BillsPride12 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 They were talking about the subject on WGR this morning since Del Reid of 26 shirts is getting to attend this year after winning Fan of the Year for the Bills. Just curious how many TBDer's have gotten to experience a Super Bowl? Feel free to share any cool stories or memories for those that have attended any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) I sold my house so I can attend this years Super Bowl. Anyone have a couch I can crash on afterwards since I didn’t tell the wife? Edited February 7 by DJB 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) We won a trip to the Bills vs Redskins in Minneapolis. My wife’s friends were in a Zonta Club and had a fundraiser selling raffle tickets. My wife bought some tickets from them, and when they showed up before my Rotary Club meeting to sell tickets I was told “you already have all the tickets you need.” Not an ideal approach to fundraising, but it let me off the hook so I was good with it. So we forget all about this until the phone rings one night. The friends are at a bar where they just had the drawing, drunk as hell and laughing their asses off. I have to believe it was totally rigged. The wife wanted to sell the package (airfare, hotel, game tickets, parties and ground transportation, etc.) to buy a dining room set, but that faded quickly. She knows me. We all know how that ended, but I’m glad I got to do a Super Bowl, even in single digit temps. I checked that off the bucket list and have no burning desire to attend one in person again…..especially somewhere so cold. Minneapolis is a great city with weather that only works for me in the summer. . Edited February 7 by Augie 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 minutes ago, Augie said: The wife wanted to sell the package (airfare, hotel, game tickets, parties and ground transportation, etc.) to buy a dining room set 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA Bills Fan Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Went to the Bills/Cowboys super bowl in Pasadena. Was seated in the Cowboys section and decided to leave a little early as it was a blowout. Ran into Ed McMahon (of Jonny Carson fame) and he shared some consoling words. Good dude but being a bills fan, nothing helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 NOPE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) Been to 5 super bowls , 4 in New Orleans (one 1 paid $80 cash (face value of $120) 25 minutes before kickoff, the others paid for by brokers) and I paid $400 to go to the Bills in Atlanta. Edited February 7 by RoyBatty is alive 1 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 @mrags tried. 🤣 6 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said: Been to 5 super bowls , 4 in New Orleans (one 1 paid $80 cash (face value of $120) 25 minutes before kickoff, the others paid for by brokers) and I paid $400 to go to the Bills in Atlanta. That's the way to do it. Wait last minute and go for a team you don't care about if it's in an city you're in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaB Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 If the Browns ever make it my buddy is taking me, my brother and my dad…. Fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, boyst said: @mrags tried. 🤣 That's the way to do it. Wait last minute and go for a team you don't care about if it's in an city you're in Exactly. I also have been to numerous NCAA Basketball championship games. After two teams lost Saturday night almost half of the tickets will be up for sale. I saw U Conn and Butler for $15, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zow2 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Yes, the Bills first one in Tampa and the fourth one in Atlanta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Neva. The only reason I’d go is for the Bills and in the early 90’s, I was a working class guy. I can afford it now, but unless I know we’re there I would rather see from my couch. I don’t even go to parties anymore as I want to watch the game undisturbed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 5 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said: Exactly. I also have been to numerous NCAA Basketball championship games. After two teams lost Saturday night almost half of the tickets will be up for sale. I saw U Conn and Butler for $15, when you live in the right city you can do this easily. lviing in/near greensboro for the acc tourney i never took advantage of it - at least yet - but you can get acc tourney tickets for less than $30 even when it was like top of the era duke/unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 16 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said: Been to 5 super bowls , 4 in New Orleans (one 1 paid $80 cash (face value of $120) 25 minutes before kickoff, the others paid for by brokers) and I paid $400 to go to the Bills in Atlanta. I have a buddy who was a student at Tulane when one of the early SB’s happened