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Buffalo Fans Grabbing up Tickets …… and Notes from OTA’s
The Bills hit 50,000 season tickets sold this week for the upcoming 2008 season. The mark is up roughly 2,000 from last season, and is the highest total since 1993, the year that Buffalo last appeared in the Super Bowl. 
You really have to hand it to Buffalo fans when it comes to supporting their team. We have one of the largest stadiums in the NFL (seating around 74,000). We are one of the smallest markets, and have one of the lowest per home incomes in the NFL. Yet every season people love to spend their hard earned cash to go see the Bills play football.
You have to give the Buffalo Bills franchise credit as well. The Bills ticket prices are the lowest in the NFL. Single game tickets average $41.29 a seat (as low as $36.00), and you can buy season tickets for as low as $240. They cater to the die hard and casual fans alike.
Still, you have to wonder if the increase in season tickets has anything to do with the games in Toronto. The Bills haven’t made the playoffs in almost a decade. We ‘re talking about a team with a ton of young players. A lot of upside, a lot of potential, but not a lot of proven anything. This isn’t the kind of team that should be setting records at the box office before the first snap of pre - season. I think the city of Buffalo is sending a message to this franchise. They love their team, and they want to do everything they can to keep it their team. If the possible loss of the team is really driving up ticket sales, it goes to show you once again that the fans of Buffalo are some of the greatest fans in the NFL.
Quick notes from OTA’s
- JP Losman hasn’t been at practice since the opening day of OTA’s. The team is saying he had a previous out of town commitment…. and that’s all their saying.
- Rumor is Jason Peters surgery rehab isn’t keeping him out of practice, it’s his pocketbook. Word on the street is that Peters is unhappy with his contract, and wants it restructured. If I’m not mistaken, Jason still has three years left on his deal, and the Bills have several high profile free agents next off season. Good Luck with that one Jason.
- It looks like Lee Evans and Robert Royal will be taking a seat until training camp to fully rehab their off season surgeries. Coach Jauron had this to say on the matter:
“Lee as you know did all of the individual work. Robert wasn’t scheduled to do any of these things. We anticipate they’ll both be completely healthy for training camp and that’s good. Strength wise, weight wise, body fat, all of those things are good in both of their cases and they’re both guys we trust completely. They won’t be involved in our OTAs unless something unforeseen occurs.”I can’t imagine what unforseen thing would push two guys who aren’t 100% into meaningless voluntary workouts.
- Pat Duffy
**Still running the fanatic contest. Prize will be announced Monday, and the first round of memorabilia will be posted some time this weekend. Send all pics to buffalowdown@yahoo.com
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