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13 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

due to Jax knowing they would be having a home playoff game ahead of time and us not knowing if we would even have a game, i said 10-20% as i feel like most tickets would have been gobbled up by then

 

 

Yep.  Ticket availability will be the biggest determining factor.  I think Bills fans would number maybe 30% if we could find tickets.  

 

A few years ago (maybe more than a "few"), I was at the Bills playoff game in Miami.  Local TV estimated that something like 80,000 Bills fans were in town for the game.   Not all of them were able to get tickets but we probably had 20,000 fans at the game sporting Bills colors!  

 

It was super impressive to see what a presence we had in that town and in that stadium.  I remember going to restaurants where roughly 1 in 4 patrons were proudly wearing Bills shirts & jerseys.  


And that wasn't after a 17 year drought.  The pent up demand to see a Bills playoff game is overwhelming.  

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I think you all are way off. I am thinking about 10,000 Bills fans..so not sure what capacity is but I am guessing that's right about 15%.We get skewed posting to a Bills message board, we are all idiots and will spend the money to go to the game... I think plenty of people took a look at the ticket prices, combined with airfare..and said no thanks.

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Sal Capaccio  ? Retweeted

According to Vivid Seats, about About 20% of the tickets purchased for Sunday's #jaguars #bills playoff game were bought by people with NY ZIP codes — that's the largest representation of a home state fanbase of any "road team" playing in this weekend's wild card games #nfl

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Sal Capaccio  ? Retweeted

According to Vivid Seats, about About 20% of the tickets purchased for Sunday's #jaguars #bills playoff game were bought by people with NY ZIP codes — that's the largest representation of a home state fanbase of any "road team" playing in this weekend's wild card games #nfl

and that doesn't begin to count the many of us who live in other states traveling to the game. I am guessing a minimum of 20,000-25,000 Bills fans will be in attendance and if we can steal the momentum early in the game it will sound more like 50,000.

2 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

I think you all are way off. I am thinking about 10,000 Bills fans..so not sure what capacity is but I am guessing that's right about 15%.We get skewed posting to a Bills message board, we are all idiots and will spend the money to go to the game... I think plenty of people took a look at the ticket prices, combined with airfare..and said no thanks.

I went to the Falcons game in Atlanta this year and there were more than 10,000 Bills fans there, probably much more, and that wasn't a Playoff game after a 17 year drought. And for the record, those tickets were not cheap either. I paid just about $200 more per ticket for the JAX game, which is totally worth it to me!  Go Bills!!

3 hours ago, Chadwick Bay Chad said:

I will be there

Are you coming to Wing It, or the Bills tailgate in lot X? it would be fun to meet the man, the myth, the legend in the flesh. Or will you be on the field during the game?

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2 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

I think you all are way off. I am thinking about 10,000 Bills fans..so not sure what capacity is but I am guessing that's right about 15%.We get skewed posting to a Bills message board, we are all idiots and will spend the money to go to the game... I think plenty of people took a look at the ticket prices, combined with airfare..and said no thanks.

Because of the limited box office supply, and high secondary market prices, I'd guess between 5-10k.

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One thing to keep in mind, the Jags have A LOT of resellers as season ticket holders. Teams all handle them differently. Jacksonville has been more accepting than most teams in order to keep their base up. A lot of the tickets that were scooped up early, still went to Bills fans. I have it between 20-30%. 

 

FWIW, we had a similar situation when I worked in New Orleans. One of the ways that we worked with the brokers was to get them extra tickets to the biggest games. It’s pretty similar. They took a bath when we played Milwaukee on a Tuesday but did well when LeBron or Kobe came to town. We worked together though. I’d imagine it’s pretty similar in Jacksonville. We actually had a manager whose full-time job was working with the brokers. There are a bunch of major players and they own lots of tickets everywhere. I’d bet anything that there are guys that have 1,000+ tickets this week to resell.

