Holy crap, I'm finally coming to Buffalo! 53 years in the making

[Big Turk]

5 hours ago, Hellcamino said:

Great, Thanks!

Schwabls was amazing but we will try to hit Charlies on Friday for lunch before our flight home. 

 

I second that!  It's phenomenal...also a small place on Grand Island is really great too, can't remember the name.

[behind a post WMS69]

23 hours ago, Hellcamino said:

We went there today!  Most of the structure is gone but it was still cool to see!

Glad you made it!

[BillsfaninChicago]

I keep reading the title of this thread like it is a player getting called up from a practice squad to the 53 man roster lol

Edited September 19 by BillsfaninChicago

[Trogdor]

On 9/15/2025 at 8:58 AM, Shaw66 said:

Thanks.  

 

If you had to guess, where do you think the Bills might rank in terms of fans not from the team's city?  I mean, I'd guess that the Packers, Steelers, and Cowboys in some order are at or near the top of the list.  Do you think the Bills are in the top ten?

In my experience the members of the Buffalo Diaspora pass the misery on well. Many of the families I know who moved away have kids/grandkids that are now diehards with no time in Western NY. 

[Sierra Foothills]

26 minutes ago, Trogdor said:

In my experience the members of the Buffalo Diaspora pass the misery on well. Many of the families I know who moved away have kids/grandkids that are now diehards with no time in Western NY. 

 

I stayed home for college and attended UB. I have several college buddies from NYC/Long Island whose children were raised Bills fans even though they never lived in WNY... simply because of their parents' experiences when they were college students in Buffalo.

 

It's pretty amazing when you think about it.

 

[Georgia Bill]

Glad you got to witness a W in the home stadium!  Hope you had a great time with all your Buffalo Bills brethren.

[ColoradoBills]

@Hellcamino, hope you and yours had a wonderful trip!

[Hellcamino]

Wow! What a day!  Game was a little spicier than we had hoped but we won so thats Ok!

Hammers Lot was fun!  Condiment ceremony was pretty wild. 

the old stadium was everything I imagined it would be and to be honest, a little nicer than I expected. Many people here have had so many complaints about it over the years, I expected it to be very “rustic”

It actually felt pretty modern. Although WTF is up with the sound system?  You couldn’t hear anything announced or played on scoreboard at all. And when music was played it had a ridiculously loud slap back echo. I’m an audio engineer so It really bugged me. Lol

is that normal here?

 

 

[EssexBill]

First time poster here, glad you had an excellent trip, I myself am preparing for my first ever visit to Rich Stadium this coming Sunday v Saints.

Coming all the way from the UK having followed the bills since 1989 (I'm 47) and will have a British flag with Go bills on it, so if anyone sees me please come say hi as I'll be on my own (having finally grown weary of friends promising they would to the US with me and then flaking out). Go bills!

[PromoTheRobot]

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[Just Jack]

On 9/19/2025 at 3:39 AM, Hellcamino said:

Although WTF is up with the sound system?  You couldn’t hear anything announced or played on scoreboard at all. And when music was played it had a ridiculously loud slap back echo. I’m an audio engineer so it really bugged me. Lol

is that normal here?

 

That's been a complaint for years. 

[That's No Moon]

Went to Glen Park Tavern tonight. Sweet feathery Christ. I'd be 700 lbs if I lived here again. Happy, but 700 lbs.

[Big Turk]

On 9/18/2025 at 11:33 PM, Georgia Bill said:

Glad you got to witness a W in the home stadium!  Hope you had a great time with all your Buffalo Bills brethren.

 

Bills at home...

 

[behind a post WMS69]

Hellcamino sounds like some kind of Surfpunk song by the Tremolo Beer Gut!

[Heathcliff]

On 9/18/2025 at 2:25 PM, Buffalo716 said:

You never made the trip when you lived in clearance?

I was a poor boy when I lived in Clarence. I did march at halftime in the first season but it was so terribly cold we left right after our performance. Then off to College and then to a Dallas.