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IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:03 PM ET
That's what it sounds like???

Talk about nickel and diming your fan base.

- ImThatGuy

i would think that would cause a log jam of people getting to their seats before the game.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

Oct 15 @ 1:13 PM ET
I want a game day Blog!!!! Looks like 23 isnt playing tonight 90 on the wing again with girgs and ennis, and gionta with kane and eichel--- hopefully he doesnt slow them down.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo


he's going to the AHL then ..
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Oct 15 @ 1:16 PM ET
i would think that would cause a log jam of people getting to their seats before the game.
- IndianaSabresFan


General reaction from Fans from what I see:

there are so many things wrong with this:

1) i assume there arent many organizations that do this, who wouldnt want fans in the arena before a game starts??
2) as a season ticket holder who pays a poopload of money, i now have to wait on line to maybe stand bottled up in 1 section? no thanks!! ill show up 5 minutes before puck drop.
3) so if im fan #92, they just tell me to (frank) off and wait till the game starts? im sure thatll sit well.
4) how insulting is the "we've heard your requests" comment in the email? seriously, shut the (frank) up yormak; trying to play us all for fools. better to do nothing than this garbage.
5) these guys need to get their poop together quickly before they lose their opportunity to win people over
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Oct 15 @ 1:21 PM ET
who is a bigger bust

the skunk or little sammy watkins
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:22 PM ET
General reaction from Fans from what I see:

there are so many things wrong with this:

1) i assume there arent many organizations that do this, who wouldnt want fans in the arena before a game starts??
2) as a season ticket holder who pays a poopload of money, i now have to wait on line to maybe stand bottled up in 1 section? no thanks!! ill show up 5 minutes before puck drop.
3) so if im fan #92, they just tell me to (frank) off and wait till the game starts? im sure thatll sit well.
4) how insulting is the "we've heard your requests" comment in the email? seriously, shut the (frank) up yormak; trying to play us all for fools. better to do nothing than this garbage.
5) these guys need to get their poop together quickly before they lose their opportunity to win people over

- ImThatGuy


It's not access to the arena. It's access to the lower bowl. In other words, if you are a season ticket holder in their equivalent of the 300 level at First Niagara Center, you can only watch the pre-game skate in the lower bowl against the glass, if you have one of those tickets. If you have a ticket in the lower bowl, you can go there whenever you want. It's still kind of lame. I wouldn't pay extra money for that, and I do like to go down for warmups, but it's not that restrictive.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:23 PM ET
who is a bigger bust

the skunk or little sammy watkins

- homiedclown


I didn't see the "little" part, and quickly checked to see if he was ruled out for Sunday. You scared me.
IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:23 PM ET
General reaction from Fans from what I see:

there are so many things wrong with this:

1) i assume there arent many organizations that do this, who wouldnt want fans in the arena before a game starts??
2) as a season ticket holder who pays a poopload of money, i now have to wait on line to maybe stand bottled up in 1 section? no thanks!! ill show up 5 minutes before puck drop.
3) so if im fan #92, they just tell me to (frank) off and wait till the game starts? im sure thatll sit well.
4) how insulting is the "we've heard your requests" comment in the email? seriously, shut the (frank) up yormak; trying to play us all for fools. better to do nothing than this garbage.
5) these guys need to get their poop together quickly before they lose their opportunity to win people over

- ImThatGuy

it all around seems like a stupid idea
IndianaSabresFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Matt FRICKIN ELLIS, IN
Joined: 01.17.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:24 PM ET
It's not access to the arena. It's access to the lower bowl. In other words, if you are a season ticket holder in their equivalent of the 300 level at First Niagara Center, you can only watch the pre-game skate in the lower bowl against the glass, if you have one of those tickets. If you have a ticket in the lower bowl, you can go there whenever you want. It's still kind of lame. I wouldn't pay extra money for that, and I do like to go down for warmups, but it's not that restrictive.
- buffalofan19

that makes more sense.. thats not quite as bad, but still stupid
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Oct 15 @ 1:25 PM ET
It's not access to the arena. It's access to the lower bowl. In other words, if you are a season ticket holder in their equivalent of the 300 level at First Niagara Center, you can only watch the pre-game skate in the lower bowl against the glass, if you have one of those tickets. If you have a ticket in the lower bowl, you can go there whenever you want. It's still kind of lame. I wouldn't pay extra money for that, and I do like to go down for warmups, but it's not that restrictive.
- buffalofan19


No but those who were going to go down for warmups are not because they dont have a ticket. So instead of having those people in your arena for an extra hour, they show up just for gametime instead.

Seems like a stupid way that is going to cost them more money (Concessions/merch) than it will make.

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Oct 15 @ 1:25 PM ET
I didn't see the "little" part, and quickly checked to see if he was ruled out for Sunday. You scared me.
- buffalofan19

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Oct 15 @ 1:29 PM ET
http://www.foxsports.com/...deo-practice-drill-101515


oh my
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Oct 15 @ 1:34 PM ET

- homiedclown


I like beagels, but I hunt with a Brach d'Auvergne named Jaeger.
feetontheair22
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Tampa doesn't suck, FL
Joined: 02.01.2011

Oct 15 @ 1:58 PM ET
Sooooo apparently you need to have a ticket to watch an Isles pregame skate "in the bowl". Only 91 tickets are available per game. Fans are pissed.

Move to Brooklyn not going so well.

- ImThatGuy


super exclusive...probably trying to attract the douchie hipster crowd.....lots of um in Brooklyn
22sabresQ
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Are we good yet ?
Joined: 05.23.2013

Oct 15 @ 2:35 PM ET
Skunkorenko to Rochacha
Maximum Signal
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.11.2008

Oct 15 @ 2:46 PM ET

- homiedclown


Funny looking dog


CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Oct 15 @ 3:18 PM ET
Skunkorenko to Rochacha
- 22sabresQ



Source?
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Oct 15 @ 3:19 PM ET
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Oct 15 @ 3:19 PM ET
nfph
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Schadenfreude, NY
Joined: 09.22.2006

Oct 15 @ 3:25 PM ET
CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Oct 15 @ 3:27 PM ET

- nfph



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Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Oct 15 @ 3:28 PM ET

- nfph

seedy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: you don't need an ignore button to ignore someone., CA
Joined: 02.22.2007

Oct 15 @ 3:30 PM ET

- nfph

CoHo_to_B-Lo
Buffalo Sabres
Location: East Amherst, NY
Joined: 02.29.2012

Oct 15 @ 3:41 PM ET

- seedy



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