opens up & your in the clear. There are no special tricks. Look if he gets a 6:50 flight & does it the way I tell him & still misses his flight, he & his friends could spend the night at my house, we will suck down some post game beers in my basement watching the later games & I will drive them to the airport Monday morning & pay the change in flight fees for him & his friends to catch the Monday morning flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 And dont forget a secret place to stash an umbrella in case it's raining so you can dry out on your way to the car in the lot on your way to the airport to catch your flight that would you look at that, left the gate 5 minutes before you got there. It can be done but why not enjoy the day without any risk of the other possibilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Does anyone know if one can go to the Buffalo airport before the game, check their bags & then come back after the game & just have to go through security? My nephew from California recommended I do this when I go for a visit right after a Bills game. I've never tried this at any airport but he said it's possible. It might be in California but what about Buffalo International? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleaky Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 +1 to Gordio. I live by the big blue water tower(near airport)and can make it home by 5:30 easy. Just park in lot 5 (or just outside lot 5) as Gordio says and take Union or Transit and you'll be fine. Don't take the 90 or route 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensThunder Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Maybe I missed somethingbut he did say he was flying in and flying out. Do any of those lots that are mentioned let you park a freakin plane?????????? Maybe he is going to rent a car but if he is doing that,he might as well take a cab and then make arrangements with the cab to be picked up and taken to the airport.Maybe there is an airport shuttle,don't know.have to find out then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Maybe I missed somethingbut he did say he was flying in and flying out. Do any of those lots that are mentioned let you park a freakin plane?????????? Maybe he is going to rent a car but if he is doing that,he might as well take a cab and then make arrangements with the cab to be picked up and taken to the airport.Maybe there is an airport shuttle,don't know.have to find out then. Helicopter maybe? Jet Pack? Hot air balloon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I'm thinking of a flux capacitor powered Deloreon. Just a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPCg5LYaAB0&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Rossy is a scientific Stud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Rossy is a scientific Stud. He's way out there. What would compel a man to do something like that… or these people who try to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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