dont be ridiculious. ive praised buffalo for a long time, and enjoyed the time i spend there. everyone should be disappointed by the lack of a sell out for a season opener a day prior to the game. if thats shitting on your town, id have to assume you to be a little over sensitive.

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In case you haven't noticed, the US economy has gone down the toilet this year.
Maybe some people have better things to spend their money on, like food.

Hey, look. The game sold out.

Guess we're not a bunch of poor degenerates after all.

For the record, I would not be disappointed one bit if the game hadn't sold out. This team has missed the playoffs for two years running, and I don't blame fans one bit if they decided they wanted to wait and see before spending their hard earned money on tickets to see them play.

This was maybe the dumbest thread I've seen in a long time. Gratutous, and clearly intended to provoke reaction.

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I'm much more disappointed about the game not selling out by Friday than I am about us losing.

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you guys are just reaching now. it was merely to say the game isnt sold out. if you guys want to take it as a hit to the city, and to cause confrontation, feel free. it wasnt, and nor do i care.

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I do get what Mike was saying, and I don't seeing it as being a knock. It was a long offseason, and while there are the contributing factors of the economy and the playoffs, it is odd that people weren't immediately chomping at the bit to be there.

Sold out anyway, so it's a moot point now.

I'm still trying to get your point. So there were tickets available 36 hours before the puck drop. If you had done some research instead of just quoting a single article, you would have known that number was less than 500.

Even the article you linked talked about a league wide trend in ticket sales.



THAT is the crux of the article.

Another relevant comment.



It was a decent analysis of why ticket sales are down, and frankly wasn't even a check of every team in the league. The guy just spot checked teams (like Buffalo) who are fairly reliable selling out on opening night.

Not taking shots at Buffalo?



So what the fuck is that?

You completely ignored every relevant fact as to why ticket sales are down (league wide) just so you could say we should be disappointed that the game wasn't sold out 6 weeks in advance. It has ZILCH to do with our fanbase. NOTHING.

dude. let it go. its disappointing to me that the game wasnt sold out in hurry. if you want to read into it as a bash on the fanbase, then so be it. but it wasnt.

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Yeah, well with comments like that, what did you expect? From one of the most often bashed on fan bases and most often bashed on cities...

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alex, im not sittin pretty in the sun belt myself.

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I would say that what he said is more... Hmm. Not "Oh, look, Buffalo's grouped with NJ, Anaheim, and Atlanta for not selling out! HAHA! How pathetic!" but "Buffalo hasn't sold out? And those are the only other teams that haven't? WTF is going on?"

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Philamus or Nastradamus...?

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