there. He said they walked over as an afterthought and got in for like $5. My, how times have changed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullBuchanan Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Nah, and I wouldn't really want to either, except maybe once for the experience of it. I vastly prefer watching football on TV vs live if it's a game I care about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFan Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I’ve been to one Super Bowl here in the Atl. Saw my Bills lose to the hated Boys and their awful fans. The swag was pretty good. The seat had a nice seat cushion, with a flash light and small radio with headphones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, BullBuchanan said: Nah, and I wouldn't really want to either, except maybe once for the experience of it. I vastly prefer watching football on TV vs live if it's a game I care about. Once was great, but plenty for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Nope way to expensive for my wallet ! The SB has become like the games in the Roman Coliseum only for those that are higher up in politics or more money than they know what to do with it plus my seat in the living room is much more comfortable than the seats in any NFL stadium . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Atlanta. What a great experience. The bars were all Bills fans the couple nights before the game, until Cowboy fans showed up the night before the game. Had to scalp tickets to get in. We had booked the trip and tickets through Small World Travel and they couldn’t get the tickets for the game. This was a day before we departed so we decided to go down and try to get tickets once down there. The person from Small World escorting the group disappeared the first day and we all had to figure out how to manage the trip. When we got back, we filed a class action suit and won, but the agency went belly up before we got all our money. Even got interviewed on CNN getting off the plane in Buffalo. Overall an unforgettable experience. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 1 minute ago, GASabresIUFan said: I’ve been to one Super Bowl here in the Atl. Saw my Bills lose to the hated Boys and their awful fans. The swag was pretty good. The seat had a nice seat cushion, with a flash light and small radio with headphones. I’ve got my SB seat cushions from Minneapolis in the man cave, along with a bunch of those old program covers that have been framed. It had a pocket full of “stuff”. . Edited February 7 by Augie 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 12 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said: I’ve been to one Super Bowl here in the Atl. Saw my Bills lose to the hated Boys and their awful fans. The swag was pretty good. The seat had a nice seat cushion, with a flash light and small radio with headphones. Funny, I still have the seat cushion, werent we supposed to use the flash light for the half time show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I went to the one in Detroit in 2006. Steelers and Seahawks was a boring game but The Rolling Stones were great at halftime. I won't go to another one unless the Bills make it. My guess is the NFL will have moved it to Siberia or something by then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 XXV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boco357 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) Yes Superbowl 27. The people behind us went for Michael Jackson at halftime. Edited February 7 by boco357 double Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billieve420 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Never been to a Super Bowl. However, always had it set in my mind that if the Bills made it that far would make the trip. They just need to make sure and win because I don't think I could afford another trip like that in my lifetime again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFan Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 22 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said: Funny, I still have the seat cushion, werent we supposed to use the flash light for the half time show? I have all three items. Not sure why I've kept the flashlight and the radio. Yes, the flashlight was for the halftime show. I've also been to an NCAA BB final (IU lost to Maryland), a CFP Final (UGA choked against Bama), World Series games (Braves 91 & 92), and Stanley Cup games (Sabres in 1975 - Bat/Fog game). Given my teams' history when I attend, I don't think I'll be attending again any time soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, boyst said: @mrags tried. 🤣 That's the way to do it. Wait last minute and go for a team you don't care about if it's in an city you're in I tried alright. Took a $6k bath on those tix. I’ll say this, if the Bills ever go to the SB I don’t think your touching tix from brokers for any less than 10k a ticket for the cheapest seat in the house. Probably more than $12k to be honest. They know Bills fans are crazy and will pay it. When I went through the process, the broker I sold my tix to knew that if the Bills were in it you could easily expect 3x market value on tix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I've been to 6. The 4 Bills ones in the 90s, SBXLVIII & SB50. 