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3 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

One thing to keep in mind, the Jags have A LOT of resellers as season ticket holders. Teams all handle them differently. Jacksonville has been more accepting than most teams in order to keep their base up. A lot of the tickets that were scooped up early, still went to Bills fans. I have it between 20-30%. 

Yeah, that is kind of what I was thinking also.  

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47 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

 

Are you coming to Wing It, or the Bills tailgate in lot X? it would be fun to meet the man, the myth, the legend in the flesh. Or will you be on the field during the game?

 

Don/Chad won't show up. But later he'll claim he was there you but you weren't.

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4 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

One thing to keep in mind, the Jags have A LOT of resellers as season ticket holders. Teams all handle them differently. Jacksonville has been more accepting than most teams in order to keep their base up. A lot of the tickets that were scooped up early, still went to Bills fans. I have it between 20-30%. 

 

FWIW, we had a similar situation when I worked in New Orleans. One of the ways that we worked with the brokers was to get them extra tickets to the biggest games. It’s pretty similar. They took a bath when we played Milwaukee on a Tuesday but did well when LeBron or Kobe came to town. We worked together though. I’d imagine it’s pretty similar in Jacksonville. We actually had a manager whose full-time job was working with the brokers. There are a bunch of major players and they own lots of tickets everywhere. I’d bet anything that there are guys that have 1,000+ tickets this week to resell.

that whole business model fascinates me, and I must say I know very little how it works. Be great to learn more from you this weekend

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Looks like Wing It get their permit to expand the party tomorrow night. I hope I see you all there:

 

*** Wing It Saturday Night Bills Invasion Party Update ***

We will be posting a full rundown of the event tomorrow afternoon complete with all Bills Backers specials. But here is a summary of what will be going on so you can start to solidify your plans for Saturday night, and there is no confusion.

The event will start @ 7pm til midnight-ish. The party will be both inside the bar as well as a specially designated 2500sq ft Wing It Party Zone outside in the parking lot. Outside will include some seating and tables as well as plenty of room to walk around. We will have some 40,000btu propane patio lamps for those Ex WNY'ers now living in warmer climates 1f642.png?

Inside we have a DJ on our stage playing jams from all genres from 8:30-11:30. We will have the NFL Playoff games on all TV's in the main room with no audio, but there will be TV's in the pool room area with sound on.

We have our bar area and two satellite cash-only bar stations inside ( City law does not allow us to sell alcohol outdoors). However, everyone is allowed to bring their drinks and food outside as long as you are within the designated Wing-it Party Zone.  
FYI- THERE IS AN ATM BOTH INSIDE THE BAR AND ALSO IN THE WING IT PARKING LOT. 

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING INFO SO THAT THERE IS NO CONFUSION AND NO UPSET FANS:

1) Wing-It sells BEER and WINE only. They DO NOT sell mixed drinks. If you are looking for shots and mixed drinks then you may want to make alternate plans to attend other events ( such as at the Landing)
2) We expect to comfortably accommodate 450-500 Bills Fans inside and outside( combined ) at any one time. Please remember we are a sports bar and not a concert venue...We are confident you will have a great time here! You can always feel free to bounce back and forth between events as well.
3) We are open to Bills Fans of ALL ages. ID Will be checked for all beer sales of course.
4) We have some of Jacksonville Sherriff's finest providing security at the event so we would hope that Bills fans have a great time, make new friends, party hard and long, but responsibly! 
5) Please have consideration and understanding for your Hosts at Wing It. They have been our Bills Backer Bar for over 15 years and have treated us like family. They will do their very best to make it a great event. Of course, like all events of this size, there can be some frustrations and a few issues may pop up...we ask for your patience and respect as we will work quickly to make everything as smooth as possible. 

We encourage you to come join us and see for yourself the great time we will all have celebrating the END OF THE DROUGHT! GO BILLS!

23 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:

Debating on putting something on my Jeep for the Bills. Got the front bills plate and the throwback standing Buffalo on the rear window

Same here. Figure there will be lots of Bills fans on the road at the same time...

