The NEW Bills Stadium and the NEW Las Vegas

[Bruffalo]

4 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

The middle class is slowly being squeezed out of society. It is what it is 

 

Yes business is business and corporations are out there to make money but Greed is a real thing too

Late Stage capitalism with regulatory capture is strangling the wealth out of the average person.

It’s pretty clear cut what the cause of it is. legalized bribery via corporate lobbyists for the last 20 years have only accelerated it. 

 

I’ll get off my soapbox now.

[T master]

13 hours ago, DeepPass said:

A family of 4 going to a game at $362 per ticket is crazy.  Insane.  $1500 plus parking and food is vacation money!

The only thing I have been beating myself up about is if I were to go it would be a memory that my grandson & I would have for the rest of our lives which would be priceless & if by chance the Chiefs would beat the Bills in that game I would never here the end of it from him but that is in part a piece of the fun is our little in family rivalry .

 

 I may not baulk at it so much if these were say in the lower bowl of the stadium but these tickets are in the nose bleed section on the second or upper deck that usually sell for somewhere around $90 which isn't terrible considering all the other things you pay for with food, drink, parking and such .

 

I watched a video yesterday with Kid Rock talking about Ticket master, which are the ones I was going to go through for the extra 2 tickets for some friends and he was saying they don't want anyone to buy direct from the source they want it to be a resale ticket because some way they get a piece of the higher price on the secondary sale .

 

Not exactly sure how that works but if that is the way it goes there needs to be some kind of cap or rule put in place to stop that from happening .

[Sweats]

The ACC, formerly Maple Leaf Gardens for the Leafs back in the day, used to be the "working man's arena"........blue collar guys could get tickets at half decent prices and a couple of beers without breaking the bank. Owners and investors have figured out where the true money is coming from and have swung towards more of a corporate type thing, where it prices the average person out of the seats.

 

The pendulum has swung in favor of the money, not really the fan anymore and don't expect it to swing back towards the fans/consumer anytime soon........owners don't answer to the fans anymore, they answer to the investors and it's the "almighty" dollar that holds the bottom line.

[Augie]

13 hours ago, DeepPass said:

A family of 4 going to a game at $362 per ticket is crazy.  Insane.  $1500 plus parking and food is vacation money!

 

We spent about twice that on tickets for the four of us at the opener in the lower bowl. (My wife is neither patient nor frugal when it comes to purchasing tickets.) We could have waited, I’m sure, to get the ticket prices down but it was a decision we made. 

 

While I’m looking forward to attending the Monday night game in Atlanta with family, the opener proved to me once again how much better the viewing experience is at home. If the price really annoys me, I’ll gladly just stay home. It’s better at home in so many ways I don’t feel the need to stretch myself on tickets too often. 

[Bongo]

12 hours ago, ALLinALLEN said:

At least TBD is still free! 

That’s true but I had to endure an ad on here that featured Drake Maye. If that doesn’t scream corporate greed, I don’t know what does.

 

I kid, I kid 😁