1st one I went with the Disney package. I got a cheap flight to Orlando, got a rental car, stayed Thurs night & Monday night in Orlando & Fri-Monday morning at the Bill-Mar hotel in Treasure Island. 2nd one my friend Petrino (old poster here) won the lottery and I got a ticket at face value. I got the flight & motel through Travel USA & had to fly out of Buffalo. 3rd one Petrino won his 2nd straight lottery, we got a super saver flight to LA, split motel, & rental car prices & brought the whole thing in for about $750 each, 4th one we went with Travel USA/Santos Tours out of Buffalo. 5th one I went to was XLVIII at Met-Life. The ticket prices were the lowest in years because the corporate people didn't want to sit outside in February in NJ. I drove down the day of the game, parked at the Stub Hub parking, shuttle bussed to the game & back, and had a motel room in Ramsey NJ. Unfortunately, when I got back to the motel, I found out a snow storm was coming. I woke up at 4, showered & was out of there by 4:30. I was home in about 2 hours & went back to bed. 6th one was SB50 in Santa Clara. I have relatives in the Bay area & promised I'd go to the game with my nephew. He drove to Freemont, we took a bus to the game & back to Freemont & then I stayed at his house when we got back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, boyst said: @mrags tried. 🤣 That's the way to do it. Wait last minute and go for a team you don't care about if it's in an city you're in I’m guessing you paid that little back in the 90s. You aren’t touching tix for under a few thousand now. Even last minute I feel like it’s not happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 6 minutes ago, mrags said: I’m guessing you paid that little back in the 90s. You aren’t touching tix for under a few thousand now. Even last minute I feel like it’s not happening. I was checking this year's prices. They were $10-11,000 the week of the championship games, early this week they were down to around $8,000 get in price. Here's the current lowest price ticket on NFL on Location. Their 15% fee is lower than a lot of others, so when you see a low price before fees the fees could be as high as 25-30% Order Details SUPER BOWL LVIII FEBRUARY 11, 2024ALLEGIANT STADIUM SEATS AVAILABLE: 6 - 23 * YOUR SEATS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE TOGETHER SECTION: 345 ROW: 13 QUANTITY: 1 TICKET PRICE: $6,929.00 SERVICE FEE: $1,247.22 SHIPPING: -- DELIVERY METHOD: MOBILE DELIVERY SUBTOTAL: $8,176.22 * KICKOFF CLUB HOSPITALITY AT SUPER BOWL LVIII Orders Summary TICKETS $6,929.00 SERVICE FEE $1,247.22 SHIPPING -- SUBTOTAL $8,176.22 Edited February 7 by Albany,n.y. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said: I was checking this year's prices. They were $10-11,000 the week of the championship games, early this week they were down to around $8,000 get in price. Last week when I was looking, a single ticket was about $9,500. Today, single ticket lowest price is $6,500. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ticketssince61 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Went to Minneapolis and Pasadena (IIRC we lost both of those) Face Value back then was $150 and could scalp for around $400. Cool stat - my dad RIP went to Super Bowl 1 - was in LA for a conference and splurged $5 for a ticket I still have the program he bought for us 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said: I was checking this year's prices. They were $10-11,000 the week of the championship games, early this week they were down to around $8,000 get in price. I imagine they will drop to half that or even less the day of. But point being, if the Bills are in it, those prices will never come down. I imagine it’s the deep pockets of San Fran fans that are keeping the prices so lofty still. When I lost money on tix back in 2020 it was the Chiefs and they were just there the year before. Their fans have already been there and done that, they were overpaying for tix at that point. That’s pretty much the info I received from the brokers. If it were the Bills and Lions in the SB expect to pay over 20k a ticket without breaking a sweat. At least in the secondary market. I bought mine directly from the NFL before the secondary prices took off. We tried to sell for triple face value and was told at the time that if we had them up for just over double we would have sold them in the first few days. Unfortunately after the first 3 days the market went to crap and there was a Covid outbreak in Tampa at the time. Really screwed us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2 minutes ago, Just Jack said: Last week when I was looking, a single ticket was about $9,500. Today, single ticket lowest price is $6,500. Here's Ticketmaster after