Bills Play in Toronto Tonight
The Toronto Experiment begins tonight for the Buffalo Bills.
The Bills are scheduled to play eight home games over the next five seasons in Toronto, beginning with this evening's preseason contest against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Some followers of the team have been fearful since the arrangement was announced that it was the first step toward a relocation of the franchise to the Canadian city. The Bills and the NFL maintain it's merely an attempt to increase the team's marketing appeal on a regional basis to enable it to survive in its tiny western New York market.
The Bills' next game in Toronto comes during the regular season, in December against the Miami Dolphins.
By Mark Maske |
August 14, 2008; 8:17 AM ET
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Posted by: Cube | August 14, 2008 1:21 PM
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This just isn't going to fly up here! Would you pay this much to watch a 'Bill's Pre-season game??
From a well know local Toronto Newspaper!!
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High ticket prices – an average of $183 per game and a $575 top price – prevented what many had expected to be a quick sellout of the Bills' games in Toronto. The $183 figure is double the highest-priced average ticket in the NFL last year (which was sold in New England).
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And they wonder why the game isn't a sell-out! The NFL tried this crap in Montreal back in the 1990's, had the same results so they tucked their tail between their legs and left...