Advice for game at Carolina ???

[pkwwjd]

I live in Northern NY, but our daughter lives in SC. We are planning on going to visit her and attend the Carolina game. Are there any Carolina Bills Backers groups that do a group of tickets? That would save us watching prices, etc. Plus we'd be sitting with other Bills fans. Any advice is great ... thanks!

[The Wiz]

here's the officials ones from buffalobills.com

 

https://www.buffalobills.com/fans/bills-backers/chapters

[Kirby Jackson]

The Carolina Bills Backers Group is pretty large. I went to the last game there and it was a good time. Hyperbole aside, 60% of the stadium may be be Bills fans.  That’s a realistic estimate. We may have 40,000 Bills fans there. There have been Nashville games that look like that but this game will rival that. I’d say AT LEAST 25,000. The point being, it won’t be hard to be around Bills fans.

 

Sometimes the Backer Groups have blocks of tickets. You can also go through the Fans of Buffalo group. I try to get to a couple of road games a year and I wait until the morning of the game (usually) to buy my tickets. That seems to be when the pricing is best. The few weeks before the game and now are usually the worst IMO. 

[K D]

Half of the population of Charlotte is from WNY, I expect that will be a home game for us. Cheap taxes and better weather!

[JESSEFEFFER]

Tavern on the Tracks which is 7 or so blocks from BOA stadium has my endorsement.  I spent the day there with my wife watching the game in which Bacarri Rambo intercepted Aaron Rodgers twice to beat the Packers, December 14, 2014.  Had a great time and they were a very active group.  I'd bet they would plan big things for when the Bills actually come to town.  You might want to contact their Bills Backer group.  

[boyst]

19 minutes ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

Tavern on the Tracks which is 7 or so blocks from BOA stadium has my endorsement.  I spent the day there with my wife watching the game in which Bacarri Rambo intercepted Aaron Rodgers twice to beat the Packers, December 14, 2014.  Had a great time and they were a very active group.  I'd bet they would plan big things for when the Bills actually come to town.  You might want to contact their Bills Backer group.  

Tavern is where to go the night before

 

Tailgating sucks in Charlotte.

[Augie]

12 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

The Carolina Bills Backers Group is pretty large. I went to the last game there and it was a good time. Hyperbole aside, 60% of the stadium may be be Bills fans.  That’s a realistic estimate. We may have 40,000 Bills fans there. There have been Nashville games that look like that but this game will rival that. I’d say AT LEAST 25,000. The point being, it won’t be hard to be around Bills fans.

 

Sometimes the Backer Groups have blocks of tickets. You can also go through the Fans of Buffalo group. I try to get to a couple of road games a year and I wait until the morning of the game (usually) to buy my tickets. That seems to be when the pricing is best. The few weeks before the game and now are usually the worst IMO. 

 

Oh, Geez. You’ve just created a dilemma for me. My wife has already booked the hotel rooms and rental car for the opener, and she just keeps inviting family members! When she learned what ticket prices look like now she slowed down.  Thank God for that! We will also be attending the “home game” (for us) in Atlanta. 

 

I thought that was my Bills schedule for the year, but my wife is from Rock Hills, SC, basically a suburb just south of Charlotte. She has a ton of family in the area.  I’ve never seen an NFL game in Charlotte. If it’s anything close to the Nashville experience, I want to see it with my wife. I’ve been to I think 4 games in Nashville (nearby and my son lived there) but my wife never got to see that amazing scene.  Tempting. 

[DJB]

We’d like a full report on future Bills upon your return 

Edited yesterday at 10:24 PM by DJB

[Guffalo]

We just booked a place for the Carolina game, now just waiting for ticket prices to ease before we grab seats. Will keep checking here to see if group sales pop up

[eball]

18 minutes ago, boyst said:

Tailgating sucks in Charlotte.

 

This.  There are a couple of lots but it’s nothing to write home about.  Better off pre-gaming at a bar.

 

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

5 hours ago, K D said:

Half of the population of Charlotte is from WNY, I expect that will be a home game for us. Cheap taxes and better weather!

 

I've seen a hot dog cart on a street corner in downtown Charlotte selling Sahlen's Hot Dogs!!

[Damian]

There must be a lot of Bills fans coming.  The tickets are running $1000 and up for lower sections, nosebleeds are $300ish.  

[machine gun kelly]

18 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

The Carolina Bills Backers Group is pretty large. I went to the last game there and it was a good time. Hyperbole aside, 60% of the stadium may be be Bills fans.  That’s a realistic estimate. We may have 40,000 Bills fans there. There have been Nashville games that look like that but this game will rival that. I’d say AT LEAST 25,000. The point being, it won’t be hard to be around Bills fans.

 

Sometimes the Backer Groups have blocks of tickets. You can also go through the Fans of Buffalo group. I try to get to a couple of road games a year and I wait until the morning of the game (usually) to buy my tickets. That seems to be when the pricing is best. The few weeks before the game and now are usually the worst IMO. 

Yep, KJ, I have several Bills fans friends who live there, and they often speak to me about their backers group.  
 

To the OP, you won’t have a tough time being around Bills fans.  Besides, it will be a like a Bills home game as next to Miami, Carolina will be a close second for a home game feel.  Those fans will have given up on their team by that time.  Carolina made some small improvements in their team the second half of last season, but no competition for the Bills, or Bucs for that matter.

[Southern McButterpants.]

19 hours ago, pkwwjd said:

I live in Northern NY, but our daughter lives in SC. We are planning on going to visit her and attend the Carolina game. Are there any Carolina Bills Backers groups that do a group of tickets? That would save us watching prices, etc. Plus we'd be sitting with other Bills fans. Any advice is great ... thanks!

Where in SC? The Bills Backers of the Midlands (Columbia area) is organizing tickets + busses for both the Carolina and Atlanta games. i might take advantage of the ATL bus and save a hotel room.

 

For the Panthers game, we have friends in Fort Mill, just south of the city, so we're going up on Saturday to "pre-game." 

Edited 6 hours ago by Southern McButterpants.

[RyanC883]

my cousin lives in Charlotte.  Tickets for that game are crazy right now, like $400 each!  Prob because 1/2 the city is from WNY.  

[JP51]

tailgating is not what it is here... maybe fine a bar to pre and post game? 

[JESSEFEFFER]

18 hours ago, boyst said:

Tavern is where to go the night before

 

Tailgating sucks in Charlotte.

The day I spent there I arrived early thinking parking would be a problem, so we opened the place up.  Carolina had a home game then (Cam Newton had just been in the traffic accident) and their fans trickled in for their pregame meal and drinks.  I think any downtown stadium has a tailgating situation that has severe limitations ="sucks."

[Kirby Jackson]

16 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

my cousin lives in Charlotte.  Tickets for that game are crazy right now, like $400 each!  Prob because 1/2 the city is from WNY.  

Morning of the game, you’ll be able to get in for under $100 or sit downstairs under $150