fees of 21.25% The 1st ticket is listed at $5,600 before fees. : Sec 441, Row 8 Verified Resale Ticket $6,790.00 Sec 443, Row 7 Verified Resale Ticket $7,796.38 Sec 326, Row 13 Verified Resale Ticket $7,820.63 Sec 414, Row 6 Verified Resale Ticket $7,863.06 Sec 326, Row 12 Verified Resale Ticket $7,880.04 Sec 332, Row 4 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 344, Row 10 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 318, Row 8 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 411, Row 16 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 436, Row 14 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 406, Row 7 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 442, Row 1 Verified Resale Ticket $7,941.88 Sec 411, Row 17 Verified Resale Ticket $7,990.38 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) I went to all 4 of the Bills Super Bowls. So obviously it's my fault they lost. Before SBXXV we went to the hotel where ESPN was doing their broadcasting. We came across a taping of the Jim Kelly Show. Met Jim, Chris Berman. Got interviewed for the news back home (Rich Funke!) Met Muhammad Ali, Barry Sanders, Ralph Wilson and Van Miller walking around Minneapolis before SBXXVI. And it turned out that our hotel was the Bills' secret night-before hotel. We came back from dinner to find Marv Levy and Bill Polian in our lobby and the place crawling with players. Spent time before SB XXVII in Vegas, and won about $800 playing blackjack at The Mirage. Don't recall much about the SB XXVIII except that our hotel room got broken into during the game. Edited February 7 by JÂy RÛßeÒ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 9 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said: Here's Ticketmaster after fees of 21.25% The 1st ticket is listed at $5,600 before fees. : Sec 441, Row 8 Verified Resale Ticket $6,790.00 Sec 443, Row 7 Verified Resale Ticket $7,796.38 Sec 326, Row 13 Verified Resale Ticket $7,820.63 Sec 414, Row 6 Verified Resale Ticket $7,863.06 Sec 326, Row 12 Verified Resale Ticket $7,880.04 Sec 332, Row 4 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 344, Row 10 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 318, Row 8 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 411, Row 16 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 436, Row 14 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 406, Row 7 Verified Resale Ticket $7,881.25 Sec 442, Row 1 Verified Resale Ticket $7,941.88 Sec 411, Row 17 Verified Resale Ticket $7,990.38 I’m n 2020 I paid just over $8k per seat for great end zone seats. 26 rows up from the field. Dead center of the end zone. Across the way from the pirate ship (not same side). We could have originally bought tix for $4-5k but they were in some nosebleed sections. Thought for sure the best option would be for better seats. Turned out not to be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Went to XVIII in Atlanta; was living there at the time. Still had Bills season tix and through a connection at the ticket office got four face value seats. It was a fun experience but the weather sucked so there wasn't any real "hanging out" downtown. Game was in the rather new (at the time) Georgia Dome and the biggest thing I noticed, even back then, was that it didn't have the same feel as a game played for the fans. Box checked. I've always said that when the Bills go back I want to watch it in Buffalo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketList Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I went to the Bills Redskins superbowl in Minneapolis. I grew up in Buffalo, graduated from Plattsburgh State and took a job in the Washington DC area. I Have lived in Maryland ever since. I bought my tickets for $150 each from a redskins fan who advertised them in the Washington Post. They were on the 40 yard line in the lower section - Incredible seats. I stayed at the same hotel as the Jim Kelly family. I remember seeing the room they reserved for the post game. It was very quiet there after the game. I saw Jim Kelly in the hotel after the game. His face was black and blue, I guess from the concussion he got in the second quarter. He was almost unrecognizable. One other memorable event was that I saw Muhammad Ali at the airport just before I boarded to leave. I also remember all the redskin fans singing Hail to the redskins almost the entire time during the flight back to Washington. I’ve hated that song ever since… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Yes, went to XXV (Bills 1st SB). Had to do it as it seemed like I was waiting forever to them finally making it (I discovered the NFL in '72 & became a Bills fan in '73). I also wanted to go to XXVII (very confident we were going to win ) but couldn't get out of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stenbar Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Super Bowl 12. I grew up in Dallas in the 70's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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