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49 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:

Debating on putting something on my Jeep for the Bills. Got the front bills plate and the throwback standing Buffalo on the rear window

 

Got a Bills flag?

31 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

Looks like Wing It get their permit to expand the party tomorrow night. I hope I see you all there:

 

1) Wing-It sells BEER and WINE only. They DO NOT sell mixed drinks. If you are looking for shots and mixed drinks then you may want to make alternate plans to attend other events ( such as at the Landing)

 

So who wants to meet up elsewhere :D

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On ‎1‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 12:45 PM, Chadwick Bay Chad said:

I will be there

I just bought 250,000 acres of contiguous land in an undisclosed location in the Jacksonville area.  Your move, Donbay.

1 hour ago, Boyst62 said:

Debating on putting something on my Jeep for the Bills. Got the front bills plate and the throwback standing Buffalo on the rear window

Maybe play the shout song over the PA rather than the Ice Cream Truck jingle you usually rock.

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3 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

I just bought 250,000 acres of contiguous land in an undisclosed location in the Jacksonville area.  Your move, Donbay.

Maybe play the shout song over the PA rather than the Ice Cream Truck jingle you usually rock.

the ladies will run away not toward me.

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49 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

Looks like Wing It get their permit to expand the party tomorrow night. I hope I see you all there:

 

*** Wing It Saturday Night Bills Invasion Party Update ***

We will be posting a full rundown of the event tomorrow afternoon complete with all Bills Backers specials. But here is a summary of what will be going on so you can start to solidify your plans for Saturday night, and there is no confusion.

The event will start @ 7pm til midnight-ish. The party will be both inside the bar as well as a specially designated 2500sq ft Wing It Party Zone outside in the parking lot. Outside will include some seating and tables as well as plenty of room to walk around. We will have some 40,000btu propane patio lamps for those Ex WNY'ers now living in warmer climates 1f642.png?

Inside we have a DJ on our stage playing jams from all genres from 8:30-11:30. We will have the NFL Playoff games on all TV's in the main room with no audio, but there will be TV's in the pool room area with sound on.

We have our bar area and two satellite cash-only bar stations inside ( City law does not allow us to sell alcohol outdoors). However, everyone is allowed to bring their drinks and food outside as long as you are within the designated Wing-it Party Zone.  
FYI- THERE IS AN ATM BOTH INSIDE THE BAR AND ALSO IN THE WING IT PARKING LOT. 

PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING INFO SO THAT THERE IS NO CONFUSION AND NO UPSET FANS:

1) Wing-It sells BEER and WINE only. They DO NOT sell mixed drinks. If you are looking for shots and mixed drinks then you may want to make alternate plans to attend other events ( such as at the Landing)
2) We expect to comfortably accommodate 450-500 Bills Fans inside and outside( combined ) at any one time. Please remember we are a sports bar and not a concert venue...We are confident you will have a great time here! You can always feel free to bounce back and forth between events as well.
3) We are open to Bills Fans of ALL ages. ID Will be checked for all beer sales of course.
4) We have some of Jacksonville Sherriff's finest providing security at the event so we would hope that Bills fans have a great time, make new friends, party hard and long, but responsibly! 
5) Please have consideration and understanding for your Hosts at Wing It. They have been our Bills Backer Bar for over 15 years and have treated us like family. They will do their very best to make it a great event. Of course, like all events of this size, there can be some frustrations and a few issues may pop up...we ask for your patience and respect as we will work quickly to make everything as smooth as possible. 

We encourage you to come join us and see for yourself the great time we will all have celebrating the END OF THE DROUGHT! GO BILLS!

Same here. Figure there will be lots of Bills fans on the road at the same time...

 

I think there are two locations....do you know which one by any chance?

4 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

I am guessing he is no longer on the board after last night...

 

What happened last night??

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2 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

I think there are two locations....do you know which one by any chance?

 

What happened last night??

It is the Mandarin location.

 

Let's just say our boy showed a little bit more of himself than anybody wanted to see. I m guessing he is gone for good.

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